Léon Rosenfeld

10.1142/7776 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Skaar Jacobsen
Keyword(s):  
Léon Rosenfeld

Selected Papers of Léon Rosenfeld. Edited by R. S. Cohen and J. J. Stachel

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-67
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Balestra ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Léon Rosenfeld

Léon Rosenfeld

1974 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. ix-xx
Author(s):  
M.D. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Léon Rosenfeld

An Ether by Any Other Name?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Sidney Wright
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Physical Theory ◽  
Relativistic Quantum ◽  
Relativistic Quantum Theory ◽  
Léon Rosenfeld ◽  
Quantum Revolution

This chapter examines Paul Dirac’s 1951 proposal that ‘we are rather forced to have an æther’, arguing that it was a purposeful use of anachronism, meant to shock his contemporaries in relativistic quantum theory. The chapter considers the context for Dirac’s proposal in physics and astronomy during his education, and in the journal Nature. Dirac’s ‘æther’ was distinct from the ether proposed by E. T. Whittaker and Arthur Eddington, as it was more physical and substantial. In the conclusion, the chapter argues that the historical progression of physical theory was central to Dirac’s æther proposal. If, in 1905, Einstein ushered in one revolution which removed the possibility for an ether, the later quantum revolution made a new ‘æther’ possible. In the Manchester Guardian, Léon Rosenfeld described Dirac as conjuring ‘the ghost of the “aether”’. In fact, Dirac attempted a resurrection.

Léon Rosenfeld

1974 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. ix-xx
Author(s):  
M.D. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Léon Rosenfeld

Léon Rosenfeld

1974 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. i-viii
Author(s):  
G.E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Léon Rosenfeld
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