Atomic Physics (8th Edition) (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry) by Max Born

Atomic Physics (8th Edition) (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry)

Features

Cover Type: Paperback with 495 pages

Published by: Dover Publications; 8 Revised edition June 1, 1989

Written in: English

ISBN 10 Number: 0486659844

ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486659848

Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches

Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Description
The Nobel Laureate's brilliant exposition of the kinetic theory of gases, elementary particles, the nuclear atom, wave-corpuscles, atomic structure and spectral lines, electron spin and Pauli's principle, quantum statistics, molecular structure and nuclear physics. Over forty appendices, a bibliography, numerous figures and graphs.

Language Notes
Text: English, German (translation)

Reader Reviews
Max Born was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, a great physicist and a cultivated gentleman. His "Atomic Physics" has been around since a long time, but is still the best place to find out why do we really need to replace Newtonian mechanics. This book studies every kind of phenomena which puzzled the physicsts of the early century, like thermal equilibrium of radiation, photo-electric effect, the Bohr model of the atom, specific-heat irregularities, cohesion forces among molecules, etc. Then he shows how quantum mechanics correctly describes each one of them. This is done in a pedagogically very effective way: the ideas are explained in the text, while the more formal derivations appear in a large set of appendices. These are gems of precision and concision, precious by themselves. My favorite one is the derivation of the Van der Waals forces (between molecules), which he shows to be essentially quantal, as they are due to the zero-point energy of the ! quantum harmonic oscillator. One of the great text-books of this century. Comment | | (Report this)

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