Salient features of the book are:
" An easy on What is Quantum Mechanics by Victor Weisskopf, a Prologue to the book
" Discussion of the free electron theory of metals and the basic physics of white dwarf stars, as application of the particle in a box problem.
" Two chapters on the linear harmonic oscillator problem-bringing out clearly its relation to the classical oscillator.
" Three chapter on the angular momentum problem-giving simple recipts for calculating spherical harmonics
" The use of confluent hypergeometric functions in obtaining solutions of the Schrodinger equation, corresponding to several important problems in quantum mechanics
" A detailed analysis of the spectra of one and two electron atoms
" A detailed analysis of the rotation-vibration spectra of diatonic molecules
" A detailed analysis of magnetic resonance experiments
" A separate chapter on the double well potential the kronig Penny model
" A detailed analysis of the JWKB approximation with application to numerous problems in quantum mechanics
" First principle calculations of Einstein coefficients
" Numerical solutions of the Schrodinger equation