MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
02997nam a2200241Ia 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20240119115818.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
140908s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9780486467412 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
NISER LIBRARY |
| Transcribing agency |
NISER LIBRARY |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
|---|
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
530.145 |
| Item number |
PAU-I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Pauling, Linus |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
Introduction to quantum mechanics: |
| Remainder of title |
with applications to chemistry |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
/ by Linus Pauling and E. Bright Wilson, Jr. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
|---|
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Dover Publications, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1963 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xi,468p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
When this classic text was first published in 1935, it fulfilled the goal of its authors "to produce a textbook of practical quantum mechanics for the chemist, the experimental physicist, and the beginning student of theoretical physics." Although many who are teachers today once worked with the book as students, the text is still as valuable for the same undergraduate audience.<br/><br/>Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, Research Professor at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, California, and E. Bright Wilson, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Harvard University, provide a readily understandable study of "wave mechanics," discussing the Schrodinger wave equation and the problems which can be solved with it. Extensive knowledge of mathematics is not required, although the student must have a grasp of elementary mathematics through the calculus. Pauling and Wilson begin with a survey of classical mechanics, including Newton's equations of motion in the Lagrangian form, and then move on to the "old" quantum theory, developed through the work of Planck, Einstein and Bohr. This analysis leads to the heart of the book ― an explanation of quantum mechanics which, as Schrodinger formulated it, "involves the renunciation of the hope of describing in exact detail the behavior of a system." Physics had created a new realm in which classical, Newtonian certainties were replaced by probabilities ― a change which Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (described in this book) subsequently reinforced.<br/><br/>With clarity and precision, the authors guide the student from topic to topic, covering such subjects as the wave functions for the hydrogen atom, perturbation theory, the Pauli exclusion principle, the structure of simple and complex molecules, Van der Waals forces, and systems in thermodynamic equilibrium. To insure that the student can follow the mathematical derivations, Pauling and Wilson avoid the "temptation to condense the various discussions into shorter and perhaps more elegant forms" appropriate for a more advanced audience. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics is a perfect vehicle for demonstrating the practical application of quantum mechanics to a broad spectrum of chemical and physical problems. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Quantum theory. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Wave mechanics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Wilson, E. Bright |
| Fuller form of name |
(Edgar Bright) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
|---|
| Koha item type |
Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Universal Decimal Classification |
