Title The Development of the Action Principle : A Didactic History from Euler-Lagrange to Schwinger Author(s) Dittrich, Walter Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. Description XV, 135 p. 23 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This book describes the historical development of the principle of stationary action from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Reference is made to the most important contributors to this topic, in particular Bernoullis, Leibniz, Euler, Lagrange and Laplace. The leading theme is how the action principle is applied to problems in classical physics such as hydrodynamics, electrodynamics and gravity, extending also to the modern formulation of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, especially quantum electrodynamics. A critical analysis of operator versus c-number field theory is given. The book contains many worked examples. In particular, the term "vacuum" is scrutinized. The book is aimed primarily at actively working researchers, graduate students and historians interested in the philosophical interpretation and evolution of physics; in particular, in understanding the action principle and its application to a wide range of natural phenomena ISBN,Price 9783030691059 Keyword(s) 1. CLASSICAL MECHANICS 2. EBOOK 3. EBOOK - SPRINGER 4. Elementary particles (Physics) 5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory 6. History of Physics and Astronomy 7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 8. MECHANICS 9. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy 10. Physics???History 11. Physics???Philosophy 12. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I11810     On Shelf