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Quantum Mechanics in its Fourth Decade

Quantum Mechanics

By Prof. H. A. Kramers. (Series in Physics.) Translated by D. ter Haar. Pp. xvi + 496. (Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company; New York: Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1957.) 45 guilders.

Quantum Mechanics

Non-Relativistic Theory. By L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz. Translated from the Russian by J. B. Sykes and J. S. Bell. (Course of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 3.) Pp. xii + 515. (London: Pergamon Press, 1958.) 80s. net.

Quantum Mechanics

By Dr. F. Mandl. Second edition. Pp. x + 267. (London: Butterworths Scientific Publications; New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1957.) 35s.; 7 dollars.

Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics

By A. R. Edmonds. (Investigations in Physics, Vol. 4.) Pp. viii + 146. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1957.) 30s. net

Elementary Theory of Angular Momentum

By M. E. Rose. (Structure of Matter Series.) Pp. x + 248. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1957.) 80s. net.

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KEMMER, N. Quantum Mechanics in its Fourth Decade. Nature 183, 705–707 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183705a0

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