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Theories of Matter, Space and Time - Classical Theories (Hardcover)
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Theories of Matter, Space and Time - Classical Theories (Hardcover)
Series: IOP Concise Physics
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This book and its sequel (Theories of Matter Space and Time:
Quantum Theories) are taken from third and fourth year
undergraduate Physics courses at Southampton University, UK. The
aim of both books is to move beyond the initial courses in
classical mechanics, special relativity, electromagnetism, and
quantum theory to more sophisticated views of these subjects and
their interdependence. The goal is to guide undergraduates through
some of the trickier areas of theoretical physics with concise
analysis while revealing the key elegance of each subject. The
first chapter introduces the key areas of the principle of least
action, an alternative treatment of Newtownian dynamics, that
provides new understanding of conservation laws. In particular, it
shows how the formalism evolved from Fermat's principle of least
time in optics. The second introduces special relativity leading
quickly to the need and form of four-vectors. It develops
four-vectors for all kinematic variables and generalize Newton's
second law to the relativistic environment; then returns to the
principle of least action for a free relativistic particle. The
third chapter presents a review of the integral and differential
forms of Maxwell's equations before massaging them to four-vector
form so that the Lorentz boost properties of electric and magnetic
fields are transparent. Again, it then returns to the action
principle to formulate minimal substitution for an electrically
charged particle.
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