What is Quantum Mechanics? A Physics Adventure Table of Contents
FORWARD to the English-Language Edition	V
FORWARD to the Japanese-Language Edition	IX
INTRODUCTION - The General Flow	1
CHAPTER 1 - Planck and Einstein - What is Light?	23
1.1 - Getting Started	24
1.2 - The Slit Experiment	30
1.3 - Blackbody Radiation	34
1.4 - Light is a Particle!?	62
1.5 - The Photoelectric Effect	67
1.6 - The Compton Effect	75
1.7 - Cloud Chamber Experiment	84
1.8 - So What is Light!?	88
CHAPTER 2 - Bohr - Early Quantum Theory	95
2.1 - Setting Off on The Adventure	96
2.2 - The Strange Behavior of Atoms	98
2.3 - Bohr Makes His Appearance	111
2.4 - Early Quantum Theory	121
2.5 - Theoretical Inconsistencies and Methods of Solving Them	141
Appendix - The Mechanics Used by Bohr	144
CHAPTER 3 - Heisenberg - The Birth of Quantum Mechanics	169
3.1 - Let's Review	171
3.2 - Solving Harmonic Oscillations with Classical Mechanics!	192
3.3 - Building Quantum Theory	211
3.4 - The Completion of Matrix Mechanics	242
3.5 - A Conversation with Einstein	281
CHAPTER 4 - de Broglie and Schrödinger - Wave Mechanics	285
4.1 - Our Adventure So Far	286
4.2 - Electrons are Waves	290
4.3 - Let's Make Wave Mechanics	298
4.4 - Let's Ask Mother Nature	316
4.4.1 STEP 1: Free Space 4.4.2 STEP 2: Inside the Box 4.4.3 STEP 3: Hooke Fields 4.4.4 STEP 4: The Hydrogen Atom	318
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4.5 - Complex Electron Waves	390
CHAPTER 5 - Schrödinger - So Long, Matrix!	419
5.1 - Seeking a Visual Image	420
5.2 - Constructing the Schrödinger Equation!	426
5.3 - So Long, Matrix	485
5.4 - Schrödinger's Equation in Jeopardy	494
CHAPTER 6 - Born and Heisenberg - Departure to A New World	509
6.1 - Having it Out	510
6.2 - Born's Probability Interpretation	528
6.3 - The Uncertainty Principle	542
6.4 - Wrapping Up Quantum Mechanics	552
AFTERWORD	557
INDEX	559