18: The Transition to Quantum Physics
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- 18.1: Introduction to Quantum Physics
- Quantum mechanics supersedes classical mechanics as the fundamental theory of mechanics. Hamiltonian mechanics provided the foundation upon which quantum mechanics was built.
- 18.2: Brief summary of the origins of quantum theory
- Contributions by Planck Einstein, Bohr, de Broglie, Pauli Heisenberg, Dirac, Schrödinger.
- 18.3: Hamiltonian in Quantum Theory
- Heisenberg's matrix mechanics, Schrödinger's wave mechanics.
- 18.5: Correspondence Principle
- Bohr's theory.
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