Particle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics

TitleParticle or Wave: The Evolution of the Concept of Matter in Modern Physics
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsAnastopoulos, C
Number of Pages432
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Abstract

Charis Anastopoulos is a researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of Patras in Greece, who has thought deeply about the fundamentals of physics.
Particle or Wave is the first popular-level book to explain the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter and the controversies surrounding them. Its aim is to convey to a mixed audience how the successful and well-established quantum theory of fields goes about describing nature