Radiation Theory and the Quantum Revolution

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1: Radiation Theory.
• Absorption And Emissionv.
• Big Questions And Small Questions.
• The Rear Guard of Science.
• The Background to Radiation Theory.
• Unity And Diversity In Nature.
• Kirchhoff’s Law.
• 2: The Background to Radiation Theory.
• Flames as Things.
• Heat as Substance.
• Radiant Heat.
• The Place of Prevost’s Law in History.
• 3: The Rise of Spectroscopy.
• Spectral Lines.
• The Discovery of Spectral Lines: A Problem.
• The Discovery of Spectral Lines: The Story.
• The Discovery of Spectral Lines: A Discussion.
• The Rise of Astrophysics.
• Clues and Promises in Science.
• The Place of Young in History.
• 4: The Changing Scenery.
• The Wave Theory of Light.
• More About Waves.
• Light Waves and Matter.
• Heat as Energy.
• 5: Kirchhoff’s Law.
• Spectral Analysis.
• Absorption Spectra.
• Emission and Absorption Coefficients.
• Kirchhoff’s Followers.
• Spectral Lines Between Kirchhoff and Bohr.
• Atomic Spectra and the End of Atomism.
• 6: The Background To Quantum Theory.
• The Stefan-Boltzmann Law.
• Wien’s Law.
• The Red Herring of the Violet Catastrophe.
• Planck and Bohr on Models.
• Planck’s Law.
• Einstein and the Photoelectric Effect.
• The Crisis in Physics.
• Appendix A: The Kirchhoff-Planck Radiation Law.
• Prevost’s Law of Exchange.
• Fraunhofer’s Discovery of Spectroscopy.
• Stewart’s Law of Radiation.
• Preliminaries to Kirchhoff’s Law of Radiation.
• Kirchhoff’s Law and Its Proof.
• Between Kirchhoff and Planck.
• Planck’s Studies Prior to His Quantization.
• Einstein’s Version of Kirchhoff’s Law.
• References and Notes.
• Appendix B: The Structure of the Quantum Revolution.
• Kuhn on Planck.
• Kuhn on the Quantum Revolution.
• Kuhn’s Sociology of Science.
• Planck’s Program.
• The Status of Entropy.
• Planck Versus Boltzmann.
• Planck’s Capitulation to Boltzmann.
• Conclusion.
• Notes.
• Appendix C: Quantum Duality.
• and Abstract.
• Dismissing Popular Cynicism about Science.
• Approximationism in Action in Modern Physics.
• The Confused Roots of Complementarity.
• Bibliographic Note.
• Name Index.