Story of Spin by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226807940
ISBN-139780226807942
eBay Product ID (ePID)71158

Product Key Features

Number of Pages265 Pages
Publication NameStory of Spin
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory, Physics / Nuclear, Physics / Atomic & Molecular
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
AuthorSin-Itiro Tomonaga
Subject AreaScience
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-012189
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal539.725
Table Of ContentTranslator's Preface Lecture 1: Before the Dawn Lecture 2: Electron Spin and the Thomas Factor Lecture 3: Pauli's Spin Theory and the Dirac Theory Lecture 4: Proton Spin Lecture 5: Interaction between Spins Lecture 6: Pauli-Weisskopf and the Yukawa Particle Lecture 7: The Quantity Which Is neither Vector nor Tensor Lecture 8: Spin and Statistics of Elementary Particles Lecture 9: The Year of Discovery: 1932 Lecture 10: Nuclear Force and Isospin Lecture 11: The Thomas Factor Revisited Lecture 12: The Last Lecture Epilogue Short Biography of Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Annotated Bibliography Index
SynopsisAll atomic particles have a particular "spin," analogous to the earth's rotation on its axis. The quantum mechanical reality underlying spin is complex and still poorly understood. Sin-itiro Tomonaga's The Story of Spin remains the most complete and accessible treatment of spin, and is now available in English translation. Tomonaga tells the tale of the pioneers of physics and their difficult journey toward an understanding of the nature of spin and its relationship to statistics. His clear unfolding of the tale of spin is invaluable to students of physics, chemistry, and astronomy, and his description of the historical development of spin will interest historians and philosophers of science. "This piece of the history of physics will provide excellent and exciting reading. . . . It also provides the personal touch of an expert in the field that is so often lacking in the physics literature. I recommend it very highly."--Fritz Rohrlich, Physics Today Sin-itiro Tomonaga was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965.
LC Classification NumberQC793.3.S6T6513 1997
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