Mathematics for Physicists - Hardcover

Lea, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534379974 ISBN 13: 9780534379971

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2003

Synopsis

This essential new text by Dr. Susan Lea will help physics undergraduate and graduate student hone their mathematical skills. Ideal for the one-semester course, MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICISTS has been extensively class-tested at San Francisco State University--and the response has been enthusiastic from students and instructors alike. Because physics students are often uncomfortable using the mathematical tools that they learned in their undergraduate courses, MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICISTS provides students with the necessary tools to hone those skills. Lea designed the text specifically for physics students by using physics problems to teach mathematical concepts.

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About the Author

Susan Lea, professor of Physics and Astronomy at San Francisco State University, has a B.A. and M.A. in mathematics from Cambridge University (with an emphasis in theoretical physics), and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Shapley lecturer for the American Astronomical Society, the author of PHYSICS: THE NATURE OF THINGS (ITP, 1997), and a flight instructor. Her research emphasis includes theoretical astrophysics, especially accretion problems and investigation of x-ray sources, and numerical hydrodynamics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534379974
• ISBN 13: 9780534379971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624