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020			_a9781139062060 (ebook)
020			_z9781107017092 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC173.98 _b.L66 2013
082	0	0	_a530.12 _223
100	1		_aLongair, Malcolm, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuantum Concepts in Physics : _bAn Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics / _cMalcolm Longair.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (459 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWritten for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of quantum mechanics has to be as complex as it is. The author creates a compelling narrative, providing a remarkable example of how physics and mathematics work in practice. The book encourages an enhanced appreciation of the interaction between mathematics, theory and experiment, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of the development and content of quantum mechanics than any other text at this level.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107017092
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139062060
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37154 _d37154