Quantum physics for dummies
Book - 2009
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- Subjects
- Published
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley
2009.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9780470381885
- Introduction
- Part I. Small World, Huh? Essential Quantum Physics
- Chapter 1. Discoveries and Essential Quantum Physics
- Chapter 2. Entering the Matrix: Welcome to State Vectors
- Part II. Bound and Undetermined: Handling Particles in Bound States
- Chapter 3. Getting Stuck in Energy Wells
- Chapter 4. Back and Forth with Harmonic Oscillators
- Part III. Turning to Angular Momentum and Spin
- Chapter 5. Working with Angular Momentum on the Quantum Level
- Chapter 6. Getting Dizzy with Spin
- Part IV. Multiple Dimensions: Going 3D with Quantum Physics167
- Chapter 7. Rectangular Coordinates: Solving Problems in Three Dimensions
- Chapter 8. Solving Problems in Three Dimensions: Spherical Coordinates
- Chapter 9. Understanding Hydrogen Atoms
- Chapter 10. Handling Many Identical Particles
- Part V. Group Dynamics: Introducing Multiple Particles
- Chapter 11. Giving Systems a Push: Perturbation Theory
- Chapter 12. Wham-Blam! Scattering Theory
- Part VI. The Part of Tens
- Chapter 13. Ten Quantum Physics Tutorials
- Chapter 14. Ten Quantum Physics Triumphs
- Glossary
- Index