Quantum Physics: A Fundamental Approach to Modern Physics

Quantum Physics: A Fundamental Approach to Modern Physics
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This brilliantly innovative textbook is intended as a first introduction to quantum mechanics and its applications. Townsend's new text shuns the historical ordering that characterizes so-called Modern Physics textbooks and applies a truly modern approach to this subject, starting instead with contemporary single-photon and single-atom interference experiments. The text progresses naturally from a thorough introduction to wave mechanics through applications of quantum mechanics to solid-state, nuclear, and particle physics, thereby including most of the topics normally presented in a Modern Physics course. Examples of topics include blackbody radiation, Bose-Einstein condensation, the band-structure of solids and the silicon revolution, the curve of binding energy and nuclear fission and fusion, and the Standard Model of particle physics. Students can see in quantum mechanics a common thread that ties these topics into a coherent picture of how the world works, a picture that gives students confidence that quantum mechanics really works, too. The book also includes a chapter-length appendix on special relativity for the benefit of students who have not had a previous exposure to this subject. Also available is an accompanying, detailed Instructor's Solutions Manual for adopting professors.
Country USA
Brand University Science Books
Manufacturer University Science Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Model Illustrated
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2009-10-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781891389627

Country	USA
Brand	University Science Books
Manufacturer	University Science Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Model	Illustrated
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2009-10-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781891389627

Quantum Physics: A Fundamental Approach to Modern Physics

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