DE BROGLIE ON THE NATURE OF MATTER IN THE QUANTUM VIEW. DE BROGLIE, LOUIS. 1892-1987. Autograph ...

DE BROGLIE ON THE NATURE OF MATTER IN THE QUANTUM VIEW. DE BROGLIE, LOUIS. 1892-1987. Autograph Manuscript Signed ('M. de Broglie') on the problem of defining matter after the quantum revolution he helped ignite [published as 'Le réel en petitesse'], 3 pp, 270 x 210 mm, in French, ink on paper, Paris, 1954, with Autograph Note Signed ('Louis de Broglie') transmitting the manuscript, with apologies that his typist is on vacation, Paris, August 29, 1954, with original autograph transmittal envelope. AN IMPORTANT LOUIS DE BROGLIE MANUSCRIPT ON THE DETERMINISTIC PROBLEM OF MATTER IN QUANTUM MECHANICS. In 1923, de Broglie began working on reconciling Einstein and Planck's wave theories of radiation with extant theories on matter, and his doctorate thesis in 1924 Recherches sur la theory des quanta put forth his novel theory on the wave nature of electrons, creating an entire new and fertile field of physics: wave mechanics. Beginning with De Broglie, the years 1924-1927 saw an explosion of papers and research by Werner Heisenberg (quoted in the present manuscript), Max Born, and Ernst Schrödinger, culminating in the Solvay Conference of 1927, where De Broglie presented his 'pilot wave' model. That same year the experiments of Davisson-Germer experiments confirmed De Broglie's theories. In this paper, a more nuanced clarification of ideas expressed in his 1952 conference paper «La Physique quantique restera-t-elle indeterministe?» ['Will Quantum Physics remain indeterministic?'], he explores the problems in defining matter when matter is expressed as a probability wave, or as Heisenberg notes (quoted by De Broglie) '...these elementary particles can be transformed, so to speak at will, into one another....' The problem was given new life in 1952 with the revival of De Broglie's 1927 'pilot wave' theory by the young physicist David Bohm. Considered a successor to Einstein, Bohm published his landmark 'Suggested Interpretation of the Quantum Theory in Terms of Hidden Variables,' affirming that it was indeed possible to incorporate determinism into Quantum models. In this important paper, De Broglie engages the problems both with his own determinism as well as Heisenberg's indeterminism. An important manuscript in the ongoing quantum debate on the nature of waves and matter from the physicist who first theorized the issue. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing