Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)

Quantum phase transitions describe the violent rearrangement of electrons or atoms as they evolve from well defined excitations in one phase to a completely different set of excitations in another.

This book gathers the lecture notes of courses given at the 2010 summer school in theoretical physics in Les Houches, France, Session XCIV.

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling.

This book is an introduction to the quantum theory of materials and first-principles computational materials modelling.

The book provides a unifying insight into fluctuation phenomena in a broad variety of vibrational systems of current interest.

The book provides a unifying insight into fluctuation phenomena in a broad variety of vibrational systems of current interest.

A series of seminal technological revolutions has led to a new generation of electronic devices miniaturized to such tiny scales where the strange laws of quantum physics come into play.

A series of seminal technological revolutions has led to a new generation of electronic devices miniaturized to such tiny scales where the strange laws of quantum physics come into play.

The Emergent Multiverse presents a striking new account of the 'many worlds' approach to quantum theory.

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it.

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom is the first book that focuses in detail on the birth and development of Bohr's atomic theory and gives a comprehensive picture of it.

Quantum computers, though not yet available on the market, will revolutionize the future of information processing.

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter.

It was no accident that the Holocaust and the Atomic Bomb happened at the same time.

Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century - evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the modern physics of relativity and quantum mechanics.

The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics.

The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics.

It was no accident that the Holocaust and the Atomic Bomb happened at the same time.

Our understanding of the physical universe underwent a revolution in the early twentieth century - evolving from the classical physics of Newton, Galileo, and Maxwell to the modern physics of relativity and quantum mechanics.

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter.

Quantum computers, though not yet available on the market, will revolutionize the future of information processing.

This book collects lecture courses and seminars given at the Les Houches Summer School 2010 on "e;Quantum Theory: From Small to Large Scales"e;.

The book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the Ecole de Physique des Houches, held in August, 2009.

Providing a new conceptual scaffold for further research in biology and cognition, this book introduces the new field of Cognitive Biology: a systems biology approach showing that further progress in this field will depend on a deep recognition of developmental processes, as well as on the consideration of the developed organism as an agent able to modify and control its surrounding environment.

In recent years, there has been much synergy between the exciting areas of quantum information science and ultracold atoms.

In both science and philosophy, the twentieth century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview, as quantum uncertainty and linguistic ambiguity destroyed the comfortable certitudes of the past.

This is a textbook on the theory and calculation of molecular electromagnetic and spectroscopic properties designed for a one-semester course with lectures and exercise classes.

The book is based on the lectures delivered at the XCIII Session of the Ecole de Physique des Houches, held in August, 2009.

Providing a new conceptual scaffold for further research in biology and cognition, this book introduces the new field of Cognitive Biology: a systems biology approach showing that further progress in this field will depend on a deep recognition of developmental processes, as well as on the consideration of the developed organism as an agent able to modify and control its surrounding environment.

In recent years, there has been much synergy between the exciting areas of quantum information science and ultracold atoms.

In both science and philosophy, the twentieth century saw a radical breakdown of certainty in the human worldview, as quantum uncertainty and linguistic ambiguity destroyed the comfortable certitudes of the past.

This is a textbook on the theory and calculation of molecular electromagnetic and spectroscopic properties designed for a one-semester course with lectures and exercise classes.

Nanomagnetism is a rapidly expanding area of research which appears to be able to provide novel applications.

Rapid development of microfabrication and assembly of nanostructures has opened up many opportunities to miniaturize structures that confine light, producing unusual and extremely interesting optical properties.

Traditionally, philosophers of quantum mechanics have addressed exceedingly simple systems: a pair of electrons in an entangled state, or an atom and a cat in Dr.

As the study of time has flourished in the physical and human sciences, the philosophy of time has come into its own as a lively and diverse area of academic research.

What does realism about the quantum state imply?

Quantum physics is often perceived as a weird and abstract theory, which physicists must use in order to make correct predictions.

The twentieth century was defined by physics.

The twentieth century was defined by physics.

The main goal of this work is to familiarize the reader with a tool, the path integral, that offers an alternative point of view on quantum mechanics, but more important, under a generalized form, has become the key to a deeper understanding of quantum field theory and its applications, which extend from particle physics to phase transitions or properties of quantum gases.

This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country.

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton.

The second edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date account of the optical physics of solid state materials.

This book is addressed to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

What does realism about the quantum state imply?

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "e;many worlds"e; theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy.

Recent years have shown important and spectacular convergences between techniques traditionally used in theoretical physics and methods emerging from modern mathematics (combinatorics, probability theory, topology, algebraic geometry, etc).

Statistical Mechanics is the study of systems where the number of interacting particles becomes infinite.

This textbook describes the physics of semiconductor nanostructures with emphasis on their electronic transport properties.