DLC: Quantum theory.

    Numerous tables and figures.

    This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality.Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation."

    Most of the illustrations are computer-generated solutions of the Schrodinger equation for one- and three-dimensional systems. The situations discussed range from the simple particle in a box through resonant scattering in one dimension to the hydrogen atom and Regge classification of resonant scattering. This edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to include a discussion of spin and magnetic resonance.

    The book emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electron-positron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. It includes new appendices on such topics as crystallography, Fourier Integral Description of a Wave Group, and Time-Independent Perturbation Theory. Table Of Contents: ?Thermal Radiation and Planck's Postulate ?Photons-Particle like Properties of Radiation ?De Broglie's Postulate--Wavelike Properties of Particles ?Bohr's Model of the Atom ?Schroedinger's Theory of Quantum Mechanics ?Solutions of Time-Independent Schroedinger Equations ?One-Electron Atoms ?Magnetic Dipole Moments, Spin, and Transition Rates ?Multielectron Atoms--Ground States and X-Ray Excitations ?Multielectron Atoms--Optical Excitations ?Quantum Statistics ?Molecules ?Solids--Conductors and Semiconductors ?Solids--Superconductors and Magnetic Properties ?Nuclear Models ?Nuclear Decay and Nuclear Reactions ?Introduction to Elementary Particles ?More Elementary Particles Appendixes