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Letters on Wave Mechanics: Correspondence with H. A. Lorentz, Max Planck, and Erwin Schrödinger Paperback – October 20, 2015

by Albert Einstein (Author), Martin J. Klein (Introduction), K. Przibram (Foreword)

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A lively collection of Einstein’s groundbreaking scientific correspondence on modern physics

Imagine getting four of the greatest minds of modern physics in a room together to explain and debate the theories and innovations of their day. This is the fascinating experience of reading Letters on Wave Mechanics, the correspondence between H. A. Lorentz, Max Planck, Erwin Schrödinger, and Albert Einstein.

These remarkable letters illuminate not only the basis of Schrödinger’s work in wave mechanics, but also how great scientific minds debated and challenged the ever-changing theories of the day and ultimately embraced an elegant solution to the riddles of quantum theory. Their collected correspondence offers insight into both the personalities and professional aspirations that played a part in this theoretical breakthrough.

This authorized book features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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“You are the only contemporary physicist, besides Laue, who sees that one cannot get around the assumption of reality—if only one is honest. Most of them simply do not see what sort of risky game they are playing with reality—reality as something independent of what is experimentally established.” —Albert Einstein to Erwin Schrödinger

“I am as convinced as ever that the wave representation of matter is an incomplete representation of the state of affairs, no matter how practically useful it has proved itself to be.” —Albert Einstein to Erwin Schrödinger

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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was born in Germany and became an American citizen in 1934. A world-famous theoretical physicist, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics and is renowned for his Theory of Relativity. In addition to his scientific work, Einstein was an influential humanist who spoke widely about politics, ethics, and social causes. After leaving Europe, Einstein taught at Princeton University. His theories were instrumental in shaping the atomic age.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philosophical Library/Open Road (October 20, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 122 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1453204687
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1453204689
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.29 x 8.5 inches

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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was born in Germany and became an American citizen in 1940. A world-famous theoretical physicist, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics and is renowned for his Theory of Relativity. In addition to his scientific work, Einstein was an influential humanist who spoke widely about politics, ethics, and social causes. After leaving Europe, Einstein taught at Princeton University. His theories were instrumental in shaping the atomic age.

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Claudio Orzalesi

An amazing correspondence between giants.

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2014

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This is an amazing collection of letters between Einstein and three other giants who founded the modern theory of quantum mechanics and of relativity: Planck, Schödinger and Lorentz.
I especially enjoyed the correspondence between Einstein and Schrödinger, two men who had somewhat similar lives in the difficult times before the second world war: both refused to submit to nazi rules and refused to accept war, both ran away from the approaching war and both had the deepest thoughts on the foundation of quantum theories.
The correspondence is also interesting for the way the two men shared their opinions, always avoiding difficult mathematical equations to better evidence the roots of the perplexities and paradoxes solicited by the theory.
As a theoretical physicist, I strongly recommend all readers to read this 'little' book, which is far more interesting than any textbook on quantum theories.

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John Read

Documentation of the exchange of ideas by some of the world's greatest minds.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016

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A wonderful exchange of ideas and formulations by the leading minds of modern physics. A documentation of extraordinary relationships and meetings. The math went beyond my capability, but that did not detract from the interaction and fermentation of ideas.

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Beth Kowalsky

EXCELLENT SOURCE OF HISTORICAL INFO

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2014

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I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DETAILED RESEARCH INTO WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN PUTTING THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER, NOTHING HELPS MORE THAN TO READ WHAT THE MASTERS SAID TO EACH OTHER. EXCELLENT DOCUMENTATION PERHAPS NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER ONE PLACE. THANKS!

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Marcus Quinn Rodriguez Tenes

Required reading for a serious Quantum student

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2017

This book is hugely underestimated in the history of science as well as the interpretation of quantum theory. Schrodinger was clearly an avocate of the wave theory of matter, not this wave-particle duality nonsense taught in the schools as a result of the confusion of Born's work. If you read born carefully, he is quite clear on the wave theory of matter and not really mentioning this particle nonsense that got confused by Einstein. Oh well, no one likes to read the masters these days because they want to pretend they are their own masters and they understand quantum theory, according to Feynman, who advocate no one understands Quantum Mechanics, so shut up and calculate. Read books like Griffith's and compute. Forget about interpretation except for the skewed, slaughtered interpretation that was inspired by Born but perverted into crap.

Read this book if you want to resolve some issues about quantum interpretation, according to Schrodinger, a hugely missed aspect in the quantum theory. Not all of the letters are that instructive, but it really gives you a fresh perspective of how new and enlightening this theory was, even startling. So much, that it's a shame how comfortable theorists and educators are in presenting the theory as if it's their own, without presenting the original philosophical views of their respective founders, particularly Heisenberg, Born, Dirac, and Schrodinger.

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aleteller

Window into the struggle with QM

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2018

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This is a delightful little book that reveals the inner thoughts of those who struggled to come to terms with quantum mechanics. Letters between Planck, Lorenz, Schrodinger, and Einstein take us back to the first steps in making sense of issues such as the collapse of the wave function.

Dr. Bernd Einfeldt

A wonderful little book which contains equations

Reviewed in Germany on November 10, 2014

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Schröndinger's widow, Mrs. Annemarie Schrödinger cherished the wish that the correspondence on wave mechanics of her husband might be published. It is wonderful that these letters are published. The letters show the dominant role of partial differential equation in the pre computer age in physics, through the correspondence between Erwin Schrödinger, Albert Einstein, Max Planck and H.A. Lorentz.
Today the description of nature through partial differential is often sidestepped in complex computer programs, which I think makes the discussion and comparison of results difficult and also questionable. From the result posted here [..] follows that physical equation, like Schrödingers equation or the Navier-Stokes equations can never be fully implemented on a digital system.

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Prof. Dr. Peter Enders

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Reviewed in Germany on March 31, 2014

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Zitiere das Buch, um die Aufnahme von Schrödingers Wellenmechanik durch Zeitgenossen zu dokumentieren - weshalb Schrödingers Forderungen an jedwede Quantentheorie (u.a., dass es eben *nicht* Eigenwerttheorie ist) nicht aufgegriffen wurden, habe ich leider nicht erfahren.

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