TY - BOOK ID - 213346 TI - Lectures on Quantum Mechanics PY - 2007 SN - 9780387377421 0387377425 1441922784 0387377441 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Quantum theory. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Particle and Nuclear Physics. KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Quantum physics. KW - Quantum computers. KW - Spintronics. KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Nuclear physics. KW - Computers KW - Atomic nuclei KW - Atoms, Nuclei of KW - Nucleus of the atom KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics KW - Fluxtronics KW - Magnetoelectronics KW - Spin electronics KW - Spinelectronics KW - Microelectronics KW - Nanotechnology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:213346 AB - Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Lectures on Quantum Mechanics presents theoretical physics with a breathtaking array of examples and anecdotes. Basdevant's style is clear and stimulating, in the manner of a brisk classroom lecture that students can follow with ease and enjoyment. Here is a sample of the book's style, from the opening of Chapter 1: "If one were to ask a passer-by to quote a great formula of physics, chances are that the answer would be 'E = mc2'. Nevertheless, the formula 'E=hV' which was written in the same year 1905 by the same Albert Einstein, and which started quantum theory, concerns their daily life considerably more. In fact, of the three watershed years for physics toward the beginning of the 20th century - 1905: the Special Relativity of Einstein, Lorentz and Poincaré; 1915: the General Relativity of Einstein, with its extraordinary reflections on gravitation, space and time; and 1925: the full development of Quantum Mechanics - it is surely the last which has the most profound implications for the development of science and technology. There is no way around it: all physics is quantum, from elementary particles, to stellar physics and the Big Bang, not to mention semiconductors and solar cells." A graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Jean-Louis Basdevant is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Physics at the Ecole Polytechnique, and Director of Research for the CNRS. Specializing in the theoretical physics of elementary particles, quantum field theory and astrophysics, Prof. Basdevant works in the Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique. ER -