many disciplines, including quantum chemistry, quantum electronics, quantum optics, and quantum information science. It also provides a useful framework for many features of the modern periodic table of elements, and describes the behaviors of atoms during chemical bonding and the flow of electrons in computer semiconductors, and therefore plays a crucial role in many modern technologies. While quantum mechanics was constructed to describe the world of the very small, it is also needed to explain some macroscopic phenomena such as superconductors and superfluids. See also Bra–ket notation Einstein's thought experiments List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics Macroscopic quantum phenomena Phase-space formulation Regularization (physics) Two-state quantum system Explanatory notes References Further reading The following titles, all by working physicists, attempt to communicate quantum theory to lay people, using a minimum of technical apparatus. Chester, Marvin (1987). Primer of Quantum Mechanics. John Wiley. Richard Feynman, 1985. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Princeton University Press. . Four elementary lectures on quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, yet containing many insights for the expert. Ghirardi, GianCarlo, 2004. Sneaking a Look at God's Cards, Gerald Malsbary, trans. Princeton Univ. Press. The most technical of the works cited here. Passages using algebra, trigonometry, and bra–ket notation can be passed over on a first reading. N. David Mermin, 1990, "Spooky actions at a distance: mysteries of the QT" in his Boojums All the Way Through. Cambridge University Press: 110–76. Victor Stenger, 2000. Timeless Reality: Symmetry, Simplicity, and Multiple Universes. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. Chpts. 5–8. Includes cosmological and philosophical considerations. More technical: Bryce DeWitt, R. Neill Graham, eds., 1973. The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton Series in Physics, Princeton University Press. D. Greenberger, K. Hentschel, F. Weinert, eds., 2009. Compendium of quantum physics, Concepts, experiments, history and philosophy, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. A standard undergraduate text. Max Jammer, 1966. The Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanics. McGraw Hill. Hagen Kleinert, 2004. Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets, 3rd ed. Singapore: World Scientific. Draft of 4th edition. Online copy Gunther Ludwig, 1968. Wave Mechanics. London: Pergamon Press. George Mackey (2004). The mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. Dover Publications. . Albert Messiah, 1966. Quantum Mechanics (Vol. I), English translation from French by G.M. Temmer. North Holland, John Wiley & Sons. Cf. chpt. IV, section III. online Scerri, Eric R., 2006. The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance. Oxford University