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The Origin of Quantum Physics: 1900-1926 (Minkowski Institute Press, Montreal), 270 pages ISBN: 978-1-989970-26-3 (ebook) - $7.00 ISBN: 978-1-989970-25-6 (softcover) - $20.00 With a Foreword by Carlo Rovelli. Edited by Muhammad Hamza Waseem. Will appear in 2023 Buy the ebook (PDF with hyperlinks)

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This collection includes the papers that laid the foundations of quantum physics:

THE OLD QUANTUM THEORY

1. M. Planck (1901), On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum

2. A. Einstein (1905), Concerning an Heuristic Point of View Toward the Emission and Transformation of Light

3. E. Rutherford (1911), The Scattering of α and β Particles by Matter and the Structure of the Atom

4. N. Bohr(1913), On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules I

5. N. Bohr(1913), On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules II

6. N. Bohr(1913), On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules III

THE BIRTH OF QUANTUM PHYSICS

7. L. de Broglie (1923), Waves and Quanta

8. L. de Broglie (1923), Light Quanta, Diffraction and Interference

9. L. de Broglie (1923), Quanta, the Kinetic Theory of Gases and Fermat's Principle

10. W. Heisenberg (1925), Quantum-Theoretical Re-interpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations

11. M. Born, P. Jordan (1925), On Quantum Mechanics I

12. P. A. M. Dirac (1925), The Fundamental Equations of Quantum Mechanics

13. M. Born, W. Heisenberg, P. Jordan (1925), On Quantum Mechanics II

14. W. Pauli (1926), On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the New Quantum Mechanics

15. E. Schrodinger (1926), Quantisation as a Problem of Proper Values I

16. E. Schrodinger (1926), Quantisation as a Problem of Proper Values II

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