Hendrik Antoon Lorentz’s struggle with quantum theory

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Publication date 2013
Journal Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Volume | Issue number 67 | 2
Pages (from-to) 149-170
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
Abstract A historical overview is given of the contributions of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz in quantum theory. Although especially his early work is valuable, the main importance of Lorentz’s work lies in the conceptual clarifications he provided and in his critique of the foundations of quantum theory.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-012-0107-8
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