Quantum Theory is a revolutionary discovery in physics. This book gives an account of the ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. Uncertainty,probabilistic physics, complementarity, the problematic character of measurement, and decoherence are among the many topics discussed.

From quarks to computing, this introduction covers various elements of the quantum world. Explaining what a field quantum physics is, this work points out that it is not simply a maze of technical jargon and philosophical ideas, but a reality which affects our daily lives.

Quantum electrodynamics - or QED for short - is the 'strange theory' that explains how light and electrons interact. This work presents a set of lectures that gives an introduction to QED.

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In 1953, reflecting on early ventures in quantum theory, J Robert Oppenheimer spoke of terror and exaltation, of history happening in a realm so remote from common experience that it was 'unlikely to be known to any poet or historian'. This book discusses how - and how pervasively - quantum mechanics has entered the general culture.

The terrifying complexities of quantum mechanics explained.

Presents a unified description of the spontaneous symmetry breaking and its associated bosons in fermion field theory. This title discusses the exact spectrum of the Thirring model by the Bethe ansatz solutions. It examines the boson spectrum in QCD2, and shows that bosons always have a finite mass for SU(Nc) colours.

From elementary atomic physics and mathematics, to angular momentum and time dependence, to relativity and quantum computing, this book shows how research topics of quantum mechanics have been applied to various disciplines. It offers an exposition of fundamental ideas, and worked examples of the application of quantum mechanics principles.

Offers an exploration of the relationships between epistemology and probability in the work of Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrodinger; in quantum mechanics; and in modern physics. This book considers the implications of these relationships and of quantum theory for our understanding of the nature of thinking and knowledge in general.

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Translation of the Fifth Solvay Congress proceedings, for graduate students and researchers in physics and quantum theory.

Discusses the evolution of the notion of coherent states, from the early works of Schrodinger to advances in signal analysis. This book introduces readers to familiar coherent states, their origin, their construction, and their application and relevance to various selected domains of physics.

The treatment of time in quantum mechanics continues to be a key challenge in the foundation of quantum theory. This book follows Time in Quantum Mechanics--Volume 1 and is the second volume to detail the problems, attempts and achievements in defining, formalizing and measuring different time quantities in quantum theory. It touches upon numerous related issues as well. Time in Quantum Mechanics-

Advanced introduction to a powerful method for describing quantum phenomena for researchers and graduate students.

This book, first published in 1990, gives a general account of diagram manipulation techniques.

This treatment of quantum electrodynamics begins with elementary quantum theory and classical electrodynamics, then develops the theory of low energy interactions between matter and radiation, including the necessary mathematics.

Collecting information from research in area of stochastic simulations of clusters, this book presents advanced quantum simulation techniques for condensed matter. It develops finite temperature statistical simulation tools and real-time algorithms for the exact solution of the Schrodinger equation.

Quantum physics - or quantum mechanics as it is also called - completely shattered Newtonian laws and challenged scientists to think differently about matter and subatomic particles. This title leads the readers through important papers on quantum physics, including the scholarship of Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, and Max Born.

Gives a dramatic history of quantum theory, a fundamental scientific revolution and the divisive debate at its core. This book shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century. It focuses on the conflict between Einstein and Niels Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science.