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The Enigmatic Electron (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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The Enigmatic Electron (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 49
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The Rationale for the Present Book Perhaps the most critical
problem facing present-day particle physicistsis to delineate the
relationship between classical and quantum systems. This
relationship has many facets. Particle-waveduality is one. The
concept of the point particle is another. And theconcept of
particle mass is yet another. The electron, as the lightest of the
charged particles, represents a fundamental "ground state,"and many
of the essential problems in the murky area between the
domainsofclassical and quantum physics can be brought into focus by
studyingjust this one particle. Thus the present book is centered
on questions that arise in connection with the electron, and in
particular with its mass, which has remained an unsolved, and
indeed almost unexplored, mystery. Each student ofphysics, beginner
and professional alike, has to fashion for himselfa way of thinking
about the electron. If, after reading this book, the reader views
this topic somewhat differently than before, the efforts of the
author will have been amply rewarded. When physicists were
confronted with the properties of the electron, they made a
conceptualleap into the unknown: they concluded that the electron
does not obey classical laws with respect to mechanics (as
connected to the spin of the electron), and also with respect to
electrodynamics (as connected to the magnetic moment of the
electron).
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