Foundations of Modern Physics

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Cambridge University Press, 22. apr. 2021 - 320 síður
In addition to his ground-breaking research, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg is known for a series of highly praised texts on various aspects of physics, combining exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition. Describing the foundations of modern physics in their historical context and with some new derivations, Weinberg introduces topics ranging from early applications of atomic theory through thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, transport theory, special relativity, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, and quantum field theory. This volume provides the basis for advanced undergraduate and graduate physics courses as well as being a handy introduction to aspects of modern physics for working scientists.
 

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EARLY ATOMIC THEORY
1
Cathode rays Thomsons experiments Electrons as atomic constituents
14
and pressure
20
Definition of entropy Independence of path
29
MaxwellBoltzmann distribution General Htheorem Time reversal
37
EARLY QUANTUM THEORY
61
Degrees of freedom of electromagnetic fields
67
Spectral lines
77
of the Bragg formula
128
dependent wave functions Conservation laws Heisenberg
150
ClebschGordan Coefficients
159
General transition rates
182
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
210
Coulomb barrier Barrier suppression factors Semiclassical estimate of alpha
235
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
251
model
295

RELATIVITY
88
The inhomogeneous and homogeneous equations Density and current of electric
120
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Foundations of Modern Physics
Steven Weinberg
Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2021
Foundations of Modern Physics
Steven Weinberg
Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2021

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Steven Weinberg (1933-2021) was a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments at the University of Texas at Austin. He was honored with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, the National Medal of Science, the Heinemann Prize in Mathematical Physics, and most recently a Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. He was a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the UK's Royal Society, and other academies in the US and internationally. The American Philosophical Society awarded him the Benjamin Franklin medal in 2004, with a citation that said he was 'considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive in the world today'. He wrote several highly regarded books, including Gravitation and Cosmology, the three-volume work The Quantum Theory of Fields, Cosmology, and Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, and Lectures on Astrophysics.

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TitillFoundations of Modern Physics
HöfundurSteven Weinberg
Editionillustrated, reprint
ÚtgefandiCambridge University Press, 2021
ISBN1108841767, 9781108841764
Length320 síður
  
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