Klaus Hentschel: 3 books
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff's Treatise “On the Theory of Light Rays” (1882)
English Translation, Analysis and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
The 1882 paper by the mathematical physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff on diffraction theory is still being discussed to this day, but has never been translated into English. This volume contains the first English translation of the Kirchhoff treatise, as well as background and commentary on it. Included...
Lichtquanten
Die Geschichte des komplexen Konzepts und mentalen Modells von Photonen
Language: German
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Entstehungsgeschichte des komplexen Konzeptes des Photons aus wissenschaftshistorischer, kognitionspsychologischer und naturwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Dabei werden unter anderem sechs verschiedene mentale Modelle des Lichtquantums bzw. Photons diskutiert und der...
Photons
The History and Mental Models of Light Quanta
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
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 models of what...