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100 1 _aLongair, Malcolm.
245 1 0 _aQuantum concepts in physics :
_ban alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics /
_cMalcolm Longair, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew york :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013
300 _axviii, 443 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 405-431) and indexes.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: 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; 19. Epilogue; Indices.
520 _a"Written for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at this level"--
650 0 _aQuantum theory
_xHistory.
650 7 _aSCIENCE / Quantum Theory.
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955 _bxh07 2013-03-04
_ixh07 2013-03-04 ONIX to Dewey
_axn05 2013-06-07 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.
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