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| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| ISBN 13 | 9783319585949 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319585940 |
| Book Subtitle | Principles And Worked Examples |
| Book Description | This textbook presents a concise yet detailed introduction to quantum physics. Concise, because it condenses the essentials to a few principles. Detailed, because these few principles - necessarily rather abstract - are illustrated by several telling examples. A fairly complete overview of the conventional quantum mechanics curriculum is the primary focus, but the huge field of statistical thermodynamics is covered as well. The text explains why a few key discoveries shattered the prevailing broadly accepted classical view of physics. First, matter appears to consist of particles which, when propagating, resemble waves. Consequently, some observable properties cannot be measured simultaneously with arbitrary precision. Second, events with single particles are not determined, but are more or less probable. The essence of this is that the observable properties of a physical system are to be represented by non-commuting mathematical objects instead of real numbers. |
| Editorial Review | The textbook is intended for students of general physics, chemistry, molecular biology, material science and even for philosophical minded readers.The many worked examples are presented at various levels of abstraction. |
| About the Author | Prof. Dr. Peter Hertel studied physics, mathematics and philosophy at the universities of Hamburg (Germany), London (Imperial College, UK) and Vienna (Austria) where he received his Ph.D. His scientific career led him to Heidelberg (Germany), CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), Vienna and Osnabruck (Germany) where he was appointed full professor. Although retired by now, he continues lecturing at the Applied Physics School of Nankai University (Tianjin, China). His research interests were elementary particles, statistical thermodynamics, theoretical optics and computational physics. For more than 40 years he has taught practically all subjects of theoretical physics and mathematics at different levels |
| Language | English |
| Author | Peter Hertel |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Publication Date | 5th Sept 2017 |
| Number of Pages | 368 |
Quantum Theory And Statistical Thermodynamics: Principles And Worked Examples hardcover english - 5th Sept 2017
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