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A clear and well-organized review of what is presently known about
nuclear structure. Emphasis is less upon mathematical detail than
upon the obtaining of a clear perspective which relates the various
lines of approach to this complex and rapidly developing field.
Particular attention is paid to nuclear models and to the several
types of nuclear reactions. Originally published in 1958. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This book provides a clear and logical path to understanding what
quantum mechanics is about. It will be accessible to undergraduates
with minimal mathematical preparation: all that is required is an
open mind, a little algebra, and a first course in undergraduate
physics. Quantum mechanics is arguably the most successful physical
theory. It makes predictions of incredible accuracy. It provides
the structure underlying all of our electronic technology, and much
of our mastery over materials. But compared with Newtonian
mechanics, or even relativity, its teachings seem obscure--they
have no counterpart in everyday experience, and they sometimes
contradict our simplest notions of how the world works. A full
understanding of the theory requires prior mastery of very advanced
mathematics. This book aims at a different goal: to teach the
reader, step by step, how the theory came to be and what,
fundamentally, it is about. Most students learn physics by learning
techniques and formulas. This is especially true in a field like
quantum mechanics, whose content often contradicts our common
sense, and where it's tempting to retreat into mathematical
formalism. This book goes behind the formalism to explain in direct
language the conceptual content and foundations of quantum
mechanics: the experiments that forced physicists to construct such
a strange theory, and the essential elements of its strangeness.
A clear and well-organized review of what is presently known about
nuclear structure. Emphasis is less upon mathematical detail than
upon the obtaining of a clear perspective which relates the various
lines of approach to this complex and rapidly developing field.
Particular attention is paid to nuclear models and to the several
types of nuclear reactions. Originally published in 1958. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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