Quantum mechanics constituted a great scientific and cultural revolution that profoundly changed our approach to the study of the microscopic and subatomic world. The birth and evolution of the theories of quantum mechanics are revived through the personal and scientific history of the protagonists, their attempts and their working hypotheses, the discoveries, doubts and discussions. The substantially counterintuitive concepts of the new mechanics have redesigned the meaning of our knowledge of the world of atoms; particular attention is then paid to the impact that this new vision of the microscopic world has had on chemistry and our knowledge of the structure and reactivity of atoms and molecules.
University of Florence, Italy
University of Florence, Italy
Book Title
La nascita della meccanica quantistica
Authors
Salvatore Califano, Vincenzo Schettino
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
174
Publication Year
2018
Copyright Information
© 2018 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-652-1
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-651-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-652-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-146-2
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919