Elementary Quantum Mechanics (Expanded Edition)

by Peter Fong

Book Overview

Elementary Quantum Mechanics by Peter Fong is a comprehensive textbook that covers the fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics at an introductory level. The book is designed for undergraduate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812563512
• ISBN13: 9789812563514
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Well written text for those into QM

Anytime someone entertains the notion of writing "elementary quantum mechanics" you must understand the title itself is relative. QM by no means is for the foolhearty or those lacking math, chem, and skills of physics rolled into one. However, this book is relatively elementary in the sense of most QM texts. That is 'til you get to about the Stark Effect over on p. 219. As an eventually of ALL QM books, look, there is no such thing as a "easy one" to teach you. The author, P. Fong, in his expanded edition does you huge favors by teaching some relatively new tricks of solving a few of the more difficult math problems toward the end of the text. One advantage to this book is that the author is a very good writer. His style makes fairly smooth reading and for the most part, very good explanation. However, anyone attempting Quantum Mechanics has to understand that by nature, for the most part, there is nothing elementary about it because unlike classical physics, it is not and cannot be an exact science. One part, involving the radiation processes (later stage of the book) is very well explained and nicely integrated. Earlier the author notes about semi conductors, using germanium as example, and easily explains the hydrogen-like systems so familiar to all QM texts. There are cases you will recognize some of the problems from your P-Chem days, so you might get that text out to help recall the material. Well written and nice job for a challenging subject. guyairey