Niels Bohr Collected Works Volume 5: The Emergence of Quantum Mechanics (Mainly 1924-1926)

xxi, 528 pp. 4to. Black cloth, silver titles. A collection of theoretical papers, in the original German with English translations, by one of the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project. These papers establish important ideas about atomic theory and quantum mechanics when these concepts were at the foundational stage. Also includes correspondence between Bohr and other scientists, including Charles Darwin's grandson, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrodinger. Appendix lists an inventory of manuscripts in the Niels Bohr Archive. An invaluable resource for those interested in the beginnings of quantum science.