Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Discovery of Quanta
- Part II The Old Quantum Theory
- 4 The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom
- 5 Sommerfeld and Ehrenfest – generalising the Bohr model
- 6 Einstein coefficients, Bohr's correspondence principle and the first selection rules
- 7 Understanding atomic spectra – additional quantum numbers
- 8 Bohr's model of the periodic table and the origin of spin
- 9 The wave–particle duality
- Part III The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
9 - The wave–particle duality
from Part II - The Old Quantum Theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I The Discovery of Quanta
- Part II The Old Quantum Theory
- 4 The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom
- 5 Sommerfeld and Ehrenfest – generalising the Bohr model
- 6 Einstein coefficients, Bohr's correspondence principle and the first selection rules
- 7 Understanding atomic spectra – additional quantum numbers
- 8 Bohr's model of the periodic table and the origin of spin
- 9 The wave–particle duality
- Part III The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
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- Quantum Concepts in PhysicsAn Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics, pp. 172 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013