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(1) A YEAR or two ago, developments in the quantum theory were so rapid and ideas were so fluid that it was impossible to write a book which would remain a permanent contribution to the subject.
(1) The Principles of Quantum Mechanics.
P. A. M. Dirac. (The International Series of Monographs on Physics.) Pp. x + 257. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1930.) 17s. 6d. net.
(2) Die physikalischen Prinzipien der Quantentheorie.
Prof. Dr. W. Heisenberg. Pp. viii + 117 + 2 Tafeln. (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1930.) 7 gold marks.
(3) La Théorie des Quanta. Deuxième édition. Les Statistiques Quantiques et leurs Applications.
Prof. Léon Brillouin. (Recueil des Conferences-Rapports de documentation sur la Physique, Vol. 18.) Vol. 1. Pp. 192. Vol. 2. Pp. 193–404. (Paris: Les Presses universitaires de France, 1930.) 125 francs.
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(1) The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (2) Die physikalischen Prinzipien der Quantentheorie (3) La Théorie des Quanta Deuxième édition Les Statistiques Quantiques et leurs Applications. Nature 127, 699–700 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127699a0
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