Physics Bulletin

Quantum Mechanics

R. L. Hall

Published Feb 1, 1967• 0 citations

Abstract

A. A. Sokolov, Y. M. Loskutov and I. M. Ternov London and New York: Holt, Rimehart ' Winston. 1966. Pp. xix + 537. Price £4 8s. This addition to the large number of available books on quantum mechanics is mainly of interest to the nonspecialist. The subject is introduced via elementary radiation theory, the Bohr atom and de Broglie waves, which lead to plausibility arguments for Schrodinger's equation.

DOI: 10.1088/0031-9112/18/2/006

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