Required Texts: Introduction to Quantum
Mechanics, 2ed, by Griffiths
Recommended Texts: Quantum
Mechanics, by Mandl
Introductory Quantum
Mechanics, by Liboff
Schaum's Outlines - Quantum Mechanics,
2ed, by Peleg, Pnini, Zaarur, and Hecht
Recommended Hypertext: Hyperphysics
See the syllabus for more
detailed information.
How to read textbooks - Lang,
Sivjee
How to solve problems - Hubsch,
Reynolds
The weak
force and quark mixing
The CERN Courier
Niels Bohr: The
Atomic Theory and the Fundamental Principles Underlying the
Description of Nature
The information
philosopher
Gell-Mann
interview
history of
particle physics - with collection of
original articles
Quantum
mechanical
"reality"
Symmetry
and Degeneracy
History
of Atomic Physics - with original articles
Fission by Meitner
and Frisch
Heisenberg's
Indeterminacy
Principle
Phase
and group velocity
These textbooks are
more advanced and provide material for further study:
Quantum
Physics, by Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick - office
Elements of Nuclear Physics,
by Walter Meyerhof - office
The following three books
by Abraham
Pais give a
detailed (i.e., advanced) history of modern physics:
Subtle is the
Lord, by Abraham Pais - QC16.E5 P35 2005 An excellent technical
biography of Albert Einstein.
Inward Bound, by Abraham Pais -
office
Niels Bohr's Times, by
Abraham Pais - QC773 .P35 1991 - biography
Books with an
historical and philosophical perspective:
Pauli's Exclusion Principle, by
Michela Massimi - QC 174.17 .P3 M37 2005
The following books are at
a senior or first-year graduate level:
Modern Elementary Particle Physics,
by Gordon Kane - QC 793.2 .K36 1987
The Ideas of Particle Physics,
by Coughlan - QC 793.2 .D6 1991
Elementary Particle Physics,
by Kallen - QC 721 .K18
Elementary Particles,
by Hughes - QC 793.2 .H83 1985
Particle Physics,
by Martin and Shaw - QC 793.2 .M38 1992
Quantum Mechanics,
by Ernest Abers - QC 174.12 .A24 2004
The Conceptual Development of
Quantum Mechanics, by Max Jammer - QC 174.1
.J26 1989 - for those interested in the philosophical problems
of QM.
Elementary Quantum Mechanics,
by Peter Fong - QC 174.1 .F63
Elementary
Quantum Mechanics, by Neville Mott - QC 174.1
.M64
Encounters
with Einstein, by Werner Heisenberg - Q 175
.H393113 1989 - A coneptual discussion of particle physics and
quantum mechanics.
These
books have varying degrees of technical information and
commentary:
Lise Meitner and the Dawn of
the Nuclear Age, by Patricia Rife - QC 774 .M4 R54 1999 -
biography
Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics,
by Ruth Lewin Sime - QC
774 .M4 S56 1996 - biography. An excellent book
written by a chemist.
The technical aspects can
be easily understood by a physics major, and her story is
incredibly compelling.
The Classical Atom, by Friedman and
Sartori - QC 174.1 O7
- Discussions of atomism from the 19th century and early 20th
century.
Landmark
Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics, by George
Trigg - Good Dover
paperback that explains in detail modern physics experiments.
The World
of the Atom, ed. Henry A Boorse and Lloyd Motz - QC 173.B56 (2 vols)
Excellent
reprints from Lucretius to Einstein concerning the existence of
atoms and subatomic particles.
From X-Rays to
Quarks, by Emilio Segre - QC 7.S44 1980
Enrico
Fermi, by Emilio Segre - QC 16 .F46 S4
Quantum Profiles,
Bernstein. QC 174.12 .B464 1991
Perspectives in Modern Physics,
Essays in honor of Hans Bethe's 60th birthday, edited by R.E.
Marshak - QC 774.B4 M3.
Mostly advanced
articles, but some nice reminscences and anecdotes.
An
Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory from X-Rays
to Quarks, Paul Teller - QC 174.45 .T45 1995
Call numbers are for the Jack R. Hunt
Library .
"office" indicates that it is available for loan in my office.