Photons The History and Mental Models of Light Quanta /
This book focuses on the gradual formation of the concept of 'light quanta' or 'photons', as they have usually been called in English since 1926. The great number of synonyms that have been used by physicists to denote this concept indicates that there are many different mental m...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9783319952529 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Planck's and Einstein's pathways to quantization
- Twelve semantic layers of 'light quantum' and 'photon'
- Early mental models
- Early reception of the light quantum
- Light quanta reflected in textbooks and science teaching
- The 'light quantum' as a 'conceptual blend'
- Quantum experiments with photons since 1945
- What is today's mental model of the photon?
- Summary.