Atomic Physics for Everyone
by Will Raven
Publisher: Springer 2024
ISBN-13: 9783031695070
Number of pages: 263
Description:
This open access textbook introduces beginning undergraduate students and high school students to the world of quantum mechanics and atomic spectroscopy. Requiring no previous knowledge of physics and no math beyond basic algebra and sines and cosines, this book focuses on concepts to make the excitement of atomic physics more accessible for learners than ever before.
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