Modern Physics: An Introductory Text

Jeremy I. Pfeffer, Shlomo Nir9781860942426, 1-86094-242-3

This volume originated from the need for a suitable student text for the course «An Introduction to Modern Physics» given at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The course is open to all students who have completed the standard first-year physics course in mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism. Its primary goal is to produce graduates who are – whatever their field of specialization – «modern-physics-literate». The presentation of the course material emphasizes the physical aspects of the phenomena.

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Table of contents :
 
Table of Contents
The Birth of a New Physics
The Electron
Electromagnetic Waves
The Special Theory of Relativity
The General Theory of Relativity
Appendices to Part One
Quantum Theory
The Quantum Hypothesis
The Photoelectric Effect
Photons
The Mechanics of Minute Particles
Appendices to Part Two
The Nuclear Atom
The Structure of the Atom
The Bohr Model of the Atom
The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
Electron Spin
Appendices to Part Three
Interactions of Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter
The Passage of Radiation through Matter
Molecular Spectra
Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
Appendices to Part Four
Nuclear Physics
The Structure of the Nucleus
Nuclear Radiations
Radioactivity
Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Energy
Appendices to Part Five
Selected Applications
The Laser
The Mossbauer Effect
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
The Conduction of Electricity Through Solids
Invariance, Symmetry and Conservation Laws
Appendices to Part Six