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Nature Physics 5, 383 (1 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/nphys1279

History of quantum theory: The short version

Andreas Trabesinger

“Quantum mechanics is a difficult theory, the history of which is even more difficult.” Such is not the conclusion, but the starting point of a study by Olivier Darrigol, in which he sets out to give a simplified account of the complex history of quantum mechanics, and its early history in particular (Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40, 151–166; 2009).