Quantum concepts in physics : an alternative approach to the understanding of quantum mechanics / Malcolm Longair.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2013.
Descrizione fisica:
XVIII, 443 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Acknowledgements. Pt. 1. The discovery of quanta: 1. Physics and theoretical physics in 1895 2. Planck and black-body radiation 3. Einstein and quanta (1900-1911). Pt. 2. 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. Pt. 3. 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. Epilogue. Notes. References. Name index. Subject index
ISBN:
9781107017092
Discipline:
Meccanica quantistica e Meccanica statistica--Studi.
