Quantum mechanics is the key to modern physics and chemistry, yet it is notoriously difficult to understand. This book is designed to overcome that obstacle. Clear and concise, it provides an easily readable introduction intended for science undergraduates with no previous knowledge of quantum theory, leading them through to the advanced topics usually encountered at the final year level.
Although the subject matter is standard, novel techniques have been employed that considerably simplify the technical presentation. The authors use their extensive experience of teaching and popularizing science to explain the many difficult, abstract points of the subject in easily comprehensible language. Helpful examples and thorough sets of exercises are also given to enable students to master the subject.
By:
Paul C.W. Davies,
David S. Betts (University of Sussex,
UK)
Imprint: Taylor & Francis
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9780748744466
ISBN 10: 0748744460
Series: Physics and its Applications
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 June 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface, 1 Preliminary concepts, 2 Wave mechanics, 3 One-climensional delta wells, 4 Wave mechanics, 5 Scattering in three dimensions, 6 The formal rules of quantum mechanics, 7 Angular momentum, 8 Particle in a central potential, 9 Some atomic physics, 10 Approximation methods, 11 Transitions, Appendix A The one-dimensional infinite array of delta wells (Kronig-Penney model), Appendix B Spherical harmonics, Appendix C The Dirac delta function, Appendix D Useful quantities, Appendix E Useful integrals, Appendix F Exercises, Appendix G Answers to exercises, Index
Macquarie University, Australia University of Sussex, UK
Reviews for Quantum Mechanics, Second edition
I do not know of anyone who has put the essence of quantum mechanics more clearly, more understandable, more soundly, and more compactly than Professor Davis.
