"The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics" contains 34 essays on the history of quantum and relativity theories and their applications. Most of the essays were presented as lectures at various universities in Europe and the USA by Jagdish Mehra, while some were published individually and in collaboration with Helmut Rechenberg. This book deals with the most important themes developed in the first 40 years of the 20th century by some of the greatest pioneers and architects of modern physics. It is a vital source of information about what can be described as "the golden age of theoretical physics".
Contents of Vol. 2:
Werner Heisenberg and the Birth of Quantum Mechanics
‘The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics’: PAM Dirac's Scientific Work from 1924 to 1933
Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics. I. Schrödinger's Scientific Work Before the Creation of Wave Mechanics
Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics. II. The Creation of Wave Mechanics
Erwin Schrödinger and the Rise of Wave Mechanics. III. Early Response and Applications
Niels Bohr's Discussions with Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger: The Origins of the Principles of Uncertainty and Complementarity
Eugene Paul Wigner: Aspects of His Life Work, and Personality
Lev Davidovich Landau: Some Aspects of His Life and Personality
The Origin of Quantum Field Theory
The Solvay Conferences of 1927 and 1930 and the Consistency Debate
Relativistic Electrons and Quantum Fields
New Elementary Particles in Nuclear and Cosmic-Ray Physics
Between Hope and Despair: Quantum Electrodynamics in the 1930s
Universal Nuclear Forces and Yukawa's New Intermediate Mass Particle (1933–1937)
New Fields Describing Elementary Particles, Their Properties and Interactions
Energy Generation in Stars and the Origins of Nuclear Fission
The Einstein–Bohr Debate on the Completion of Quantum Mechanics and Its Description of Reality (1931–1936)
The Quantum Principle: Its Interpretation and Epistemology
The Dream of Leonardo da Vinci