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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book is meant to be used for a first course in quantum mechanics and assumes that the student has taken a modern physics course and has had mathematics through differential equations. … The book reviews how to sketch wave functions for a variety of 1-D potentials and addresses the standard calculations for special cases. … Overall, this is an excellent book … . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates." (E. Kincanon, Choice, Vol. 46 (8), April, 2009)
"This textbook provides an introduction to quantum mechanics at an elementary level. … The presentation of the topics is very good and pedagogical. … Finally, many exercises and their solutions … are given. All in all, this book provides an excellent introduction to the field of quantum physics. It will be very useful to beginning students in quantum mechanics, and also to lecturers on this topic. It is highly recommended as a basis for a course, or even for self-study." (Axel Maas, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2009 m)
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. Physics, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, U.S.A.
Charles E. Burkhardt
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University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, St. Louis, U.S.A.
Jacob J. Leventhal
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foundations of Quantum Physics
Authors: Charles E. Burkhardt, Jacob J. Leventhal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77652-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77651-4Published: 19 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2662-3Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77652-1Published: 15 December 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 530
Number of Illustrations: 133 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Classical Mechanics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory