Preface; Constants, Notation, Units and Dimensions; 1. What is quantum physics?; 2. Early quantisation: of light--matter interactions; 3. Light absorption and emission: Einstein's coefficients; 4. Modern aspects of photons; 5. De Broglie's hypothesis and Heisenberg's spatial inequality; 6. Schrödinger's equation: scattering (or free) states; 7. Tunnelling and one-dimensional scattering; 8.

Confinement and bound states; 9. Harmonic oscillators; 10. Coupled oscillators or quantum wells; 11. The transfer matrix approach; 12. Rotation and angular momentum; 13. Two-state systems and spin; 14. Postulates and formalism of quantum physics; 15. Sy indistinguishability and identical systems; 16.

Symmetries and conservation laws; 17. Conservative systems; 18. Combination of angular momenta; 19. Stationary perturbations and approximation methods; 20. Atoms and molecules; 21. Quantum description of solids; 22. Reduced-dimensional systems and nanophysics; 23. Nuclei and 'Particles': clusters; 24.

Quantum scattering in three dimensions; 25. Non-conservative systems: induced transitions and relaxation; 26. Entanglement, measurement and decoherence; 27. Electromagnetic field quantisation; 28. Quantum physics and special relativity; Afterword; Further reading; Glossary; Index.