Hendry has written a good book an important one that we can add to the list ofrecent publications on the history of quantum mechanics. ... Nevertheless TheCreat... » 

Hendry has written a good book an important one that we can add to the list ofrecent publications on the history of quantum mechanics. ... Nevertheless TheCreation of Quantum Mechanics is a worthy contribution to the historicalliterature on twentiethcentury physics. Annals of Science 43 1986...Hendrys book is an important contribution to the literature on the historyof twentiethcentury physics. Not only is his account highly competent and wellwritten but it also incorporates most of the important scholarly research inthis field of the past two decades. Hendrys attempt to obtain a greaterinsight into the philosophy of quantum theory of exploring its history willstimulate both historians and philosophers of science. ISI 1986 ...recommendHendrys thoughtful and carefully documented book. It is an ambitious andstimulating work which should interest any historian of modern physics. ...students specializing in the history of modern physics are well advised tostudy it carefully. The Modern Schoolman November 1983 «