TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wheaton,Bruce R.
TI  - The tiger and the shark: empirical roots of wave-particle dualism 
SN  - 0521358922 (pbk.)
U1  - 539 19
PY  - 1983///
CY  - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Wave-particle duality
KW  - History
KW  - Radiation
KW  - X-rays
KW  - Gamma rays
KW  - Quantum theory
KW  - Wave-particle duality, 1896-1925
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [309]-346; 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
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