Quantum concepts in physics : an alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics / Malcolm Longair.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9781139062060
- 9781107308671
- 9781107314221
- QC174 .Q368 2013
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. The Discovery of Quanta: 1. Physics and theoretical physics in 1895; 2. Planck and black-body radiation; 3. Einstein and quanta, 1900-1911 -- Part II. The Old Quantum Theory: 4. The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom; 5. Sommerfield and Ehrenfest :generalising the Bohr model; 6. Einstein coefficients, Bohr's correspondence principle and the first selection rules; 7. Understanding atomic spectra: additional quantum numbers; 8. Bohr's model of the periodic table and the origin of spin; 9. The wave-particle duality -- Part III. The Discovery of Quantum Mechanics; 10. The collapse of the old quantum theory and the seeds of its regeneration; 11. The Heisenberg breakthrough; 12. Matrix mechanics; 13. Dirac's quantum mechanics; 14. Schrödinger and wave mechanics; 15. Reconciling matrix and wave mechanics; 16. Spin and quantum statistics; 17. The interpretation of quantum mechanics; 18. The aftermath.
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Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers.
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