Modern Physics: An Introductory Text (2nd Edition) Paperback - 2013
by Jeremy I. Pfeffer; Shlomo Nir
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This second edition of the successful textbook, Modern Physics: An Introductory Text, preserves the unique blend of readability, scientific rigour and authenticity that made its predecessor so indispensible a text for non-physics science majors. As in the first edition, it sets out to present 20th century physics in a form accessible and useful to students of the life sciences, medicine, agricultural, earth and environmental sciences. It is also valuable as a first reader and source text for students majoring in the physical sciences and engineering. Two new chapters have been added, one on Einstein's elucidation of Brownian Motion and the second on Quantum Electrodynamics.
Taking the discovery of the electron, the formulation of Maxwellian electromagnetism and Einstein's elucidation of Brownian motion as its starting point, the text proceeds to a comprehensive presentation of the three seminal ideas of 20th century physics: Special and General Relativity, Quantum Theory and the Nuclear Atom. From here the text moves on to the new discoveries prompted by these ideas, their impact on our understanding of natural phenomena and their application to the development and invention of the devices and technologies that define the 21st century.
Questions, exercises and problems for student assignments are found at the end of each of the six parts into which the text is divided; answers to the numerical questions are at the end of the book. The techniques by which trigonometric functions, phasors (rotating vectors) and complex numbers are employed in the mathematical description of wave motion are summarised in a supplementary section. In consideration of the audience for whom the book is intended, all mathematics other than that required for descriptive or illustrative purposes has been omitted from the main body of the text and incorporated into the 47 worked examples and 11 appendices.
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- Title Modern Physics: An Introductory Text (2nd Edition)
- Author Jeremy I. Pfeffer; Shlomo Nir
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Revised edit
- Pages 676
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Imperial College Press
- Date 2013-01-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781848168794 / 1848168799
- Weight 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg)
- Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 3.56 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 530
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