TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longair,Malcolm S.
TI  - Quantum concepts in physics: an alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics 
SN  - 9781139062060
AV  - QC174 .Q368 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Quantum theory
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Title from publisher's web page (viewed 27 Feb. 2013); 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers
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