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Concepts of modern physics / Arthur Beiser and Kok Wai Cheah.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2015.Edition: 6th edDescription: xiv, 563 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9789814595261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539 23 B423
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Particle properties of waves -- 3. Wave properties of particles -- 4. Atomic structure -- 5. Quantum mechanics -- 6. Quantum theory of the hydrogen atom -- 7. Many-electron atoms -- 8. Molecules -- 9. Statistical mechanics -- 10. The solid state -- 11. Nuclear structure -- 12. Nuclear transformations -- 13. Elementary particles -- Appendix.
Summary: The book is intended to be used in one-semester course on modern physics for students who have already had basic physics and calculus courses. The balance of the book leans more toward ideas than a conceptual framework than by a mass of details. The sequence of topics follows a logical, rather than strictly historical, order. relativity and quantum ideas are considered first to provide a framework for understanding the physics of atoms and unclei. The theory of the atom is then developed and followed by a discussion of the properties of aggregates of atoms, which includes a look at statistical mechanics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Particle properties of waves --
3. Wave properties of particles --
4. Atomic structure --
5. Quantum mechanics --
6. Quantum theory of the hydrogen atom --
7. Many-electron atoms --
8. Molecules --
9. Statistical mechanics --
10. The solid state --
11. Nuclear structure --
12. Nuclear transformations --
13. Elementary particles --
Appendix.

The book is intended to be used in one-semester course on modern physics for students who have already had basic physics and calculus courses. The balance of the book leans more toward ideas than a conceptual framework than by a mass of details. The sequence of topics follows a logical, rather than strictly historical, order. relativity and quantum ideas are considered first to provide a framework for understanding the physics of atoms and unclei. The theory of the atom is then developed and followed by a discussion of the properties of aggregates of atoms, which includes a look at statistical mechanics.

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