Anamorphosis of Bohr-Rosenfeld

Stefano Furlan

doi:10.1393/ncc/i2025-25253-4

Anamorphosis of Bohr-Rosenfeld

Stefano Furlan

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In 1933, Bohr and Rosenfeld published a famous article, “On the question of the measurability of electromagnetic field quantities”, which by many accounts became a milestone. Historiography, though, does not seem to have really grasped its impact. In this brief paper I will highlight how the work by Bohr and Rosenfeld had an important reception story also outside of QED, more specifically in quantum gravity attempts: in the USSR, at the hands of Bronstein (mid-1930s), and in the US, at the hands of Wheeler (mid-1950s).

Original language	English
Article number	253
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2025-25253-4
Publication status	Published - 2025

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