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Concepts of Modern Physics

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ISBN-10: 0070044732

ISBN-13: 9780070044739

Edition: 4th

Authors: Arthur Beiser

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Modern Physics is the most up-to-date, accessible presentation of modern physics available. The book is intended to be used in a one-semester course covering modern physics for students who have already had basic physics and calculus courses. The balance of the book leans more toward ideas than toward experimental methods and practical applications because the beginning student is better served by 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 nuclei. The theory of the atom is then developed,…    
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Book details

Edition: 4th
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 616
Size: 7.86" wide x 9.51" long x 1.72" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Relativity
Particle Properties of Waves
Waves Properties of Particles
Atomic Structure
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Theory of the Hydrogen Atom
Many-Electron Atoms
Molecules
Statistical Mechanics
The Solid State
Nuclear Structure
Nuclear Transformations
Elementary Particles
Appendix Atomic Masses