The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
by DIRAC, P. A. M
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Oxford: Clarendon, 1935. Second. hardcover. fine/very good. xi, 297, [2] pages. Tall thick 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, d.w. (price-clipped, sunned and a bit chipped). Oxford: Clarendon, 1935. Second edition, Bookplate and owner's name on the pastedown, else a fine clean copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Dirac's most important contribution to "wave mechanics", the mathematical description of the atom worked out by Schroedinger. Dirac, who predicted the existence of antiparticles (i.e., the positron, discovered in 1932), shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Schroedinger for the discovery of new and fruitful forms of atomic theory. The second edition, in which "Dirac has not only revised but has largely rewritten the whole book, and has tried to give the development of the theory in a rather less abstract form without making any sacrifices in exactness of expression or in the logical character of the development. Some new subject-matter has also been inserted, the largest addition being a chapter on field theory."<br/> <br/>
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- Title
- The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- Author
- DIRAC, P. A. M
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- Hardcover
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- Second
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- Clarendon
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1935
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