John Wiley & Sons
2011
ISBN: 0470294523 9780470294529
543 pages
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This book demystifies difficult concepts and views the subject, and explains key concepts and phenomena in the language of non-physics majors and with simple math, assuming no prior knowledge of the topic. This book is designed as a complete course in quantum mechanics for senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students in non-physics majors, and applies to courses such as modern physics, physical chemistry and nanotechnology.

The book presents comprehensive coverage of quantum theory supported by experimental results and explained through applications and examples is presented without the use of abstract and complex mathematical tools and formalisms such as bra-ket vectors, Hilbert space, matrix algebra, or group theory. This book takes advantage of the amazing story of how quantum mechanics was developed.
From there, the book:
- Takes the mystery out of the Schrodinger equation, the fundamental equation of quantum physics, by applying it to atoms
- Shows how quantum mechanics explains the periodic table of elements
- Introduces the quantum mechanical concept of spin and spin quantum number, along with Pauli's Exclusion Principle regarding the occupation of quantum states
- Addresses quantum states of molecules in terms of rotation and vibration of diatomic molecules
- Explores the interface between classical statistical mechanics and quantum statistical mechanics
- Discusses quantum mechanics as a common thread through different fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology

The material is also accessible to scientists, engineers, and technologists working in the fields of computer science, biology, chemistry, engineering, and nanotechnology.

Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Tech Editor
Periodic Table of the Elements
Fundamental Physical Constantsa
Important Combinations of Physical Constants
Preface Science, Technology, and Quantum Physics: Mind the Gap
1: FIRST. THERE WAS CLASSICAL PHYSICS
2: PARTICLE BEHAVIOR OF WAVES
3: WAVE BEHAVIOR OF PARTICLES
4: ANATOMY OF AN ATOM
5: PRINCIPLES AND FORMALISM OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
6: THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF AN EQUATION
7: QUANTUM MECHANICS OF AN ATOM
8: QUANTUM MECHANICS OF MANY - ELECTRON ATOMS
9: QUANTUM MECHANICS OF MOLECULES
10: STATISTICAL QUANTUM MECHANICS
11: QUANTUM MECHANICS: ATHREAD RUNS THROUGH IT ALL
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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