Dr. Richard Liboff is presently a Professor of Applied Physics, Applied Math, and Electrical Engineering at Cornell University. He has served as visiting professor at numerous universities and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1984 in support of a Visiting Professorship of Physics at Tel Aviv University.
He has written over 100 scientific articles and has authored four textbooks. His research specialties include condensed-matter theory, kinetic theory, applied math, and elements of astrophysics.

1. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS TO PROBLEMS IN ONE DIMENSION.


1. Review of Concepts of Classical Mechanics.


2. Historical Review: Experiments and Theories.


3. The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics: Operators, Eigenfunctions, and Eigenvalues.


4. Preparatory Concepts: Function Spaces and Hermitian Operators.


5. Time Development, Conservation Theorems, and Parity.


6. Time Development, Conservation Theorems, and Parity.


7. Additional One-Dimensional Problems: Bound and Unbound States.


8. Finite Potential Well, Periodic Lattice, and Some Simple Problems with Two Degrees of Freedom.
2. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TO PROBLEMS IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
9. Angular Momentum.


10. Problems in Three Dimensions.


11. Elements of Matrix Mechanics: Spin Wavefunctions.


12. Application to Atomic, Molecular, Solid-State, and Nuclear Physics: Elements of Quantum Statistics.


13. Perturbation Theory.


14. Scattering in Three Dimensions.


15. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.


16. Quantum Computing.

• Introductory Quantum Mechanics, Fourth Edition is well known for its wealth of great problems (869 in total).


• Comprehensive coverage makes the book adaptable to any course.


• The book uses precise presentation and careful use of appropriate math.


• A new chapter on the revolutionary topic of quantum computing and numerous revisions throughout the rest of the book bring it up to date.


• More than 30 new problems have been added.