LEADER 02409oam 2200505 450 001 9910137242903321 005 20221206172731.0 010 $a2722602814 010 $a9782722602816 024 7 $a10.4000/books.cdf.3696 035 $a(CKB)3710000000504705 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-cdf-3696 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/41514 035 $a(PPN)267931441 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000504705 100 $a20170529h20152015 fu 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAtomic and molecular physics$b[electronic resource] $einaugural lecture delivered on Tuesday 11 December 1973 /$fClaude Cohen-Tannoudji 210 $cCollège de France$d2015 210 1$aParis, France :$cCollège de France,$d2015. 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations, charts; digital, HTML file(s) 225 0 $aLeçons inaugurales 300 $aTranslated from French. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aWhen physicists began to explore the world of atoms more precisely, as they endeavoured to understand its structure and the laws governing its behaviour, they soon encountered serious difficulties. Our intuitive concepts, based on our daily experience of the macroscopic world around us, proved to be completely erroneous on the atomic scale; the atom was incomprehensible within the framework of classical physics. In order to uncover these new mysteries, after a great deal of trial and error, entirely new concepts therefore had to be elaborated: the concepts of quantum physics. What are the main stages that have led us to this modern understanding of the atom? What is the present state of atomic physics? How has it contributed to the development of our knowledge and where is it heading? 606 $aPhysics$xAtomic 606 $aPhysics$xMolecular 610 $amolecular physics 610 $atheoretical physics 610 $aatomic physics 610 $aquantum physics 615 0$aPhysics$xAtomic. 615 0$aPhysics$xMolecular. 700 $aCohen-Tannoudji$b Claude$f1933-$028326 702 $aLibbrecht$b Liz 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137242903321 996 $aAtomic and molecular physics$92190031 997 $aUNINA