The Copenhagen Network: The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Perspective (Paperback, 2020)

Chapter 1 - Introduction

1.1 KnabenPhysik

1.2 “Mecca of Theoretical Physics” 

Chapter 2 - Scandinavian Settings

2.1 Experiment under Theory

2.2 New Blood

2.3 Meanings of Internationalism

Chapter 3 - International Networking

3.1 The Manchester Link

3.2 First German Connection

3.3 New Partners

3.4 The Value of Neutrality

Chapter 4 - A “Kuhnian” Crisis

4.1 The Field in Disarray

4.2 American Voyage

4.3 The Copenhagen Putsch

Chapter 5 - Revolt of the Postdoc

5.1 Marginal Intruders and the Light Quantum

5.2 Inflation and Quasi-Free Postdocs

5.3 Werner Heisenberg’s Wanderjahre

5.4 Quantum Mechanics Community

Chapter 6 - Philosophical Wrangling

6.1 The Problem with Quantum Philosophy

6.2 Matrix Mechanics (Fall 1925)

6.3 Wave Mechanics (Spring 1926)

6.4 Quantum Mechanics (Fall 1926)

6.5 Philosophies of Compromise (1927)

6.6 Discussion

Chapter 7 - Conclusions and the Forman Thesis