Quantum Concepts in Physics: An Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics

Longair, Malcolm

ISBN 10: 1107017092 / ISBN 13: 9781107017092

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2013

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• Titolo: Quantum Concepts in Physics: An Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1107017092
• ISBN 13: 9781107017092
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers.

Informazioni sull?autore

Malcolm Longair is Emeritus Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He has held many highly distinguished positions within physics and astronomy and has served on and chaired many international committees, boards and panels, working with both NASA and the European Space Agency. He has received much recognition for his work, including the Pilkington Prize of the University of Cambridge for Excellence in Teaching and a CBE in the millennium honours list for his services to astronomy and cosmology. His previous well-received books for Cambridge University Press include Theoretical Concepts in Physics (2003), The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology (2005) and High Energy Astrophysics (2011).