Science Books › quantum mechanics the theoretical minimum

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Operator Algebras and Quantum Statistical Mechanics: Equilibrium States. Models in Quantum Statistical Mechanics (Hardcover)

For almost two decades this has been the classical textbook on applications of operator algebra theory to quantum statistical physics. It describes the general structure of equilibrium states the KMS-condition and stability quantum spin systems and... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Quantum Electrodynamics of Strong Fields: With an Introduction Into Modern Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

The fundamental goal of physics is an understanding of the forces of nature in their simplest and most general terms. Yet there is much more involved than just a basic set of equations which eventually has to be solved when applied to specific... more

Theoretical Minimum The Theoretical Minimum (Paperback)

A master teacher presents the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics Beautifully clear explanations of famously difficult things -- Wall Street Journal If you ever regretted not taking physics in... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

In this second volume on the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics we shall show how it is possible using the methodology presented in Volume I to deduce some of the most important applications of quantum mechanics. These deductions are concerned with the... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Quantum Mechanics I (Paperback)

This is a textbook on non-relativistic quantum mechanics that emphasizes clarification of the nature of the basic postulates and the interpretation of the theory. It contains special material often only accessible in scientific journals on bound states... more

Group Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

Quantum mechanics its properties including wavefunctions complex numbers and uncertainty are necessary and completely reasonable and understandable with no weirdness. Classical physics is impossible. Much uncertainty comes from Fourier analysis. Waves... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Introduction to Field Theory (Paperback)

A fully relativistic treatment of the quantum mechanics of particles requires the introduction of quantum field theory that is to say the quantum mechan- ics of systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom. This is because the relativistic... more

The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)

The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics addresses fundamental issues that are not discussed in most books on quantum mechanics. This book focuses on analyzing the underlying principles of quantum mechanics and explaining the conceptual and... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Operator Algebras and Quantum Statistical Mechanics 1: C*- And W*-Algebras. Symmetry Groups. Decomposition of States (Hardcover)

In this book we describe the elementary theory of operator algebras and parts of the advanced theory which are of relevance or potentially of relevance to mathematical physics. Subsequently we describe various applications to quantum statistical... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

* Which problems do arise within relativistic enhancements of the Schrödinger theory especially if one adheres to the usual one-particle interpretation? * To what extent can these problems be overcome? * What is the physical necessity of quantum field... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Quantum Mechanics II (Paperback)

This is a textbook on non-relativistic quantum mechanics that emphasizes clarification of the nature of the basic postulates and the interpretation of the theory. It contains special material often only accessible in scientific journals on bound states... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Quantum Measurement (Paperback)

This is a book about the Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics and its measurement theory. It contains a synopsis of what became of the Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics since von Neumann s classic treatise with this title.... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Supersymmetric Methods in Quantum and Statistical Physics (Paperback)

The idea of supersymmetry was originally introduced in relativistic quantum field theories as a generalization of Poincare symmetry. In 1976 Nicolai sug- gested an analogous generalization for non-relativistic quantum mechanics. With the... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Epistemology and Probability: Bohr Heisenberg Schrödinger and the Nature of Quantum-Theoretical Thinking (Paperback)

This book offers an exploration of the relationships between epistemology and probability in the work of Niels Bohr Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schro- ] dinger and in quantum mechanics and in modern physics as a whole. It also considers the... more

Advanced Theoretical Physical Science: Space-Time Symmetry and Quantum Yang-Mills Gravity: How Space-Time Translational Gauge Symmetry Enables the Unification of Gravity with Other Forces (Hardcover)

Yang-Mills gravity is a new theory consistent with experiments that brings gravity back to the arena of gauge field theory and quantum mechanics in flat space-time. It provides solutions to long-standing difficulties in physics such as the... more

The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)

The Physics of Quantum Mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material world. It shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilities. It stresses... more

Basic Molecular Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)

Quantum mechanics is a general theory of the motions structures properties and behaviors of particles of atomic and subatomic dimensions. While quantum mechanics was created in the first third of the twentieth century by a handful of theoretical... more

Springer Chemical Physics: Asymptotic Methods in Quantum Mechanics: Application to Atoms Molecules and Nuclei (Paperback)

This book explains an important problem of quantum mechanics the description of wave functions of many particle systems. It helps to construct these wave functions. It appeals to advanced students and theoretical physicists. more

Iop Concise Physics: How to Understand Quantum Mechanics (Hardcover)

How to Understand Quantum Mechanics presents an accessible introduction to understanding quantum mechanics in a natural and intuitive way which was advocated by Erwin Schroedinger and Albert Einstein. A theoretical physicist reveals dozens of easy... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics: With Problems Exercises and Their Solutions (Paperback)

The new edition of this remarkable text offers the reader a conceptually strong introduction to quantum mechanics but goes beyond this to present a fascinating tour of modern theoretical physics. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written it starts... more

NATO Science Series C:: Fractals Quasicrystals Chaos Knots and Algebraic Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

At the end of the workshop on New Theoretical Concepts in Physical Chemistry one of the participants made an attempt to present a first impression of its achievements from his own personal standpoint. Appar- ently his views reflected a general feeling... more

Back-Of-The-Envelope Quantum Mechanics: With Extensions to Many-Body Systems and Integrable Pdes (Hardcover)

Dimensional and order-of-magnitude estimates are practiced by almost everybody but taught almost nowhere. When physics students engage in their first theoretical research project they soon learn that exactly solvable problems belong only to textbooks... more

Quantum Statistical Mechanics (Paperback)

This book is a very early systematic treatment of the application of the field-theoretical methods developed after the Second World War to the quantum mechanical many-body problem at finite temperature. It describes various techniques that remain basic... more

Pre-Owned Quantum Mechanics (Paperback) 0387580808 9780387580807

9780387580807. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 496. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. Theoretical Physics 1-2. Supplementing Quantum Mechanics. An Introduction and Quantum... more

Pre-Owned Quantum Mechanics (Pre-Owned Paperback 9780750302173) by Alastair I M Rae Rae

9780750302173. Good condition. Trade paperback. 3rd ed. Language: English. Pages: 280. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 280 p. Contains: Illustrations. This text explains clearly and with the minimum of mathematics the quantum mechanics needed by... more

Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

This book explains in simple terms with a minimum of mathematics why things can appear to be in two places at the same time why correlations between simultaneous events occurring far apart cannot be explained by local mechanisms and why nevertheless... more

Dover Books on Physics: Theoretical Physics (Paperback)

Classic treatise covers mathematical topics needed by theoretical and experimental physicists (vector analysis calculus of variations etc.) followed by coverage of mechanics electromagnetic theory thermodynamics quantum mechanics and nuclear physics. more

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling: Group Theory Applied to Chemistry (Paperback)

Chemists are used to the operational definition of symmetry which crystallographers introduced long before the advent of quantum mechanics. The ball-and-stick models of molecules naturally exhibit the symmetrical properties of macroscopic objects.... more

Quantum Dissipative Systems (Paperback)

Starting from first principles this book introduces the fundamental concepts and methods of dissipative quantum mechanics and explores related phenomena in condensed matter systems. Major experimental achievements in cooperation with theoretical... more

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics: Quirky Quantum Concepts: Physical Conceptual Geometric and Pictorial Physics That Didn t Fit in Your Textbook (Paperback)

Neither avoiding math nor hiding behind it this book explains difficult concepts in theoretical quantum mechanics which are often neglected or confusing in common texts. Outlines the processes of reasoning behind some of the great discoveries in the... more

Pre-Owned Quantum Theory of Matter : A Novel Introduction 9780471963639

With a minimum of mathematics this book provides a novel approach to the teaching of quantum mechanics. As many books mainly present the concepts of quantum theory this volume emphasises the application of the theory offering the reader a unifying... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: Mechanics: From Newton s Laws to Deterministic Chaos (Paperback)

Purpose and Emphasis. Mechanics not only is the oldest branch of physics but was and still is the basis for all of theoretical physics. Quantum mechanics can hardly be understood perhaps cannot even be formulated without a good kno- edge of general... more

Crm Mathematical Physics: Integrability Supersymmetry and Coherent States: A Volume in Honour of Professor Véronique Hussin (Hardcover)

This volume shares and makes accessible new research lines and recent results in several branches of theoretical and mathematical physics among them Quantum Optics Coherent States Integrable Systems SUSY Quantum Mechanics and Mathematical Methods in... more

Springer Atomic Optical and Plasma Physics: Classical Treatment of Collisions Between Ions and Atoms or Molecules (Paperback)

Since the beginning of the twentieth century many experimental and theoretical works have been devoted to collisions between highly charged ions and atomic and molecular targets. It was realized that quantum mechanics is the only way a priori to... more

Integrated Computational Approaches in Hydrolysis of Biomolecules (Paperback)

In this book we have focused on the following two projects: (1) mechanisms of peptide hydrolysis and (2) aggregation of biomolecules. A plethora of theoretical and computational techniques; quantum mechanics molecular dynamics and molecular docking... more

Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation (Hardcover)

General relativity and quantum mechanics have become the two central pillars of theoretical physics. Moreover general relativity has important applications in astrophysics and high-energy particle physics. Covering the fundamentals of the subject... more