Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912
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| Author | Thomas S. Kuhn |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Quantum mechanics |
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| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 356 |
| ISBN |
0-19-520091-8 (first edition) 0-226-45800-8 (second edition) |
Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912 (1978; second edition 1987) is a book in which Thomas Kuhn, a philosopher and historian of science known for his work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962), surveys the development of quantum mechanics. The second edition has a new afterword.[1]
Summary
Kuhn surveys the development of quantum mechanics by Max Planck at the end of the 19th century.[2] He argues that Planck misread his own earlier work.[1]
Reception
Author Alexander Bird describes Kuhn's book as "masterly", writing that it "differs from traditional history of science less in the kind of explanation offered and more in the vast erudition and scholarly attention to detail displayed."[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Bird, Alexander (2000). Thomas Kuhn. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 1, 215, 281, 299. ISBN 0-691-05710-9.
- ↑ Kuhn, Thomas S. (2012). Hacking, Ian, ed. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 50th anniversary edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp. vii, viii. ISBN 0-226-45812-1.
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