- 396 pages
- English
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How to Be a Quantum Mechanic
About this book
How to Be a Quantum Mechanic is an introduction to quantum mechanics at the upper-division level. It begins with wave-particle duality and ends with a brief introduction to the Dirac equation. Two attitudes went into its writing: Examples are the best way to get into a subject, and numbers and equations alone do not always sum to understanding. The author taught for 40 years at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley, in experimental elementary-particle physics in the group led by Luis Alvarez.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- 1. Strangest Things
- 2. The Schrodinger Equation. Bound States
- 3. Simple Approximations for Bound States
- 4. Scattering in One Dimension
- 5. Mathematical Formalism
- 6. The Harmonic Oscillator
- 7. Uncertainty Relations. Simultaneous Eigenstates
- 8. Angular Momentum
- 9. Hydrogen. The Isotropic Oscillator
- 10. Spin-1/2 Particles
- 11. Hyperfine Splitting. Two Angular Momenta. Isospin
- 12. Cryptography. The EPR Argument. Bell’s Inequality
- 13. Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
- 14. Identical Particles
- 15. Time-Dependent Perturbations. Planck and Einstein
- 16. Scattering
- 17. The Dirac Equation
- Sources of Quotes
- Index
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