Quantum Mechanics

By Phillip James Edwin Peebles and P.J.E. Peebles

Book Overview

The classic textbook on quantum mechanics from Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles

This book explains the often counterintuitive physics of quantum mechanics, unlocking this key area of physics for students by enabling them to work through detailed applications of general concepts and ideas. P. J. E. Peebles states general principles first in terms of wave mechanics and then in the standard abstract linear space formalism. He offers a detailed discussion of measurement theory--an essential feature of quantum mechanics--and emphasizes the art of numerical estimates. Along the way, Peebles provides a wealth of physical examples together with numerous problems, some easy, some challenging, but all of them selected because they are physically interesting. Quantum Mechanics is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691209820
• ISBN13: 9780691209821
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An excelent book, but a little too rigorous for some.

this book cover the basics of the unfamiliar subject of Quantum Mechanics. The book is very thorough, but it may be a little to complex for some readers. You might want to bone up on differential equations and thermal dynamics before starting. If you want to learn the subject thouhg, read this book!