INTRODUCTORY QUANTUM PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY (SECOND EDITION) - Hardcover

Jacob Dunningham; Vlatko Vedral

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9813228644 ISBN 13: 9789813228641

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co, 2018

Synopsis

This book is a revised and updated version of Introductory Quantum Physics and Relativity. Based on lectures given as part of the undergraduate degree programme at the University of Leeds, it has been extended in line with recent developments in the field. The book contains all the material required for quantum physics and relativity in the first three years of a traditional physics degree, in addition to more interesting and up-to-date extensions and applications which include quantum field theory, entanglement, and quantum information science.

The second edition is unique as an undergraduate textbook as it combines quantum physics and relativity at an introductory level. It expounds the foundations of these two subjects in detail, but also illustrates how they can be combined. It discusses recent applications, but also exposes undergraduates to cutting-edge research topics, such as laser cooling, Bose–Einstein condensation, tunneling microscopes, lasers, nonlocality, and quantum teleportation.

Readership: Students taking undergraduate-level courses in quantum physics and relativity.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This book is a revised, extended, and updated version of our successful textbook Introductory Quantum Physics and Relativity. It is based on lectures that were originally given as part of the undergraduate degree programme at the University of Leeds, but has been extended and modified to bring it up to date with recent developments. The book contains all the material required for quantum physics and relativity in the first two years of a typical physics degree, but also contains more interesting and up-to-date extensions and applications such as quantum field theory, entanglement, and quantum information science.

Review:

"The authors have done an exceptional job. It's probably more accurate to describe this text as an introduction to both non-relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics ... This book was a lot of fun to read and digest. I definitely recommend it for instructors, but also for students who have already been exposed to quantum mechanics." -- Contemporary Physics

"This is an ambitious book aimed to provide an introduction to both the revolutionary theories of the twentieth century, quantum mechanics and special relativity, beginning from a historical perspective but advancing to topics of recent interest such as entanglement and quantum computing." -- --Professor Tom Kibble, Imperial College London

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 9813228644
• ISBN 13: 9789813228641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 308