Title A First Introduction to Quantum Physics Author(s) Kok, Pieter Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. Description IX, 243 p. 63 illus., 2 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note In this undergraduate textbook, the author develops the quantum theory from first principles based on very simple experiments: a photon travelling through beam splitters to detectors, an electron moving through a Stern-Gerlach machine, and an atom emitting radiation. From the physical description of these experiments follows a natural mathematical description in terms of matrices and complex numbers. The first part of the book examines how experimental facts force us to let go of some deeply held preconceptions and develops this idea into a mathematical description of states, probabilities, observables, and time evolution using physical applications. The second part of the book explores more advanced topics, including the concept of entanglement, the process of decoherence, and extension of the quantum theory to the situation of a particle in a one-dimensional box. Here, the text makes contact with more traditional treatments of quantum mechanics. The remaining chapters delve deeply into the idea of uncertainty relations and explore what the quantum theory says about the nature of reality. The book is an ideal and accessible introduction to quantum physics, with modern examples and helpful end-of-chapter exercises ISBN,Price 9783319922072 Keyword(s) 1. EBOOK 2. EBOOK - SPRINGER 3. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences 4. Mathematical Methods in Physics 5. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 6. PHYSICS 7. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory 8. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 9. QUANTUM PHYSICS 10. STRING THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I09041     On Shelf