A trend in contemporary physics
MAY 01, 1949
“Recent advances in quantum electrodynamics are essentially an advance in understanding and formalism,” writes Dr. Stern, “rather than an advance in the region of applicability of quantum electrodynamics.”
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066496
The introduction by Bohr of Planck’s quantum of action h in atomic theory to explain the stability of atoms and their fixed properties culminated in the discovery of the Uncertainty Principle, or the Principle of Indeterminancy, as it is sometimes called. This principle necessitates a redefinition and generalization of the concept of causality, and in the early days of its discovery caused much confusion and misunderstanding among physicists.
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