Michael A. Morrison Understanding Quantum Physics A User’s Manual ( 1990, Prentice Hall)

Shared by Emre Kaya • quantum mechanics, physics, mathematics • 1950

PREFACE xv Part I What's It All About?: A Qualitative Introduction 1 1 INTRODUCTORY: WHY QUANTUM PHYSICS? 1 1.1 The Classical Point of View 3 1.2 Through the Looking Glass: The Quantum Point of View 6 1.3 Final Thoughts: What's It All About? 12 Annotated Selected Readings 13 Exercises and Problems 14 2 INTO THE MICROWORLD: DUALITY AND THE DOUBLE SLIT 18 2.1 Waves versus Particles 20 *2.2 On The Nature of Light 21 *2.3 Understanding Diffraction the Classical Way 26 *2.4 Understanding Interference 28 2.5 Double Trouble 31 2.6 It All Started with de Broglie 36 2.7 The Controversial Concept of Com