Quantum Mechanics, Second edition

by Paul C.W. Davies

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351420402
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/27/2018
Series:	Physics and its Applications
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Paul C.W. Davies

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"…a very useful, readable, and relatively inexpensive technical introduction to the subject."

-Roger Penrose, THES

"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."

-Professor J.A. Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin

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