This new edition of the unrivalled textbook introduces the fundamental concepts of quantum
mechanics such as waves particles and probability before explaining the postulates of quantum
mechanics in detail. In the proven didactic manner the textbook then covers the classical
scope of introductory quantum mechanics namely simple two-level systems the one-dimensional
harmonic oscillator the quantized angular momentum and particles in a central potential. The
entire book has been revised to take into account new developments in quantum mechanics
curricula. The textbook retains its typical style also in the new edition: it explains the
fundamental concepts in chapters which are elaborated in accompanying complements that provide
more detailed discussions examples and applications. * The quantum mechanics classic in a new
edition: written by 1997 Nobel laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his colleagues Bernard Diu
and Franck Laloë * As easily comprehensible as possible: all steps of the physical background
and its mathematical representation are spelled out explicitly * Comprehensive: in addition to
the fundamentals themselves the book contains more than 350 worked examples plus exercises
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji was a researcher at the Kastler-Brossel laboratory of the Ecole Normale
Supérieure in Paris where he also studied and received his PhD in 1962. In 1973 he became
Professor of atomic and molecular physics at the Collège des France. His main research
interests were optical pumping quantum optics and atom-photon interactions. In 1997 Claude
Cohen-Tannoudji together with Steven Chu and William D. Phillips was awarded the Nobel Prize
in Physics for his research on laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms. Bernard Diu was
Professor at the Denis Diderot University (Paris VII). He was engaged in research at the
Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and High Energy where his focus was on strong interactions
physics and statistical mechanics. Franck Laloë was a researcher at the Kastler-Brossel
laboratory of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. His first assignment was with the
University of Paris VI before he was appointed to the CNRS the French National Research
Center. His research was focused on optical pumping statistical mechanics of quantum gases
musical acoustics and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
