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Synopsis
This nontraditional text arose from the conviction that science and engineering students would benefit from an introductory course which covers all of physics from a modern point of view. The text takes the perspective of a modern particle physicist and is based more on wave dynamics and relativity than on classical mechanics. The subject matter is split into two volumes of twelve chapters Volume 1 – Waves, including geometrical optics – Theory of relativity – Relativistic matter waves and quantum mechanics – Classical mechanics as the geometric optics limit of quantum mechanics Volume 2 – Gravity – A treatment of electromagnetism which builds on relativity – Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics – Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics The result is a conceptually challenging but mathematically simple text which can be covered in two semesters or three quarters without omitting any content. Such a course has been offered for over ten years at New Mexico Tech to incoming physics majors and other interested students who are well prepared in high school physics and mathematics.
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- PublisherOrange Grove Texts Plus
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1616100923
- ISBN 13 9781616100926
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages237
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