This classic text provides a comprehensive exposition of the
concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics. The phenomena treated
are sufficiently simple to allow the student to readily assess the
validity of the models so that attention is not deflected from the
heart of the subject. To that end, the book concentrates on systems
that can either be solved exactly or be handled by well-controlled,
plausible approximations. With few exceptions, this means systems
with a small number of degrees of freedom. The exceptions are manya
"electron atoms, the electromagnetic field and the Dirac equation.
The inclusion of the last two topics reflects the belief that every
physicist should now have some knowledge of these cornerstones of
modern physics.
This new edition has been completely revised and rewritten
throughout, but retains the clarity and readability of the first
edition.
Born in Vienna, Kurt Gottfried emigrated to Canada in 1939 and
received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1955. He is a professor emeritus of
physics at Cornell University, and had previously been at Harvard
University and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the coauthor
of Concepts of Particle Physics (with V.F. Weisskopf) and of Crisis
Stability and Nuclear War. Gottfried has done research in both
nuclear and particle physics; he has an active interest in arms
control and human rights and is a founder and currently the Chair
of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Tung-Mow Yan, originally from Taiwan, received his Ph.D. in
theoretical physics from Harvard University in 1968. He has been a
member of the Cornell University faculty since 1970 afterspending
two years as a research associate at the Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center. He has conducted research in many areas of
elementary particle physics.
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