| Description |
xii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Beyond the Ether -- 3. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics -- 4. Analysis of the Photoelectric Effect -- 5. De Broglie and Electron Waves -- 6. The Wave Function and Feynman's Two-Slit Experiment -- 7. The Pauli Exclusion Principle: the Identity of Particles -- 8. The Schrodinger Wave Equation and the Hydrogen Atom -- 9. Critique of the Pointlike Electron -- 10. Complementary Attributes and the Uncertainty Principle -- 11. An Illustration: Polarized Light -- 12. Heisenberg and Measurement -- 13. More on Measurement -- 14. Further Reflections on the Bohr-Peierls Interpretation -- 15. Toward the Dirac Viewpoint -- 16. Feynman's Path Integral Method -- 17. Are Fields All? -- 18. A Visit With Photons: Identity and Flexibility -- 19. Can Wave Packets Be Particles? -- 20. The Quantum Stellar Interferometer of Hanbury Brown -- 21. About the Delayed-Choice Experiment -- 22. The Illusion of Superluminal Signaling -- 23. The Meaning of Bell's Theorem |
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24. Symmetry and Point Particles -- 25. The Quantum Mechanics of Multiparticle Systems -- 26. Atoms, Molecules, and the Periodic Table -- 27. Chemists, Pictures, and Molecular Architecture -- 28. Carbon and the Structure of Organic Molecules -- 29. Quantum Behavior in Macroscopic Systems: Beyond Wave Functions -- 30. More on Phases: The Effect of Magnetic Fields -- 31. Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena -- 32. Collective Oscillations in Solids -- 33. Beyond the Frontier: Nonclassical Properties -- 34. Some Reflections on "Reality" -- 35. Reality and Other Sciences -- 36. A Final Perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Quantum theory.
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| LC no. |
95049221 |
| ISBN |
0387946594 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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