Modern Physics - Hardcover

Raymond A. Serway

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0030015472 ISBN 13: 9780030015472

Publisher: W B Saunders Co, 1996

Synopsis

The text presents a simple, straightforward approach to course material. The text includes in-depth examinations of low-temperature physics, superconductivity, relativity, and the top quark. MP DESKTOP interactive software, written by the authors, allows students to explore key physics concepts and problems.

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond A. Serway is Professor Emeritus at James Madison University. He earned his doctorate at Illinois Institute of Technology. Among his accolades, he received an honorary doctorate degree from his alma mater, Utica College, the 1990 Madison Scholar Award at James Madison University (where he taught for 17 years), the 1977 Distinguished Teaching Award at Clarkson University and the 1985 Alumni Achievement Award from Utica College. As a Guest Scientist at the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. Serway worked with K. Alex Müller, who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics. He also was a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, where he collaborated with his mentor and friend, the late Sam Marshall. In addition to this text, Dr. Serway is the co-author of COLLEGE PHYSICS, Eleventh Edition; PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS, Fifth Edition; ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE PHYSICS; MODERN PHYSICS, Third Edition; and the high school textbook PHYSICS, published by Holt McDougal. He has published more than 40 research papers in the field of condensed matter physics and has given more than 60 presentations at professional meetings.

Review:

"The text is readable and has a nice slightly informal tone to it that I think the students will respond well to. It covers the basic ideas well with a good range of applications in the later chapters."

On the inclusion of the new applications, "Absolutely!!! We have an Engineering Physics program here and this is exactly the sort of thing we are looking for in our books and classes."

About this edition

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0030015472
• ISBN 13: 9780030015472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 666