目录 Author biography 1 Introduction 2 Motion in matter 3 Vibrating matter 3.1 Classical vibration 3.2 Planck's approach to vibration 4 Rotating matter 4.1 Analysis of classical rotational motion 4.2 Bohr's approach to rotation 5 Translating matter 5.1 Analysis of classical translational motion 5.2 de Broglie analysis of translational motion 6 Quantum translation 6.l Stationary state wavefunctions 6.2 Unconstrained one-dimensional translation 6.3 One-dimensional translation in a box 6.4 Multi-dimensional translation in a box 7 Interpreting quantum mechanics 7.1 The probability density 7.2 Eigenvectors and basis sets 7.3 Projection operators 7.4 Expectation values 7.5 The uncertainty principle 8 Quantum rotation 8.1 Circular motion: the particle on a ring 8.2 Spherical motion: the particle on a sphere 9 Quantum vibration 9.1 Harmonic oscillation 9.2 Anharmonicity 10 Variational methods 10.1 Prologue 10.2 The variational principle 10.3 Determining expansion coefficients 11 Electrons in atoms 11.1 Rotational motion due to a central potential: the hydrogen atom 11.2 Properties of the hydrogen atom solutions 11.3 Electron spin 11.4 Populating many-electron atoms 11.5 Many-body wavefunctions 11.6 Antisymmetry 11.7 Angular momentum in many-electron atoms 12 Perturbation theory 12.1 Rayleigh Schr6dinger perturbation theory 12.2 Applications of perturbation theory 12.3 The resolvent operator 12.4 Techniques for solving the sum over states equations 13 Electrons in molecules 13.1 The simplest molecular model: a one-electron diatomic 13.2 The hydrogen molecule 13.3 Practical information regarding calculations