Modern Physics for Scientists & Engineers 5/e [Thornton] 9781337919456

Learn how your life connects to the latest discoveries in physics with MODERN PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. This updated fifth edition offers a contemporary, comprehensive approach with a strong emphasis on applications to help you see how concepts in the book relate to the real world. Discussions on the experiments that led to key discoveries illustrate the process behind scientific advances and give you a historical perspective. Included is a thorough treatment of special relativity, an introduction to general relativity, and a solid foundation in quantum theory to help you succeed.

頁數：720
版次：第5版
年份：2021年
規格：平裝/彩色
ISBN：9781337919456

1. THE BIRTH OF MODERN PHYSICS.
2. SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY.
3. THE EXPERIMENTAL BASIS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS.
4. STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM.
5. WAVE PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND QUANTUM MECHANICS I.
6. QUANTUM MECHANICS II.
7. THE HYDROGEN ATOM.
8. ATOMIC PHYSICS.
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS.
10. MOLECULES AND SOLIDS.
11. SEMICONDUCTOR THEORY AND DEVICES.
12. THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS.
13. NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS AND APPLICATIONS.
14. PARTICLE PHYSICS.
15. MODERN ASTROPHYSICS AND GENERAL RELATIVITY.
16. COSMOLOGY--THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
Appendices