The empirical roots of wave-particle dualism Wheaton, Bruce R. creator text bibliography enk Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] New York Cambridge University Press 1983 monographic eng

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xxiv, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Machine derived contents note: Foreword Thomas S. Kuhn -- Preface -- Notes on sources -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Introduction of Temporal Discontinuity, 1896-1905: 2. The electromagnetic impulse hypothesis of x-rays -- 3. The analogy between y-rays and x-rays -- Part II. Ionization and the Recognition of Paradox, 1906-1910: 4. Secondary rays: British attempts to retain mechanism -- 5. The appeal in Germany to the quantum theory -- Part III. Seeking an Electrodynamic Solution, 1907-1912: 6. Localized energy in spreading impulses -- 7. Problems with visible light -- Part IV. Interference of X-Rays and the Corrobation of Paradox, 1912-1922: 8. Origins of x-ray spectroscopy -- 9. Quantum transformation experiments -- Part V. The Conceptual Origins of Wave-Particle Dualism, 1921-1925: 10. Synthesis of matter and light -- Epilogue: The tiger and the shark -- Bibliography -- Index. by Bruce R. Wheaton ; with a foreword by Thomas S. Kuhn. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [309]-346. Wave-particle duality History Radiation History X-rays History Gamma rays History Quantum theory Wave-particle duality, 1896-1925 539 WHT 1983 0521358922 (pbk.) 0521250986 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/82022069.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/82022069.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/82022069.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/82022069.html DLC 140120 20211208234736.0 9232 eng