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Fundamentals of Quantum Theory

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We live in a macroscopic world surrounded by macroscopic objects, which adhere to the laws of classical mechanics and are very comfortable with it. From the trajectory of a humble pebble thrown into a pond and the ripples thus created by it, to the motion of the great planets can all be quite satisfactorily explained within the domain of classical physics. However, apart from this macroscopic scale, there exist numerous other phenomena around us, especially on the microscopic scale, which seem to defy most conventional “common-sense” beliefs. The key to the understanding of the workings of this amazing microscopic world lies with quantum physics.

If you are not confused by quantum physics then you haven’t really understood it

—Niels Bohr

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  1. School of VLSI Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, 711103, India

    Amretashis Sengupta

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  1. School of VLSI Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Howrah, India

    Amretashis Sengupta

  2. Dept Electronics & Telecommunication Eng, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

    Chandan Kumar Sarkar

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Sengupta, A. (2015). Fundamentals of Quantum Theory. In: Sengupta, A., Sarkar, C. (eds) Introduction to Nano. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47314-6_2

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