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Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded
collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics
in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been,
asked at oral PhD exams at University of California at Berkeley.
The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be
answered using an outside-of-the box approach. Detailed solutions
are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot
about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full
of cartoons and dry humor to help take the edge off the stress and
anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide for students
preparing for their exams, as well as a resource for university
lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are
necessary to enjoy the book!
Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded
collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics
in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been,
asked at oral PhD exams at University of California at Berkeley.
The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be
answered using an outside-of-the box approach. Detailed solutions
are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot
about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full
of cartoons and dry humor to help take the edge off the stress and
anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide for students
preparing for their exams, as well as a resource for university
lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are
necessary to enjoy the book!
This book provides a bridge between the basic principles of physics
learned as an undergraduate and the skills and knowledge required
for advanced study and research in the exciting field of atomic
physics. The text is organized in a unique and versatile format ---
as a collection of problems, hints, detailed solutions, and
in-depth tutorials. This enables the reader to open the book at any
page and get a solid introduction to subjects on the cutting edge
of atomic physics, such as frequency comb metrology, tests of
fundamental symmetries with atoms, atomic magnetometers, atom
trapping and cooling, and Bose-Einstein condensates. The text also
includes problems and tutorials on important basics that every
practicing atomic physicist should know, but approached from the
perspective of experimentalists: formal calculations are avoided
where possible in favor of 'back-of-the-envelope' estimates,
symmetry arguments, and physical analogies. The 2nd edition
contains over 10 new problems, and includes important updates,
revisions, and corrections of several problems of the 1st edition.
This book is addressed to upper-level undergraduate and graduate
students involved in research in atomic, molecular, and optical
physics. It will also be useful to researchers practising in this
field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently detailed and
rigorous introduction to light-atom interactions with a particular
emphasis on the symmetry aspects of the interaction, especially
those associated with the angular momentum of atoms and light. The
book will enable readers to carry out practical calculations on
their own, and is richly illustrated with examples drawn from
current research topics, such as resonant nonlinear
magneto-opticals. The book comes with a software package for a
variety of atomic-physics calculations and further interactive
examples that is freely downloadable from the book's web page, as
well as additional materials (such as power-point presentations)
available to instructors who adopt the text for their courses.
Featuring chapters written by leading experts in magnetometry, this
book provides comprehensive coverage of the principles, technology
and diverse applications of optical magnetometry, from testing
fundamental laws of nature to detecting biomagnetic fields and
medical diagnostics. Readers will find a wealth of technical
information, from antirelaxation-coating techniques,
microfabrication and magnetic shielding to geomagnetic-field
measurements, space magnetometry, detection of biomagnetic fields,
detection of NMR and MRI signals and rotation sensing. The book
includes an original survey of the history of optical magnetometry
and a chapter on the commercial use of these technologies. The book
is supported by extensive online material, containing historical
overviews, derivations, sideline discussion, additional plots and
tables, available at www.cambridge.org/9781107010352. As well as
introducing graduate students to this field, the book is also a
useful reference for researchers in atomic physics.
Optically Polarized Atoms is addressed at upper-level undergraduate
and graduate students involved in research in atomic, molecular,
and optical Physics. It will also be useful to researchers
practicing in this field. It gives an intuitive, yet sufficiently
detailed and rigorous introduction to light-atom interactions with
a particular emphasis on the symmetry aspects of the interaction,
especially those associated with the angular momentum of atoms and
light. The book will enable readers to carry out practical
calculations on their own, and is richly illustrated with examples
drawn from current research topics, such as resonant nonlinear
magneto-optical effects. The book comes with a software package for
a variety of atomic-physics calculations and further interactive
examples that is freely downloadable from the book's web page, as
well as additional materials (such as power-point presentations)
available to instructors who adopt the text for their courses.
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