Back-of-the-Envelope Quantum Mechanics

ISBN : 9789811286377

Author : Maxim Olshanii

Publisher : World Scientific

Year : 2024

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : Dimensional and order-of-magnitude estimates are practiced by almost everybody but taught almost nowhere. When physics students engage in their first theoretical research project, they soon learn that exactly solvable problems belong only to textbooks, that numerical models are long and resource consuming, and that "something else" is needed to quickly gain insight into the system they are going to study. Qualitative methods are this "something else", but typically, students

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