Quantum Mechanics, Volume Two.

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu, Frank Laloe .

ISBN 10: 0471164356 / ISBN 13: 9780471164357

Published by John Wiley & Sons: Interscience, New York, NY, 1991

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Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of rubbing to the wrapper covers; a touch of soiling to the white background field of the wrapper covers; some faint creases at the backstrip; superficial indentations near the hinge of the front panel; the titles are very slightly sunned at the backstrip, but still remain clearly legible; the binding is square, and remains perfectly secure (the binding is sewn); the text is clean. Former owner's name inscribed at the upper corner of the front endpaper. Remains a handsome copy, showing mild wear and a couple of minor flaws; close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.7 x 6.75 x 1.55 inches). xv, 622 pages. Translated from the French by Susan Reid Hemley, and Nicole and Dan Ostrowsky. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds, 12 ounces. First Edition Thus (1977), Fourth Printing. Academic Press Paperback. First Edition Thus (1977), Fourth Printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Mechanics, Volume Two.
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons: Interscience, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471164356
• ISBN 13: 9780471164357
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
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Synopsis

Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently experience difficulties separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have been historically applied. Nobel-Prize-winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his colleagues have written this book to eliminate precisely these difficulties. Fourteen chapters provide a clarity of organization, careful attention to pedagogical details, and a wealth of topics and examples which make this work a textbook as well as a timeless reference, allowing to tailor courses to meet students' specific needs.
Each chapter starts with a clear exposition of the problem which is then treated, and logically develops the physical and mathematical concept. These chapters emphasize the underlying principles of the material, undiluted by extensive references to applications and practical examples which are put into complementary sections. The book begins with a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas using simple optical analogies and continues with a systematic and thorough presentation of the mathematical tools and postulates of quantum mechanics as well as a discussion of their physical content. Applications follow, starting with the simplest ones like e.g. the harmonic oscillator, and becoming gradually more complicated (the hydrogen atom, approximation methods, etc.). The complementary sections each expand this basic knowledge, supplying a wide range of applications and related topics as well as detailed expositions of a large number of special problems and more advanced topics, integrated as an essential portion of the text.

About the Author

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, born in Constantine (Algeria) in 1933, studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he received a postdoctoral lecture qualification in 1962. In 1973 he was accepted at the Collège de France, and in 1981 became a member of the Academy of Sciences. In 1997, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on laser cooling of neutral atoms (together with Steven Chu and William D. Phillips). The method is relevant for the development of precise atomic clocks, which are used for positioning and navigation. His is currently affiliated to the Laboratoire de Physique at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris).
His textbook on quantum mechanics, written together with Bernard Diu und Franck Laloë, is one of the best-known timeless standard references in this field and is recommended on a regular basis by lecturers of undergraduate courses.