Atomic and Molecular Physics

Inaugural Lecture delivered on Tuesday 11 December 1973

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Molecular Physics
Cover of the book Atomic and Molecular Physics by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Collège de France
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Author: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji ISBN: 9782722602816
Publisher: Collège de France Publication: November 17, 2015
Imprint: Collège de France Language: English
Author: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
ISBN: 9782722602816
Publisher: Collège de France
Publication: November 17, 2015
Imprint: Collège de France
Language: English

When physicists began to explore the world of atoms more precisely, as they endeavoured to understand its structure and the laws governing its behaviour, they soon encountered serious difficulties. Our intuitive concepts, based on our daily experience of the macroscopic world around us, proved to be completely erroneous on the atomic scale; the atom was incomprehensible within the framework of classical physics. In order to uncover these new mysteries, after a great deal of trial and error, entirely new concepts therefore had to be elaborated: the concepts of quantum physics. What are the main stages that have led us to this modern understanding of the atom? What is the present state of atomic physics? How has it contributed to the development of our knowledge and where is it heading?

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When physicists began to explore the world of atoms more precisely, as they endeavoured to understand its structure and the laws governing its behaviour, they soon encountered serious difficulties. Our intuitive concepts, based on our daily experience of the macroscopic world around us, proved to be completely erroneous on the atomic scale; the atom was incomprehensible within the framework of classical physics. In order to uncover these new mysteries, after a great deal of trial and error, entirely new concepts therefore had to be elaborated: the concepts of quantum physics. What are the main stages that have led us to this modern understanding of the atom? What is the present state of atomic physics? How has it contributed to the development of our knowledge and where is it heading?

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