The dreams that stuff is made of : the most astounding papers on quantum physics--and how they shook the scientific world

"God does not play dice with the universe." So said Albert Einstein in response to the first discoveries that launched quantum physics, as they suggested a random universe that seemed to violate the laws of common sense. This 20th-century scientific revolution completely shattered Newtonian laws, inciting a crisis of thought that challenged scientists to think differently about matter and subatomic particles.The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of compiles the essential works from the scientists who sparked the paradigm shift that changed the face of physics forever, pushing our understanding of the universe on to an entirely new level of comprehension. Gathered in this anthology is the scholarship that shocked and befuddled the scientific world, including works by Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Erwin Schrodinger, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, as well as an introduction by today's most celebrated scientist, Stephen Hawking. Collects Several Historic Scientific Papers That Served To Establish Quantum Theory And Fundamentally Alter The Scientific Understanding Of Physical Reality And The Universe. On The Law Of Distribution Of Energy In The Normal Spectrum / Max Planck -- On A Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning The Production And Transformation Of Light / Albert Einstein -- The Atomic Theory Of Matter / Max Planck -- The Scattering Of Alpha And Beta Particles By Matter And The Structure Of The Atom / Ernest Rutherford -- On The Constitution Of Atoms And Molecules / Niels Bohr -- The Structure Of The Atom / Niels Bohr -- Excerpts From The Physical Principles Of The Quantum Theory / Werner Heisenberg -- The Development Of Quantum Mechanics / Werner Heisenberg -- Quantisation As An Eigenvalue Problem, Parts 1-4 / Erwin Schrodinger. The Quantum Theory Of The Electron / Paul A.m. Dirac -- On The Connection Between Spin And Statistics / Wolfgang Pauli -- Exclusion Principle And Quantum Mechanics / Wolfgang Pauli -- Statistical Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics / Max Born -- The Present Situation In Quantum Mechanics / Erwin Schrodinger -- Can Quantum-mechanical Description Of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? / Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, And Nathan Rosen -- Can Quantum-mechanical Description Of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? / Niels Bohr -- A Suggested Interpretation Of The Quantum Theory In Terms Of 'hidden' Variables 1 / By David Bohm -- A Suggested Interpretation Of The Quantum Theory In Terms Of 'hidden' Variables 2 / By David Bohm -- On The Einstein-podolsky-rosen Paradox / John Bell -- The Quantum Theory Of The Emission And Absorption Of Radiation / Paul A.m. Dirac. The Lagrangian Method In Quantum Mechanics / Paul A.m. Dirac -- On Quantum Electrodynamics / Paul A.m. Dirac, V.a. Flock, And Boris Podolsky -- Foundations Of The New Field Theory / Max Born And Leopold Infeld -- Electron Theory / J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Fine Structure Of The Hydrogen Atom By A Microwave Method / Willis Lamb And Robert Rutherford -- The Electromagnetic Shift Of Energy Levels / Hans Bethe -- On A Relativistically Invariant Formulation Of The Quantum Theory Of Wave Fields / Sin-itiro Tomanaga -- Space-time Approach To Quantum Electrodynamics / Richard Feynman -- The Theory Of Positrons / Richard Feynman -- The Radiation Theories Of Tomonaga, Schwinger And Feynman / Freeman Dyson -- Problems Of Atomic Dynamics / Max Born -- Excerpts From Thirty Years That Shook Physics (chapters 1 And 4) / George Gamow -- Excerpts From Lectures On Quantum Mechanics By Paul A.m. Dirac. Edited, With An Introduction, By Stephen Hawking. Includes Bibliographical References. God does not play dice with the universe. So said Albert Einstein in response to the first discoveries that launched quantum physics, as they suggested a random universe that seemed to violate the laws of common sense. This 20th-century scientific revolution completely shattered Newtonian laws, inciting a crisis of thought that challenged scientists to think differently about matter and subatomic particles. The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of compiles the essential works from the scientists who sparked the paradigm shift that changed the face of physics forever, pushing our understanding of the universe on to an entirely new level of comprehension. Gathered in this anthology is the scholarship that shocked and befuddled the scientific world, including works by Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, Erwin Schrodinger, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, as well as an introduction by todays most celebrated scientist, Stephen Hawking. Quantum physics - or quantum mechanics as it is also called - completely shattered Newtonian laws and challenged scientists to think differently about matter and subatomic particles. This title leads the readers through important papers on quantum physics, including the scholarship of Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Born.