Quantum Mechanics

Its Early Development and the Road to Entanglement and Beyond

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical, Physics, Quantum Theory
Cover of the book Quantum Mechanics by Edward G Steward, World Scientific Publishing Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Edward G Steward ISBN: 9781911298649
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: October 18, 2011
Imprint: ICP Language: English
Author: Edward G Steward
ISBN: 9781911298649
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: October 18, 2011
Imprint: ICP
Language: English

This book provides the reader with an explanation of the origin and establishment of quantum mechanics together with a descriptive survey of developments up to the present day. The mathematics is presented in a digestible form yet following the original approach.

This second edition presents two new chapters to supplement and extend the first edition material. “Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics” surveys a wide range of current topics, including the multiverse, 't Hooft's ideas for a deterministic local field theory, a summary of the de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory and Anthony Valentini's development of it, and speculative concluding comments on the way ahead.

“A Reflective Interlude” looks in more detail than hitherto at the origin and early years of wave-particle duality, with emphasis on trying to discover, as far as possible, what was the physical reality implied by de Broglie's work as it progressed.

Appendices include useful reminder notes on associated background topics, with a new appendix “Planck Units”.

With references to the original works, to reviews and useful bibliographies, the reader is uniquely well-equipped to delve further into the subject.

In addition to its importance for those studying physics, this book is also intended for those studying the history of science.

Contents:

  • Setting the Scene
  • Light: The 'Aether' and the Special Theory of Relativity
  • Thermal Radiation and Planck's 'Energy Elements'
  • Einstein and the Quantum
  • The Quantum in the Atom: Optical Spectra
  • Einstein's Transition Probabilities: Bohr's Theory and Planck's Law
  • Wave Mechanics
  • Matrix Mechanics
  • Complementarity, the Uncertainty Principle, and the Copenhagen Interpretation
  • Indeterminacy and Entanglement (Sara M McMurry)
  • A Reflective Interlude
  • Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics (Sara M McMurry)

Readership: Physicists, theoretical physicists, science historians and physical chemists.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book provides the reader with an explanation of the origin and establishment of quantum mechanics together with a descriptive survey of developments up to the present day. The mathematics is presented in a digestible form yet following the original approach.

This second edition presents two new chapters to supplement and extend the first edition material. “Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics” surveys a wide range of current topics, including the multiverse, 't Hooft's ideas for a deterministic local field theory, a summary of the de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory and Anthony Valentini's development of it, and speculative concluding comments on the way ahead.

“A Reflective Interlude” looks in more detail than hitherto at the origin and early years of wave-particle duality, with emphasis on trying to discover, as far as possible, what was the physical reality implied by de Broglie's work as it progressed.

Appendices include useful reminder notes on associated background topics, with a new appendix “Planck Units”.

With references to the original works, to reviews and useful bibliographies, the reader is uniquely well-equipped to delve further into the subject.

In addition to its importance for those studying physics, this book is also intended for those studying the history of science.

Contents:

Readership: Physicists, theoretical physicists, science historians and physical chemists.

More books from World Scientific Publishing Company

Cover of the book Inside CERN's Large Hadron Collider by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Inspirations of a Nation by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Oblique Derivative Problems for Elliptic Equations by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Ernest Irving Freese's Geometric Transformations by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Biodiversity, Natural Products and Cancer Treatment by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Integrating Computers and Problem Posing in Mathematics Teacher Education by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Advances in Wave Turbulence by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Physics in a Mad World by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Independent Innovation in China by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Remembering the Manhattan Project by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Causality, Correlation and Artificial Intelligence for Rational Decision Making by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book Handbook of Porphyrin Science (Volumes 21 25) by Edward G Steward
Cover of the book A Reformulation of Keynesian Economics by Edward G Steward
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy