Problems of Atomic Dynamics (Dover Books on Physics): Max Born

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Pages	224
ISBN10	0486438732
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Description	Problems of Atomic Dynamics (Dover Books on Physics): Max Born Dover Publications \| ISBN: \| 2004-11-30 \| PDF (OCR) \| 224 pages \| 3.9 Mb Between 1925 and 1926, the Nobel Laureate gave two sets of lectures at MIT: one on the structure of the atom, the other on the lattice theory of rigid bodies. This volume for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students features the text of both lectures and represents the foundations of quantum theory. Review: There are two series of lectures in this book: one on crystal lattices and one on quantum mechanics. The crystal-lattice work is of no great interest these days, but the lectures on QM were written just after Born worked with Heisenberg et al. to develop the operator formalism, and shows a unique angle on it. For example, he motivates the need for matrix multiplication by discussing the representation of physical variables in terms of Fourier transform, but where the frequencies are not harmonics of a fundamental frequency, but are instead the differences between energy levels. It's a very different angle from the way it is introduced in text books, and quite fascinating if you're interested in the conceptual development of QM. To see my other books, click . No password

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