Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals (Advanced Books Classics) - Softcover

Gottfried, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201406330 ISBN 13: 9780201406337

Publisher: CRC Press, 1989

Synopsis

This book contains discussions of radiation theory, quantum statistics and the many-body problem, and more advanced topics in collision theory. It is intended as a text for a first-year graduate quantum mechanics course.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A reprint series which has come into being as a direct result of public demand for the individual volumes in this program. An attractive design and and trim-size for the 'ABC' titles, giving the series a striking appearance, while lending the individual titles unifying identity as part of the 'Advanced Book Classics Program.'

About the Author

Kurt Gottfried Born in Vienna, Kurt Gottfried emigrated to Canada in 1939 and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from MIT in 1955. He is professor of physics at Cornell University, and has been a Junior Fellow and assistant professor of Physics at Harvard University, a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a senior staff member at CERN in Geneva. A recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship, Dr. Gottfried is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has served as chairman, Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society. He is also the co-author, with V.F. Weisskopf, of Concepts of Particle Physics. Dr. Gottfried has an active interest in arms control and human rights and has testified before Congress on these issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0201406330
• ISBN 13: 9780201406337
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528