This book is the fifth volume in a series of textbooks on physics for teacher training. The series covers all areas of physics relevant to school education at the level of beginners' lectures - always taking into account the didactic perspective.

For many years, physics didactics has demanded that good physics teaching should not only be "about" physics, but also "about" physics. "This means that not only technical terms, theories and experimental skills are taught, but that the genesis and validity of this special form of knowledge also becomes the subject of the lesson," explains Oliver Passon. In the debate, this area of learning is referred to as the "nature of science" - an aspect that Dr Passon focuses on in his book.

About the author

Dr Oliver Passon is a private lecturer at the University of Wuppertal. He teaches physics and its didactics and contributes his many years of experience in research and teaching to this book. Passon studied physics, mathematics, education and philosophy in Wuppertal and gained his doctorate in elementary particle physics. After working at the Jülich Research Centre and in the teaching profession, he has been working in physics didactics since 2013. His research interests range from Goethe's Theory of Colours and the history of quantum physics to methodological questions and problems of empirical teaching research.

Oliver Passon: Quantum mechanics. Physics for student teachers. De Gruyter Brill 2025. 320 pages, 54.95 euros.

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