Quantum Mechanics: New Approaches to Selected Topics (Dover Books on Physics) - Softcover

Lipkin, Harry J.; Physics

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486458938 ISBN 13: 9780486458939

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Acclaimed as "excellent" (Nature) and "very original and refreshing" (Physics Today), this collection of self-contained studies is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Its broad selection of topics includes the Mössbauer effect, many-body quantum mechanics, scattering theory, Feynman diagrams, and relativistic quantum mechanics.
Author Harry J. Lipkin, a well-known teacher at Israel's Weizmann Institute, takes an unusual approach by introducing many interesting physical problems and mathematical techniques at a much earlier point than in conventional texts. This method enables students to observe the physical implications and useful applications of quantum theory before mastering the formalism in detail, and it provides them with new mathematical tools at an earlier stage for use in subsequent problems.

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Review:

... the book is ideal for instructors and students of quantum mechanics who want to get into something a little different from the "standard" topics covered in conventional textbooks.
Physics Today
Each monograph in this excellent book is introduced by a summary and ends with a problem test. The book is recommended to graduate students and research physicists looking for a pedistrian but fairly informal treatment of these topics.
Nature

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0486458938
• ISBN 13: 9780486458939
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480