The genesis of Feynman diagrams
By: Adrian Wüthrich
Series: Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology -- v. 26; Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) -- v. 26
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789048192274
Subjects: Feynman diagrams
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : origin, use and interpretations of Feynman diagrams; title: Quantum electrodynamics without Feynman diagrams; title: Quantum mechanics without a Hamiltonian operator; title: The Dirac equation : Feynman's great struggle; title: Free propagation and successive scattering; title: Field theoretical systematization of Feynman's theory; title: The development of new means of representation : goals and milestones; title: Appendix A. Diagrammatic induction; title: Appendix B. Synopsis of manuscripts and principal publications.