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Quantum Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics: Principles and Worked Examples (Graduate Texts in Physics) by Peter Hertel (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Chapters on exceptionally simple, but highly instructive examples illustrate this abstract formulation of quantum physics. The simplest atoms, ions, and molecules are explained, describing their interaction with electroma

Who reads Quantum Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics: Principles and Worked Examples (Graduate Texts in Physics)?

Author

Peter Hertel (auth.)

Publisher

Hertel, Peter, Springer Verlag

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319864372

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Physics, Stem