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How to understand quantum mechanics /
How to Understand Quantum Mechanics presents an accessible introduction to understanding quantum mechanics in a natural and intuitive way, which was advocated by Erwin Schr�odinger and Albert Einstein. A theoretical physicist reveals dozens of easy tricks that avoid long calculations, makes complica...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | IOP concise physics.
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| Online Access: | IOP - Full text online |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The continuum Universe
- 1.1. The right use of x[square] : describing a continuum
- 2. Everything is a wave
- 2.1. Waves in what medium : waves made of what stuff?
- 2.2. Evidence for waves
- 2.3. Early clues to the size and nature of atoms
- 3. There is no classical theory of matter
- 3.1. Earnshaw's no go theorem
- 3.2. Fundamental constants without the kilogram
- 4. Matter waves
- 4.1. Your quantum governmental representative
- 4.2. A quantum device
- 4.3. Electricity is a quantum effect
- 4.4. The continuity equation
- 4.5. FIAQ
- 5. More quantumy experiments
- 5.1. The Franck-Hertz particle accelerator
- 5.2. The Davisson-Germer demonstration experiment
- 5.3. The free space Schr�odinger equation
- 6. Atoms are musical instruments
- 6.1. The quantum clues you never knew
- 6.2. The Schr�odinger equation
- 7. Waves with known solutions
- 7.1. The Schr�odinger equation
- 7.2. Solved models
- 8. Observables
- 8.1. Collective position, velocity, and momentum : tropical storms
- 8.2. The general definition of observables
- 8.3. Logjam restrictions on observables
- 9 More ways to describe waves
- 9.1. More than one description
- 10. Entanglement
- 10.1. Sums of products are generic
- 10.2. Promoting operators, and other notation issues
- 10.3. The Stern-Gerlach experiment
- 10.4. Bell inequalities, EPR, and all that
- 10.5. Chapter summary
- 10.6. Suggested reading.