Copenhagen Network : The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Persp...

by Alexei Kojevnikov

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Copenhagen Network : The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Perspective, Paperback by Kojevnikov, Alexei, ISBN 3030591875, ISBN-13 9783030591878, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book is a historical analysis of the quantum mechanical revolution and the emergence of a new discipline from the perspective, not of a professor, but of a recent or actual . student just embarking on an uncertain academic career in economically hard times. Quantum mechanics exploded on to the intellectual scene between 1925 and 1927, with more than 200 publications across the world, the majority of them authored by young scientists under the age of 30, graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. The resulting theory was a collective product that no single authority could claim, but it had a major geographical nod – the Copenhagen Institute of Theoretical Physics – where most of the informal, pre-published exchange of ideas occurred and where every participant of the new community aspired to visit. A rare combination of circumstances and resources – political, diplomatic, financial, and intellectual – allowed Niels Bohr to establish this “Mecca” of quantum theory outside of traditional and more powerful centres of science. Transitory international postdoctoral fellows, rather than established professors, developed a culture of research that became the source of major innovations in the field. Temporary assistantships, postdoctoral positions, and their equivalents were the chief

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2020
• ISBN: 9783030591878
• Condition: Fine

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