How Heisenberg Discovered It

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This video explains how Heisenberg discovered Matrix Mechanics, the original version of Quantum Mechanics.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:49 History of Atomic Model
4:28 Electron Discovered
6:00 Nucleus Discovered
8:04 History of Atomic Spectra
11:18 Bohr Model
17:00 Heisenberg's Reinterpretation
20:17 Heisenberg's Use of Rydberg-Ritz Combination Principle
23:26 Why Matrices Appear

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Correction:
23:31 typo here, should be C_{j}C_{m-j} not C_{j}C_{m-a}

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Sources:
Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations by Werner Heisenberg
On the quantum-theoretical reinterpretation
of kinematical and mechanical relationships by Werner Heisenberg
Uncertainty: The Life and Science of Werner Heisenberg by David Cassidy
Understanding Heisenberg’s ‘magical’ paper of
July 1925: a new look at the calculational details by Aitchison, MacManus, and Snyder
A glimpse of matrix mechanics via the harmonic oscillator by Elina Palmgren
The Dual Dynamical Foundation of Orthodox Quantum
Mechanics by Diana Taschetto and Ricardo Correa da Silva
Three Puzzles about Bohr’s Correspondence Principle by Alisa Bokulich
This is how Heisenberg created quantum mechanics - a step-by-step guide (video by Dr. Jorge S. Diaz)

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Music: Epidemic Sound
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Illustrations and Thumbnails: Christine Kosakowski

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