Drawing Theories Apart
Drawing Theories Apart
The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics
david kaiser
The University of Chicago Press chicago and london David Kaiser is associate professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society and lecturer in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London C 2005 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 2005 Printed in the United States of America
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isbn: 0-226-42266-6 (cloth) isbn: 0-226-42267-4 (paper)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kaiser, David. Drawing theories apart : the dispersion of Feynman diagrams in postwar physics / David Kaiser. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-226-42266-6 (alk. paper)—isbn 0-226-42267-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Feynman diagrams. 2. Physics—United States—History— 20th century. 3. Physics—History—20th century. I. Title. QC794.6.F4K35 2005 530 .0973 0904—dc22 2004023335