P.J.E. Peebles teaches the often counterintuitive physics of
quantum mechanics by working through detailed applications of
general ideas. A principal example used in the book is the
hyperfine structure of atomic hydrogen (the 21 cm line): the
computation of the energy splitting and the induced and spontaneous
transition rates. Peebles makes room for such calculations by
omitting unneeded elements that can be readily found in the
standard treatises after one fully understands the principles of
quantum mechanics. To give a flavor of the discovery of the
remarkable world picture of quantum mechanics, the author presents
a set of examples of physics that are well worth knowing even aside
from their historical interest. Then the general principles of
quantum mechanics are stated first in terms of wave mechanics and
then in the standard abstract linear space formalism. Measurement
theory, an essential part of quantum mechanics, is discussed in
some detail. The book also emphasizes the art of numerical
estimates. And, lastly, a large number of problems are presented,
some easy, some challenging, but all selected because they are
physically interesting. The book is designed for advanced
undergraduates or beginning graduate students in physics.
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