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Quantum Mechanics #2
Quantum Mechanics, Volume 2
Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently experience difficulties separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have been historically applied. Nobel-Prize-winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his colleagues have written this book to eliminate precisely these difficulties. Fourteen chapters provide a clarity of organization, careful attention to pedagogical details, and a wealth of topics and examples which make this work a textbook as well as a timeless reference, allowing to tailor courses to meet students' specific needs.
Each chapter starts with a clear exposition of the problem which is then treated, and logically develops the physical and mathematical concept. These chapters emphasize the underlying principles of the material, undiluted by extensive references to applications and practical examples which are put into complementary sections. The book begins with a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas using simple optical analogies and continues with a systematic and thorough presentation of the mathematical tools and postulates of quantum mechanics as well as a discussion of their physical content. Applications follow, starting with the simplest ones like e.g. the harmonic oscillator, and becoming gradually more complicated (the hydrogen atom, approximation methods, etc.). The complementary sections each expand this basic knowledge, supplying a wide range of applications and related topics as well as detailed expositions of a large number of special problems and more advanced topics, integrated as an essential portion of the text.
Each chapter starts with a clear exposition of the problem which is then treated, and logically develops the physical and mathematical concept. These chapters emphasize the underlying principles of the material, undiluted by extensive references to applications and practical examples which are put into complementary sections. The book begins with a qualitative introduction to quantum mechanical ideas using simple optical analogies and continues with a systematic and thorough presentation of the mathematical tools and postulates of quantum mechanics as well as a discussion of their physical content. Applications follow, starting with the simplest ones like e.g. the harmonic oscillator, and becoming gradually more complicated (the hydrogen atom, approximation methods, etc.). The complementary sections each expand this basic knowledge, supplying a wide range of applications and related topics as well as detailed expositions of a large number of special problems and more advanced topics, integrated as an essential portion of the text.
640 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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February 24, 2015
An easy to understand, excellent text book on the subject. A quite pedagogic first course on quantum mechanics. Lacks the WKB approximation though.
The bibliography is very complete and helpful because the authors reference other books listing them in "introductory" and "more advanced" levels.
The bibliography is very complete and helpful because the authors reference other books listing them in "introductory" and "more advanced" levels.
October 20, 2025
Das Werk „Mécanique quantique“ von Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu und Franck Laloë ist weit mehr als ein Lehrbuch – er ist eine Schule des Denkens. Aus jahrzehntelanger Lehrerfahrung erwachsen, führt das Werk mit einer seltenen Mischung aus methodischer Strenge, gedanklicher Klarheit und didaktischer Eleganz in die Grundlagen der Quantenphysik ein. Jede Schwierigkeit wird ernst genommen, kein Schritt wird übersprungen, kein Begriff bleibt schwebend. Diese Sorgfalt, gepaart mit der Fähigkeit, die Logik der Quantenwelt behutsam aus der klassischen Physik heraus zu entfalten, macht das Buch zu einem Meisterwerk wissenschaftlicher Pädagogik.
Dass Cohen-Tannoudji später den Nobelpreis erhielt, unterstreicht, dass hier nicht bloß ein Lehrbuch, sondern das Werk von Forschenden vorliegt, die selbst an der vordersten Front der Physik dachten. Zusammen mit Diu und Laloë gelingt ihm ein seltenes Gleichgewicht zwischen mathematischer Präzision und physikalischem Sinn, zwischen formaler Tiefe und geistiger Zugänglichkeit. „Mécanique quantique“ bleibt so ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter – nicht nur für Studierende, sondern für alle, die verstehen wollen, warum das Unsichtbare die klarste Form von Wirklichkeit sein kann.
Dass Cohen-Tannoudji später den Nobelpreis erhielt, unterstreicht, dass hier nicht bloß ein Lehrbuch, sondern das Werk von Forschenden vorliegt, die selbst an der vordersten Front der Physik dachten. Zusammen mit Diu und Laloë gelingt ihm ein seltenes Gleichgewicht zwischen mathematischer Präzision und physikalischem Sinn, zwischen formaler Tiefe und geistiger Zugänglichkeit. „Mécanique quantique“ bleibt so ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter – nicht nur für Studierende, sondern für alle, die verstehen wollen, warum das Unsichtbare die klarste Form von Wirklichkeit sein kann.
March 26, 2020
Good book for the persuer of post graduate student in physics ,deeper concepts
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