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Introductory text examines the classical quantum bead on a track: its state and representations; operator eigenvalues; harmonic oscillator and bound bead in a symmetric force field; and bead in a spherical shell. Also, spin, matrices and structure of quantum mechanics; simplest atom; indistinguishable particles; and stationary-state perturbation theory. 1992 edition.
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A guide for the principle tenets.......2007-03-12
"Primer of Quantum Mechanics" by Marvin Chester allows the reader to
organize his thinking and basic knowledge of Quantum Mechanics. It does
assume a fair amount of mathematics: matrices, calculus and vectors. It
also focuses on the content and foundations of the science and so will be
useful to those just wanting an overview. It tends to be somewhat dated but as a basic guide it does not suffer.
The author has an original way with words.......2006-09-02
The author has an original way with words that makes for interesting reading. Many paragraph headings make memorable slogans, such as "WHAT YOU MEASURE IS WHAT YOU KNOW".
But in order to understand this book you must come to terms with the author's own terminology; for instance he regularly uses the word "language" to mean a mathematical "basis".
Dirac notation is used liberally, and the Dirac bracket is explained in words in several different ways; but nowhere is it defined in mathematical terms, as the inner product (scalar product) of two vectors. This seems surprising in view of the author's statment that "The entire business of practical quantum mechanics is devoted to obtaining transformation matrices!". The elements of transformation matrices are Dirac brackets, but this book shows how in many cases they can be evaluated without knowing their mathematical definition.
This book has a strongly practical approach, with emphasis on the physical apparatus used to make physical measurements.
Gem of a book!.......2003-12-25
What a wonderful gem of a book this is! It is written with grace and eloquence and yes with a bit of passion for the subject as well! It probably cannot be used as a stand alone textbook since it lacks the rigour and depth of standard textbooks. However, it is a perfect adjunct to any QM class. The book uses the Dirac notation from the beginning, much like the books by Townsend, Shankar and Sakurai (a couple of these are graduate level books). As such it will not follow the typical undergraduate's class experience if books such as Griffins are used. As with most books the problems are an integral part of the book and of your education. For the most part these are not untractable and hints and solutions are given for some.
If you are planning on taking QM in the fall then you have enough mathematics to tackle this on your own (perhaps the summer prior to the first QM class). And if one puts the effort much can be gained from this little book. Also, since Dover is the publisher the price is not unreasonable.
Primer of Quantum Mechanics.......2002-12-31
A good and relatively easy introduction to Dirac notation for quantum mechanics. Very suitable for self study--I have worked through all of it, including all the problems. Most of the problems are an integral part of the text, but there are solutions to many and hints for many of the others. Should be suitable also for an undergraduate text in quantum mechanics. As an example of his method, Chester treats EPR in a general and apparently original manner, i.e. he uses neither the formulation in the EPR paper nor Bohm's--in most treatments the latter is most common (and certainly easiest to apply to experimental tests). I found the chapter on indistinguishable particles particularly helpful. Using simple examples, the author provides a clear introduction to the topic. Somewhat weak in the area of matrix mechanics; using Dirac notation in that section seems forced. There is a number of typographical errors, which are not serious however.
Excellent!!.......2001-03-06
The author relates the Dirac notation to the concepts very well. Explanations are also very clear and concise. Conventions for the Dirac notation is also explained very well. I'd say its an excellent self study book too, as long as the reader has sufficient math and physics background. At this size and weight, its extremely portable and easy to carry around for anytime reading =) Font and size of chracters makes this book easy to read, while not making it look like a nursery rhyme book. Diagrams are very helpful and quite abundant.
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The Bell That Rings Light: A Primer in Quantum Mechanics And Chemical Bonding (Mathematics Across the Curriculum)
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Here is a self-contained introduction to quantum groups as algebraic objects. Based on the author's lecture notes for the Part III pure mathematics course at Cambridge University, the book is suitable as a primary text for graduate courses in quantum groups or supplementary reading for modern courses in advanced algebra. The material assumes knowledge of basic and linear algebra. Some familiarity with semisimple Lie algebras would also be helpful. The volume is a primer for mathematicians but it will also be useful for mathematical physicists.
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A quantum mechanics primer
Daniel T Gillespie
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Sparkling Gem, A Perfect Primer.......2007-02-05
I read this book in the early 1970s when I was a chem major and a physicist wannabe. It was a perfect introduction to the QM formalism. Keep in mind, the title says "primer". It is, but after reading this book, you'll be ready for Albert Messiah's magnificent "non-primer". Gillespie's book is one of those little gems that are short and where every page is worth reading. It is accessible, satisfying, a great first-step.
So, why did I come back here after all these years? My CS colleagues are all a buzz about quantum computing, but they don't know the basics. No way am I going to lend them MY copy of this book but I thought I'd buy another one and pass it around.
Saved my life!.......2005-04-09
I was a grad student in Physics when I read this beautiful little book. After studying QM for three years (2 years undergrad and 1 year grad), I knew all the rules but the subject still made no sense to me. Gillespie's short book is a model of clarity, explaining the big ideas, explaining what is a assumed (postulate) and what is derived (theorem), and tying the diverse threads of this subject into a beautiful and powerful whole. I will be forever grateful to this book, because after reading it, QM made sense and I knew I could become a physicist.
Disappointing try at filling a real need........2004-09-01
Was Daniel Gillespie trying to convince himself of the validity of quantum mechanics (QM) by writing this book? I don't know, but the result fell short. The early sections on classical mechanics and probability are necessary, brief, good (though conditional probabilities should have been discussed), but the main QM exposition has many faults: (1) sticks to wave functions in position representation instead of using Dirac notation; (2)should feature graphical and matrix ideas from linear algebra, and (of course!) the spectral theorem; and (3) writing is verbose, too much adumbration (foreshadowing) and summarizing. There is a real need for a book covering this ground, for interested neophytes, but this one isn't good enough at the job. Likely a treatment using Kronecker product space of position and spin-1/2, then doing most calculations with the latter, would work out better.
Inspirational ... Very Good!.......1999-08-24
I read this little book a long time ago. It was beautiful and inspirational. It inspired me to want to know something about functional analysis ( now I do) and also got to the essence of things very simply. It is one of the best little books I have ever read.
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Field Theory presents the recent advances of perturbative relativistic field theory in a pedagogical and straightforward way. It will be of interest to graduate students who intend to specialize in high-energy physics.
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A grad student's viewpoint.......2006-03-10
This book, unlike "standard" texts like Peskin & Schroeder, deals more with the formal aspects of field theory, and may not be so useful for the person interested in phenomenology. Wilsonian RG is missing too, but it's a great place for an introduction to gauge theory. The misprints can be annoying, but at the same time keep you on your toes. The presentation is somewhat terse, and to work through a page of this book can be equivalent to working through several pages of another book, say Peskin & Schroeder.
A good book to learn Feynman diagrams.......2000-05-12
A reader can learn how to compute the Green's functions and the scattering amplitudes using Feynman diagrams. The scalar Klein-Gordon field is used as a pedagogical example at the beginning. The philosophy of the path integral is used all over the book. However, the book does not emphasize the philosophy of the Wilson renormalization group and in this sense the primer is not modern. Nevertheless, Pierre Ramond is a pretty famous scientist and you can learn many things from this book.
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An understanding of the energy levels of atoms and molecules is an essential foundation for the study of physical chemistry. This short text provides students at the start of their university chemistry courses with a clear and accessible introduction to electronic structure and quantized mechanics and spectroscopy in second and third year courses. All students on first courses in spectroscopy will find this readable, lively account to be invaluable aid to their study.
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Quantum mechanics is of central importance in chemistry. To understand matter and its chemical transformations it is necessary to take a microscopic view connecting experimental observation to the properties of constituent molecules. However, at this microscopic level atoms and sub- atomic particles do not obey the classical laws of mechanics that pertain to the everyday macroscopic world. They obey the laws of quantum mechanics. The aim of this book is to explain the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the point of view of chemistry; to describe areas of chemistry where quantum mechanics is most important; and to show how quantum mechanics is applied to chemical problems. To this end, the book is divided into two parts: the first deals with the foundations of quantum mechanics (concentrating on exactly soluble problems and the reduction of complicated problems to simple foundations) and the second is a tool kit for applying quantum mechanics to chemical problems (thus concentrating on approximate methods). Although advanced mathematics has been kept to a minimum, the nature of the subject means a certain amount of mathematics is necessary and it is assumed the reader is familiar with a typical first year mathematics course. Quantum Mechanics is an intermediate level text aimed at second and third year undergraduates.
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The chemist's approach to the understanding of matter and its chemical transformations is to take a microscopic view, connecting experimental observation with the properties of the constituent molecules. Atoms and sub-atomic particles do not obey the classical laws of mechanics but conform rather to the laws of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is thus of central importance in chemistry. In order to understand the behaviour of molecules and their constituent particles it is necessary to have a thorough grounding in the principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Quantum Mechanics 2: The Toolkit provides a toolkit for applying quantum mechanics to chemical problems, introducing more advanced approaches using approximate methods. It describes areas of chemistry where quantum mechanics is important, and shows how quantum mechanics can be applied to chemical problems.
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timeless stories for children.......2007-03-09
These stories from Gertrude Chandler Warner are a wonderful escape into a child right dream world. My children (7 and 8 years old) love them and listen to them over and over again.
I really do recommend them as a great alternative to too much TV and video games. The beautiful thing is that the children can play with something, like model magic, and listen to the stories.
Try it!!!
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The Chocolate Ship
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After three years together, Mia can't help wondering if she's got a real future with Miles -- who's all that and then some, as long as the words "love" and "commitment" don't creep into the conversation. But the lady's willing to put her doubts aside until after the vacation they've planned together with a group of their closest friends: a luxurious Caribbean cruise on the maiden voyage of the Chocolate Ship. The brainchild of billionaire black entrepreneur Delmonte Harrison, it's the "Love Boat" with a soulful spin.
En route to Paradise, anything can happen and anything goes. Wings are sprouted, taboos are tolerated, truths are revealed, hearts are broken and reassembled -- and lovin' is served up as hot as Caribbean spice. All of a sudden Miles has a new crew of admirers. And Mia, who has caught the roving eye of the very fine Delmonte Harrison himself, is well on her way to discovering that temptation fever does not discriminate
From Marissa Monteilh, the acclaimed author of May December Souls, comes a sizzling, sexy, fabulous, funny, and wonderfully romantic adventure of personal discoveries and glorious reawakenings on the unpredictable sea of love.
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Missed potential.......2006-01-18
I must echo the comments of others about the shortcomings of this book. While not every author can be Alice Walker, there were just too many flaws--underdeveloped characters; more descriptions of clothing than about the characters; awkward and misguided metaphors; little or no character motivation; and some of the most grossly detailed, unromantic, and all-too frequent descriptions of sex I have ever read...and I'm no prude. It was sad that the author could describe a pair of pumps in more sensual detail than a sexual interlude. Worst of all, a tragic incident on the ship gets waved away and then lost in the turgid, tangent-filled dialogue. There were even misspellings. The book read like a sixth-rate imitation of Waiting to Exhale. There are just too many good African American writers in this genre--take Connie Briscoe, for instance--to accept substandard fare such as this.
i love it!!.......2004-10-02
at first when i started reading this book i thought it would really disappoint me. But when i really started reading it, i couldn't for the life of me, put the book down. I just loved it. Even though i didn't like when kelly (one of the characters) left her husband for another woman. Other then that, i loved this book and i'm looking forward to read her other books.
Set Sail.......2004-09-15
I enjoyed the book. Mia and Miles have been in a relationship for 3 years and in her mind the relationship is not going where she feels it should be. Miles seems to avoid commitment like it's a plauge, will the adventures of the cruise be enough to show him what he has in Mia or will it take another man that's after Mia's attention to open his eyes.
A true writer.......2004-06-14
A book about love on the high seas. I enjoyed the book from cover to cover, it is a great book. A writer with great vision.
Passion, drama, comedy, more!.......2004-01-22
This book is a great source of entertainment about a group of singles and couples from the Los Angeles area that embark on a vacation of a lifetime aboard a black owned cruise liner called The Chocolate Ship. This book took me on an enchanting ride that shocked me at times, made me laugh, want to book a cruise, and wish I was the one on the other end of that romance scene! This book entails "call your girls up drama", comedy, heart-touching poetry, and a lovely surprise ending. Marissa Monteilh provides a stimulating journey of fun, daring and exciting twists. Take this journey for yourself. You'll love...The Chocolate Ship-
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Ross Klein is a cruise fanatic: in 10 years he's taken 30 cruises ranging from budget to ultraluxury. This in and of itself could qualify him to write a book about the world of cruising, but he has another credential that gives his take on the industry a special twist--he's a professor of social work. Death by Chocolate is not, as Klein warns, a guidebook. Rather, it's a behind-the-scenes look at cruises that could just as easily have been titled: "What You See is Not What You Always Get." The book is packed with statistics and facts about the industry, such as the scheming behind advertising, how ships feed more and more people for less, the (poor) treatment of staff and crew, and the industry's not-so-great environmental record. There are also a fair share of amusing anecdotes and horror stories, ranging from irritating treatment by staff to ship groundings. The chapter "You Can Squeeze Money from a Turnip" details the myriad ways the industry tries to get every penny out of its passengers, and includes a section titled "The Art of the Money Grab." Elsewhere, Klein reveals the truth behind celebrity chefs, what is really in that cup of coffee, and the class distinctions that still plague ship society. There's also extensive information on accidents and health-related problems at sea, from delays to fires to sexual assault to E. coli.
Klein's motto is "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know." While it may be more romantic to believe the glossy brochures with their wide-angle photos (essentially doubling the size of tiny cabins), given that cruises are not only costly, but essentially trap you for a substantial length of time, Klein's book makes sense. Ultimately, Klein the social worker reminds you that there will always be unexpected events on a cruise, and it's the way you handle them that determines whether or not you'll have a good vacation. With Death by Chocolate, you will certainly be prepared for the worst. --Lesley Reed
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It's All About Expectations.......2004-05-17
For the marketing people of cruise lines this book must be a nightmare - but it schouldn't.
Ross Klein covers in much detail how the modern cruise industry works - from building up (too) high expectations among passengers through its brochures, to the ways to safe money (by violating saftey or environmental regulations) to how cruise lines tend to "Squeeze Blood From a Turnip" (Chapter 7).
Though the books puts much emphasis on pointing out the problems of the cruise industry, it is meant to give potential passengers a realistic idea of what to expect on a cruise. Only when they have a realistic conception - despite announcements of "exceeding everyone's expectations" in the brochures - they will be able to fully enjoy their cruise, avoiding dissatisfaction by anything unexpected.
Therefore Ross Klein's book is a must for all marketing people or travel agents dealing with cruises.
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