Pascual Jordan's resolution of the conundrum of the wave-particle duality of light

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.04.005zbMath1223.81007arXiv0709.3812OpenAlexW2168874278MaRDI QIDQ643479

Michel Janssen, Anthony Duncan

Publication date: 31 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3812

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryfluctuationsmatrix mechanicswave-particle dualityDreimännerarbeitPascual Jordanumdeutung

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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