Rise of the New Physics

by A. d'Abro

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486200035
• ISBN13: 9780486200033
• Release Date: January 1951
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 982 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Useful as a review of basic quantum mechanics

The author traces the rise of quantum mechanical concepts from their roots in classical nineteenth-century physics to the 1930s. Topics include analytical mechanics, classical field theory, statistical mechanics, initial efforts to incorporate quantization into classical physics, wave mechanics, and matrix mechanics. Atomic physics serves to motivate the discussion; molecular, solid-state and nuclear physics are omitted. This is NOT a textbook: it offers neither exercises nor mathematical proofs; instead, the author aims to convey clearly his understanding of major quantum concepts and the evolution of those concepts. The book assumes a familiarity with college-level mathematics and quantum mechanics, so this book would serve better as a review than as an introduction to the subject. For anyone who has taken a course in quantum mechanics and is still dazed, I recommend this book to clarify those confusing lectures.