Theoretical Concepts in Physics An Alternative View of Theoretical Reasoning in Physics for Final-Year Undergraduates

Name: Theoretical Concepts in Physics An Alternative View of Theoretical Reasoning in Physics for Final-Year Undergraduates
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ISBN: 9780521275538

ISBN-10: 0521275539

ISBN-13: 9780521275538

Edition: 1984

Authors: M. S. Longair

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In this highly individual, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics, the author has provided a course that illuminates the subject from the standpoint of real physics as practised by research scientists. Professor Longair gives the basic insights, attitudes, and techniques that are the tools of the professional physicist, in a manner that conveys the intellectual excitement and beauty of the subject. The book is intended to be a supplement to more traditional courses for physics undergraduates, and the author assumes that his readers already have some knowledge of the main branches of physics. As the story unfolds, much of the core material of an undergraduate course in…

Book details

List price: $52.99
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/26/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface



Introduction



Tycho Brahe, Kepler and Newton - the origin of Newton's law of gravitation



The origin of Maxwell's equations



How to rewrite the history of electromagnetism



Approaches to mechanics and dynamics



Simple thermodynamics



The kinetic theory of gases and the origin of statistical mechanics



Black body radiation up to 1895



1895-1900: Planck and the spectrum of black body radiation



Planck's theory of black body radiation



Einstein and the quantisation of light



The story concluded - a further classical paper by Einstein



Special relativity - a study in invariance



An introduction to general relativity



Cosmology



Epilogue


References and further reading


Index