A revision of a successful junior/senior level text, this introduction to elementary quantum mechanics clearly explains the properties of the most important quantum systems. Emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electron-positron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. Includes new appendices on such topics as crystallography, Fourier Integral Description of a Wave Group, and Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.
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A revision of a successful junior/senior level text, this introduction to elementary quantum mechanics clearly explains the properties of the most important quantum systems. Emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electron-positron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. Includes new appendices on such topics as crystallography, Fourier Integral Description of a Wave Group, and Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.
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This review is from: Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles (Hardcover)
This book is an excellent introduction to Quantum Physics. This book gives the non-expert reader an insight into the tremendous explanatory power of quantum mechanics. It describes why and how Quantum Mechanics was developed, and it is primarily concerned with the understanding of concepts and ideas, rather than focusing on mathematical techniques. For this reason it might appear a little verbose to some readers.The first five chapters gives the reader a good insight into the history of Quantum Physics and to why classical mechanics was insufficient. Chapter 6 is an excellent overview of how to solve the Schroedinger Equation in a few specific cases, at the same time as the reader is given a very good "feeling" for how Quantum Mechanics works. The remainder of the chapters focuses on specific situations, applications and phenomena's. There are plenty of books that use less mathematics, but I do not believe they give a good understanding of the topic. There are also plenty of books that uses a lot more complex mathematics, but they are not for beginners. I recommend this book as an introduction to Quantum Physics for undergraduate physics students, engineers, science professionals, and mathematically literate others. For reference, these are the chapters in the book: I liked Appendix A, "The Special Theory of Relativity". In only sixteen pages, the authors succeed to correctly explain the special theory of relativity. I also liked Appendix C, "The Boltzmann Distribution", which was good concise description of classical statistical mechanics (you need to understand it, to understand why it was not good enough).
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Clear Introduction to Quantum Physics,
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I am using Eisberg's and Resnick's text to review quantum physics. I am particularly impressed by the author's development of plausibility arguements for the mathematics before developing the mathematics itself. I found the first couple of chapters a bit laborious, but the succeeding chapters are very well-written. I was particularly impressed by the chapter on Schroedinger's Theory of Quantum Mechanics and the chapter on Solutions of Time-Independent Schroedinger Equations. I found the text particularly useful for self-instruction and review.
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This book is perfect for introduction to Quantum Physics, especially for those who want to go into the subject step by step with an understanding of Physical concepts behind it. Most books I have seen basically are dry Mathematical Formulas which requires a lot to reading into formulas to get the real physical meaning behind those formulas. This book is perfect it tells you why certain things can not be explained by Classical Physics (Instead of simply stating that) and what assumptions are being made and where the problem was and therefore the Quantum Physics is there. It has numerous examples for you to see real applications and scales of the things. Everytime I opened the book I was so happy that I finally came across such a good book. I have no problem with the amount of verbatim in the book as some of the commentators had. I believe it is that feature of the book that makes it clear Physics book. Every line has a significance in the fundamentals of the subject.
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classically excluded region, executing simple harmonic oscillations, standing wave eigenfunctions, optically active electrons, ellipsoidal charge distribution, component sinusoidal waves, total eigenfunction, shell model diagram, nucleon energy levels, orientational potential energy, simple harmonic oscillator eigenfunctions, semiempirical mass formula, total relativistic energy, atom eigenfunctions, global charge conservation, orbital magnetic dipole moment, molecular eigenfunction, spectral radiancy, classical wave motion, space eigenfunction, simple harmonic oscillator potential, quantum electrodynamics shows, vector addition diagrams, electron scattering measurements, nucleon potential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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classically excluded region, executing simple harmonic oscillations, standing wave eigenfunctions, optically active electrons, ellipsoidal charge distribution, component sinusoidal waves, total eigenfunction, shell model diagram, nucleon energy levels, orientational potential energy, simple harmonic oscillator eigenfunctions, semiempirical mass formula, total relativistic energy, atom eigenfunctions, global charge conservation, orbital magnetic dipole moment, molecular eigenfunction, spectral radiancy, classical wave motion, space eigenfunction, simple harmonic oscillator potential, quantum electrodynamics shows, vector addition diagrams, electron scattering measurements, nucleon potential Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Causality and Chance in Modern Physics by David Bohm on page 80
- The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923) by Niels Henrik David Bohr on page 117
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