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"Now anyone can master the basics of quantum mechanics-without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Quantum Mechanics Demystified, physicist (and student-savvy author) David McMahon provides an effective and illuminating way to learn the essentials of quantum mechanics." "With Quantum Mechanics Demystified, you master the subject one step at a time-at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide is filled with solved examples throughout, and offers problems to try at the end of each chapter to pinpoint weaknesses. A final exam serves to reinforce concepts covered in the entire book. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET. Read more... 1. Historical review -- Blackbody radiation and Planck's formula -- The photoelectric effect -- The Bohr theory of the atom -- de Broglie's hypothesis -- Quiz -- 2. Basic developments -- The Schrödinger equation -- Solving the Schrödinger equation -- The probability interpretation and normalization -- Expansion of the wavefunction and finding coefficients -- The phase of a wavefunction -- Operators in quantum mechanics -- Momentum and the uncertainty principle -- The conservation of probability -- Quiz -- 3. The time independent Schrödinger equa
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- McMahon, David M
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Professional;MGH
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780071486705
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Education, Physics
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