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Professor susskind then moves on to describe how the space of states for quantum mechanics, and the rules for updating those states, are fundamentally different from those of classical mechanics. This book introduces the most important aspects of quantum mechanics in the simplest way possible, but challenging aspects which are essential for a meaningful understanding have not been evaded. The frontiers of physics lecture series brings renowned scientists to the uw to offer free lectures on exciting advances in physics with the goal of fostering an appreciation of science and. By contrast, classical physics explains matter and energy only on a scale familiar to human experience, including the behavior of astronomical bodies such as the moon. The quantum mechanical behavior of an electron in a hydrogen atom is. One of the 3 winners of the 1965 nobel prize in physics for his work, feynman is an expert on quantum mechanics and developed the path integral formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics used in quantum field theory. Congratulations to herbert kroemer, 2000 nobel laureate for physics for upperdivision courses in thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, kittel and kroemer offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described in terms of their discrete quantum states, rather than drawing on 19thcentury classical mechanics concepts.
Quantum mechanics was developed in just two years, 1925 and 1926 see here if you want to know why. Lecture 2 of leonard susskinds modern physics course. What i would like to achieve with this course is for you to gain a deeper understanding of the structure of. Displaying video lectures 1 20 of 33,818 video lectures.
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