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Pearson Modern Physics 2003 Edition by Jeremy Bernstein, Paul M. Fishbane, Stephen Gasiorowicz
This comprehensive textprovides a clear, correct, and up-to-date introduction and surveyof the topics of importance to tomorrows engineers and scientists.The presentation includes the description of the history of thetopics, to show students how we got to where we are; it stressesthe importance of observation and experiment; and it emphasizesnumbers, so that students develop a feel for the magnitudesinvolved and for when different principles become important.For Sale in Indiansubcontinent onlyA well-defined four-part structure?Special relativity; quantum mechanics; "applications" of quantum mechanics; and "frontier" subjects.Presentation of the historical origin of topicsOriginal presentations of topics?e.g., the application of the Bohr rules to non-Coulombic forces; "towards the Schr?dinger equation;" the physical description of NMR; the demonstration of exchange forces; the radius of a neutron star; as well as a unique appendix.Practical applications of the topics covered?e.g., the Global Positioning System, lasers, quantum engineering, nuclear magnetic resonance.Presentation of "hot topics" and current issues?e.g., the standard model of elementary interactions, the immediate relevance of quantum mechanics to todays technology, the development of the early universe.A Review.RELATIVITY.The Basics of Relativity.Consequences of Relativity.THE ORIGINS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.Waves as Particles and Particles as Waves.Atoms and the Bohr Model.The Schr?dinger Equation.Classical and Unclassical behavior: Wave Packets and Uncertainty.Barriers and Wells.The Hydrogen Atom.Many Particles.APPLICATIONS.Complex Atoms and Molecules.Statistical Physics.Atoms, Radiation and Lasers.Conductors, Insulators, and Superconductors.The Atomic Nucleus.FRONTIERS.Elementary Particle Physics.General Relativity.Cosmology.Jeremy Bernstein has had a dual career in physics andwriting. He was on the staff of the New Yorker from 1963 to 1993and was a Professor of Physics at the Stevens Institute ofTechnology from 1968 until his retirement in 1993, when he becameProfessor emeritus. Paul Fishbane has been teaching undergraduate courses at theUniversity of Virginia, where he is Professor of Physics, for some25 years. Stephen Gasiorowicz received his Ph.D. in physics at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles in 1952. After spending 8years at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, he joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota, where hisfield of research is theoretical high energy physics.