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A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts - Volume IV: Heat, Atoms and Quanta (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts - Volume IV: Heat, Atoms and Quanta (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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This book provides a chronological introduction to modern atomic
theory, which represented an attempt to reconcile the ancient
doctrine of atomism with careful experiments-performed during the
19th century-on the flow of heat through substances and across
empty space. Included herein are selections from classic texts such
as Carnot's Reflection on the Motive Power of Fire, Clausius'
Mechanical Theory of Heat, Rutherford's Nuclear Constitution of
Atoms, Planck's Atomic Theory of Matter and Heisenberg's Copenhagen
Interpretation of Quantum Theory. Each chapter begins with a short
introduction followed by a reading selection. Carefully crafted
study questions draw out key points in the text and focus the
reader's attention on the author's methods, analysis and
conclusions. Numerical and laboratory exercises at the end of each
chapter test the reader's ability to understand and apply key
concepts from the text. Heat, Radiation and Quanta is the last of
four volumes in A Student's Guide through the Great Physics Texts.
The book comes from a four-semester undergraduate physics
curriculum designed to encourage a critical and circumspect
approach to natural science while at the same time preparing
students for advanced coursework in physics. This book is
particularly suitable as a college-level textbook for students of
the natural sciences, history or philosophy. It might also serve as
a textbook for advanced high-school or home-schooled students, or
as a thematically-organized source-book for scholars and motivated
lay-readers. In studying the classic scientific texts included
herein, the reader will be drawn toward a lifetime of
contemplation.
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