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Establishing Quantum Physics in Munich - Emergence of Arnold Sommerfeld's Quantum School (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Establishing Quantum Physics in Munich - Emergence of Arnold Sommerfeld's Quantum School (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
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This book traces the history of Arnold Sommerfeld's famous "nursery
of theoretical physics" at the University of Munich and
demonstrates the centrality of developing personal and
institutional networks for the emergence of quantum theory.
Sommerfeld, originally a mathematician with little interest in
theoretical physics, was a somewhat unlikely choice for a chair of
theoretical physics when he was appointed in 1906. However, he
quickly reoriented his research focus towards physics, forstering a
keen interest in experimental research. Possibly even more
important for the development of quantum theory in the coming years
was his exceptional talent as a charismatic teacher and prolific
networker, which turned Munich into a central node in the
fast-growing network of quantum physicists in the 1920s. It is no
coincidence that the two most talented "child prodigies" of 1920s
quantum physics, Wolfgang Pauli and Werner Heisenberg, were his
students, nor that by the end of the decade about a dozen of
Sommerfeld's former disciples held chairs in theoretical physics.
The book is directed at historians of science and physics, as well
as all those interested in the history of science diplomacy and
networking. The book is part of a series of publications on the
early network of quantum physics. These works emerged from an
expansive study on the quantum revolution as a major transformation
of physical knowledge undertaken by the Max Planck Institute for
the History of Science and the Fritz Haber Institute (2006-2012).
For more on this project, see the dedicated Feature Story, The
Networks of Early Quantum Theory, at the Max Planck Institute for
the History of Science,
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-story/networks-early-quantum-theory
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