The conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics
著者
書誌事項
The conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics
AMS Chelsea Pub., 2007, c1971
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全5件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
"Reprinted with corrections by the American Mathematical Society, 2007"--T.p. verso
Originally published: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1971
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
- The failure of classical theory Consequences of a mistrust of theory Properties of electrons, photons
- The De Broglie relations An analysis of electron diffraction Heisenberg's principle of indeterminancy Interpretations of the Heisenberg principle Dynamical properties of microsystems Determinism and state
- Statistical determinism Probability amplitudes
- The superposition principle Summary and comment Index.
「Nielsen BookData」 より