Constructing Quantum Mechanics Volume Two: The Arch, 1923-1927

This is the second of two volumes on the genesis of quantum mechanics in the first quarter of the 20th century. It covers the rapid transition from the old to the new quantum theory in the years 1923-1927.

Michel Janssen, Professor for History of Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Unversity of Minnesota, Anthony Duncan, Professor of Physics Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh

Michel Janssen studied physics and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned his PhD in 1995. He was an editor at the Einstein Papers Project before joining the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota as a historian of science in 2000. He has also been a regular visitor at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin. His research focuses on the genesis of relativity and quantum theory.

Anthony Duncan received his PhD in theoretical elementary particle physics in 1975 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Steven Weinberg. Following postdoctoral and junior faculty positions at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Columbia University in New York, he joined the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh in 1981 as Associate Professor of Physics. He has taught a wide range of courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, including courses on the history of modern physics. He is now (since 2015) Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh.