Description
A 1940 second edition of “Elementary Quantum Mechanics” by R. W. Gurney, published by Cambridge University Press.
An early university-level physics book covering the principles and applications of quantum mechanics, including wave mechanics, the hydrogen atom, electron spin, the uncertainty principle, particle motion, molecular interactions, electron configurations, crystals and perturbation theory.
Publication details:
• Title: Elementary Quantum Mechanics
• Author: R. W. Gurney
• Full author name: Ronald Wilfrid Gurney
• Second Edition
• First Edition: 1934
• Second Edition: 1940
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Language: English
• Hardcover
• Green cloth-covered boards
• Silver lettering to spine
• Approx. 162 pages
• Printed in Great Britain
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
• Energy Diagrams
• The New Language of Physics and Chemistry
• The Wave Equation
• The Hydrogen Atom
• Magnetic Moment and Electron Spin
• The Uncertainty Principle
• Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table
• Movement of Particles
• Diatomic Molecules
• Electrons in Crystals
• Insulators and Conductors
• Perturbation Theory
• Mathematical Appendix
• Electron Configurations and First Ionisation Potentials
• Subject and Name Indexes
The front endpaper contains a previous owner’s handwritten name and address.
Visible spotting is present to the opening pages, together with age-related marks and wear to the green cloth binding, as shown in the photographs.
No dust jacket is present.
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