Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it. At the same time it offers new insight into Bohr's peculiar way of thinking, what Einstein once called his 'unique instinct and tact'. Contrary to most other accounts of the Bohr atom, the book presents it in a broader perspective which includes the reception among other scientists and the criticism
launched against it by scientists of a more conservative inclination. Moreover, it discusses the theory as Bohr originally conceived it, namely, as an ambitious theory covering the structure of atoms as well as molecules. By discussing the theory in its entirety it becomes possible to understand why it
developed as it did and thereby to use it as an example of the dynamics of scientific theories.
- ISBN10 6613593710
- ISBN13 9786613593719
- Publish Date 23 March 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 July 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 417
- Language English