Physics & Astronomy

For one/two-semester, junior/senior-level courses in Quantum Mechanics.

Written by the author of the best-selling E & M text, this text is designed to teach students how to DO quantum mechanics. Part I covers the basic theory; Part II develops approximation schemes and real-world applications.

• offers an unusually readable, consistent, and honest discussion of fundamental ideas.

• some books allow students to assume that there are no conceptual problems with quantum mechanics, or conceal the interpretative difficulties with abstract language and dogmatic assertions. Griffiths acknowledges, from the beginning, both the difficulty in understanding quantum mechanics, and the controversy surrounding some of the fundamental ideas.

• avoids a now-unnecessary historical discussion. Starts immediately with quantum mechanics— the Schrödinger equation, and its statistical interpretation, is introduced on the second page.

• explores several exceptionally up-to-date topics— e.g., adiabatic processes (and a treatment of Berry's phase); Bell's theorem; the quantum Zeno paradox; and, where appropriate, cites recent papers in the accessible literature.

• contains 315 graded problems offering a wide range of difficulty.

  • *essential, “confidence builders”;

  • **more difficult and less crucial;

  • ***most difficult— an hour or more;

  • no stars: good exercise but not essential or difficult.

I. THEORY.

II. APPLICATIONS.

Quantum Mechanics  (Physics & Astronomy)
Quantum Chemistry  (Chemistry)

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  Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2/E
  Griffiths
  ©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131118927 | ISBN-13: 9780131118928
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  For one-semester/-year, junior-/senior-level courses in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Chemistry.

  This text first teaches students how to do quantum mechanics, and then provides them with a more insightful discussion of what it means. Fundamental principles are covered, quantum theory presented, and special techniques developed for attacking realistic problems. Two-part coverage organizes topics under basic theory, and assembles an arsenal of approximation schemes with illustrative applications.

Chemistry and Life in the Laboratory, 5/E
Heasley, Christensen & Heasley
©2000 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 360 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130853763 | ISBN-13: 9780130853769
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Clickers in the Astronomy Classroom
Duncan
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805396160 | ISBN-13: 9780805396164

Clickers in the Classroom
Duncan
©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805387285 | ISBN-13: 9780805387285
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Cosmos DVD Boxed Set
Sagan
©2000 | Addison-Wesley | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 080538572X | ISBN-13: 9780805385724

CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321491874 | ISBN-13: 9780321491879

CourseCompass Instructor Quick Start Guide (V4.2.1), 4/E
AWBC
©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 032132126X | ISBN-13: 9780321321268

Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator
Edmund Scientific
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131402358 | ISBN-13: 9780131402355

Essential Laboratory Manual for General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
Timberlake
©2011 | Addison-Wesley | Spiral Bound; 290 pp | Estimated Availability : 02/01/2010
ISBN-10: 0136055478 | ISBN-13: 9780136055471

Framework Molecular Model Student Kit
Brumlik
©1965 | Addison-Wesley | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
ISBN-10: 0133300765 | ISBN-13: 9780133300765
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Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321267354 | ISBN-13: 9780321267351

Introductory Chemistry Math Review Toolkit
Long
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0136018580 | ISBN-13: 9780136018582
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Lab Experiments, 8/E
Nelson & Kemp
©2000 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 560 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130841013 | ISBN-13: 9780130841018

MasteringAstronomy™ Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321582195 | ISBN-13: 9780321582195
URL:  http://www.masteringastronomy.com
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MasteringGeneralChemistry (tm) Student Access Kit for Principles of Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
Tro
©2010 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321586573 | ISBN-13: 9780321586575
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Organic & Inorganic Molecular Model Kit
Darling
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132334704 | ISBN-13: 9780132334709
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Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set for General and Organic Chemistry
Prentice Hall
©1998 | Addison-Wesley | Kit/Package/ShrinkWrap | Instock
ISBN-10: 0139554440 | ISBN-13: 9780139554445
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Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0201721708 | ISBN-13: 9780201721706
URL:  http://www.aw-bc.com/tutorcenter
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Stand-alone Instructor Access Kit for MasteringGeneralChemistry
Pritchard
©2006 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805384375 | ISBN-13: 9780805384376

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