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Master of Modern Physics: The Scientific Contributions of H. A. Kramers(Princeton Series in Physics)


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The Dutch scientist Hendrik Kramers (1894-1952) was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century - and one of a mere handful who have made major contributions across the whole field. Physicists know his name from, among other things, the Kramers dispersion theory, the Kramers-Heisenberg dispersion theory, the Kramers opacity formula, the Kramers degeneracy, and the Kramers-Kronig relations. In this book, D. ter Haar presents a comprehensive discussion of Kramers's scientific work, and reprints 12 of his most important papers. The author seeks to show us that Kramers's diverse work makes him at least the equal of such celebrated physicists as Fermi and Landau. He takes us through Kramers's research in such subjects as quantum theory, quantum electrodynamics, statistical mechanics, and solid-state physics. The papers he reprints include Kramers's derivation of the dispersion formulae that led to Heisenberg's matrix mechanics; his paper on the Brownian-motion approach to chemical reactions; a paper on polymers; and a paper on renormalization, a concept first intorduced by Kramers and now one of the basic ideas of modern field theory.

Table of Contents:
Preface1Introduction32The Old Quantum Theory93Quantum Mechanics314Quantum Electrodynamics595Statistical Mechanics, Solid-State Physics, and Low-Temperature Physics676The Kramers Problem and Polymer Physics937Miscellaneous Topics109AOn the Scattering of Radiation by Atoms121BSome Remarks on Heisenberg's Quantum Mechanics145CWave Mechanics and Half-Odd-Integral Quantisation151DThe Scattering of Light by Atoms163EGeneral Theory of Paramagnetic Rotation in Crystals173FClassical Relativistic Spin-Theory and Its Quantization187GOn the Eigenvalue Problem in a One-Dimensional Field of Force195HThe Use of Charge-Conjugated Wavefunctions in the Hole Theory of the Electron203IBrownian Motion in a Field of Force and the Diffusion Model of Chemical Reactions213JStatistics of the Two-Dimensional Ferromagnet231KFundamental Difficulties of a Theory of Particles249LThe Behavior of Macromolecules in Inhomogeneous Flow257References273Publications of H. A. Kramers277Index283

About the Author :
D. ter Haar is Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and the author of numerous books about physics, including Elements of Statistical Mechanics.

Review :
"Ter Haar, who studied with Kramers, has a unique approach to scientific biography: He makes us read the original papers [along with] discussion of the published work and an eludication of these papers... On quantum electrodynamics] and the other subjects on which he touches, [ter Haar] has written a stimulating book that brings Kramers's history-making work even more into focus..."--Physics Today


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691021416
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Sub Title: The Scientific Contributions of H. A. Kramers
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0691021414
  • Publisher Date: 28 Dec 1997
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Princeton Series in Physics
  • Weight: 595 gr


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