本书是一部经典教科书，在全面阐述原子和量子物理的实验方法和基本理论的同时，也向读者介绍了该领域的最新动态，如Bell不等式、薛定鄂猫和脱散实验，以及量子计算机、量子信息和原子激光等。本书不但有173例习题，而且还有这些习题的解，这也是本书的另一个突出特点。

读者对象：物理专业师生及科研人员。

List of the Most Important Symbols Used

1.Introduction

2.The Mass and Size of the Atom

3.Isotopes

4.The Nucleus of the Atom

5.The Photon

6.The Electron

7.Some Basic Properties of Matter Waves

8.Bohr's Model of the Hydrogen Atom

9.The Mathematical Framework of Quantum Theory

10.Quantum Mechanics of the Hydrogen Atom

11.Lifting of the Orbital Degeneracy in the Spectra of Alkali Atoms

12.Orbital and Spin Magnetism.Fine Structure

13.Atoms in a Magnetic Field:Experiments and Their Semiclassical Description

14.Atoms in a Magnetic Field:Quantum Mechanical Treatment

15.Atoms in an Electric Field

16.General Laws of Optical Transitions

17.Many-Electron Atoms

18.X-Ray Spectra,Internal Shells

19.Structure of the Periodic System.Grates of the Elements

20.Nuclear Spin,Hyperfine Structure

21.Modern Methods of Optical Spectroscopy

22.Progress in Quantum Physics:A Deeper Understanding and New Applications

24.Fundamentals of the Quantum Theory of Chemical Bonding

Appendix

Solutions to the Problems

Bibliography of Supplementary and Specialised Literature

Subject Index

Fundamental Constants of Atomic Physics(Inside Front Cover)

Energy Conversion Table(Inside Back Cover)