Quantum Mechanics For Everybody

W. Blaine Dowler

A nonmathematical guide to the ideas driving current theories in quantum mechanics. Topics covered include the reasons the theory was developed, the discovery of isotopes and radioactive decay, the Pauli exclusion principle, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, the mechanism of forces and interactions in nature, the quantum nature of light, particles vs. waves, electron orbits, formation of matter, chemical bonds, semiconductors, superconductors and spin.