From c-Numbers to q-Numbers
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  CONVENTIONS AND NOTATIONS
  INTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART A  PLANCK'S RADIATION THEORY
 •Introduction
 expand sectionChapter I  Concepts of Gas Theory
 expand sectionChapter II  Planck's Absolute Irreversibility
 expand sectionChapter III  On Irreversible Radiation Processes
 expand sectionChapter IV  The Infrared Challenge

 collapse sectionPART B  THE CORRESPONDENCE PRINCIPLE
 •Introduction
 expand sectionChapter V  The Bohr Atom (1913-1916)
 expand sectionChapter VI  Postulates and Principles
 expand sectionChapter VII  Harmonic Interplay
 expand sectionChapter VIII  A Crisis
 expand sectionChapter IX  The Virtual Orchestra
 expand sectionChapter X  Matrix Mechanics

 collapse sectionPART C  DIRAC'S QUANTUM MECHANICS
 •Introduction
 expand sectionChapter XI  Classical Beauty
 collapse sectionChapter XII  Queer Numbers
 expand sectionPoisson Resurrected
 •The Canonical Method
 collapse sectionQuantum Algebra
 •q-Numbers
 •A Mathematical Digression
 •Stagnation
 •Summary
 expand sectionChapter XIII  Quantum Beauty

  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
  ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CITATIONS AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
  BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY LITERATURE
  BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY LITERATURE
 expand sectionINDEX
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