Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum (Dover Books on Physics)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486684806 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Johann Cohen said On my free time I am still learning.. Really valuable information, but I am still lacking the mathematical knowledge to understand it fully. As a hobby, I enjoy learning about material like this.People from that era of time and before it, were really intelligent.. peppered with errors This is not the book published by Wiley which I bought in the 1960's. I have looked only at the section on the relativistic electron, which is peppered with errors, just as if Dover had somehow published the uncorrected proofs of Rose's manuscript and not the corrected proofs which appeared in the Wiley addition. Printer errors are the curse of mathematical and scientific publishing and bring much grief to students and others who can't make the corrections. This is likely to increase since some publishers, against their commercial interests, are reluctant to supply authors with a second. "Want to know angular momentum? Read this book!" according to Amazon Customer. This book is a good self-contained exposition of the theory of angular momentum for students at advanced undergraduate or early graduate level. Covers many of the same areas as Brink and Satchler, but the explanations and approach are different (less formal). The two books complement each other very well.
A graduate-level knowledge of quantum mechanics is helpful for gaining maximum benefit from this highly regarded study.. In this volume, the author has attempted to achieve simplification by concerning himself only with the properties of rotations because of their intimate connection with the concept of angular momentum. In addition, the reasoning is inductive, and, as the theory initially develops, it makes a "smooth-join" with those aspects of quantum mechanics that are, comparatively speaking, common knowledge. A crucial element in the development of physical theories of nuclear and atomic structure, the theory of angular momentum can be applied with great effect to the formulation and solution of problems associat