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Basic Concepts in Physics - From the Cosmos to Quarks (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2021)
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Basic Concepts in Physics - From the Cosmos to Quarks (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2021)
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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This book is the second edition of an excellent undergraduate-level
overview of classical and modern physics, intended for students of
physics and related subjects, and also perfectly suited for the
education of physics teachers. The twelve-chapter book begins with
Newton's laws of motion and subsequently covers topics such as
thermodynamics and statistical physics, electrodynamics, special
and general relativity, quantum mechanics and cosmology , the
standard model and quantum chromodynamics. The writing is lucid,
and the theoretical discussions are easy to follow for anyone
comfortable with standard mathematics. An important addition in
this second edition is a set of exercises and problems, distributed
throughout the book. Some of the problems aim to complement the
text, others to provide readers with additional useful tools for
tackling new or more advanced topics. Furthermore, new topics have
been added in several chapters; for example, the discovery of
extra-solar planets from the wobble of their mother stars, a
discussion of the Landauer principle relating information erasure
to an increase of entropy, quantum logic, first order quantum
corrections to the ideal gas equation of state due to the
Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics. Both gravitational
lensing and the time-correction in geo-positioning satellites are
explained as theoretical applications of special and general
relativity. The discovery of gravitational waves, one of the most
important achievements of physical sciences, is presented as well.
Professional scientists, teachers, and researchers will also want
to have this book on their bookshelves, as it provides an excellent
refresher on a wide range of topics and serves as an ideal starting
point for expanding one's knowledge of new or unfamiliar fields.
Readers of this book will not only learn much about physics, they
will also learn to love it.
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