Table of Contents:
  • The breakdown of classical theory
  • Atomic spectra and the old quantum theory
  • The uncertainty principle of Heisenberg
  • The foundations of quantum mechanics
  • Some problems in wave mechanics
  • A wave-mechanical treatment of the simple harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom
  • Assemblies of atoms
  • Atoms in motion
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Simple models of metals
  • The band theory of solids
  • Some results of band theory.