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Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers 3rd edition

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Stephen Thornton and Andrew Rex
Publisher: Brooks/Cole

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Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: The Birth of Modern Physics
    • 1.1: Classical Physics of the 1890s
    • 1.2: The Kinetic Theory of Gases
    • 1.3: Waves and Particles
    • 1.4: Conservation Laws and Fundamental Forces
    • 1.5: The Atomic Theory of Matter
    • 1.6: Unresolved Questions of 1895 and New Horizons
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 2: Special Theory of Relativity
    • 2.1: The Need for Ether
    • 2.2: The Michelson-Morely Experiment (2)
    • 2.3: Einstein's Postulates
    • 2.4: The Lorentz Transformation (5)
    • 2.5: Time Dilation and Length Contraction (4)
    • 2.6: Addition of Velocities (4)
    • 2.7: Experimental Verification
    • 2.8: Twin Paradox
    • 2.9: Spacetime
    • 2.10: Doppler Effect (2)
    • 2.11: Relativistic Momentum (3)
    • 2.12: Relativistic Energy (4)
    • 2.13: Computations in Modern Physics (2)
    • 2.14: Electromagnetism and Relativity
    • 2: General Problems (2)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 3: The Experimental Basis of Quantum Theory
    • 3.1: Discovery of the X-Ray and the Electron (2)
    • 3.2: Determination of Electron Charge (1)
    • 3.3: Line Spectra (3)
    • 3.4: Quantization
    • 3.5: Blackbody Radiation (4)
    • 3.6: Photoelectric Effect (5)
    • 3.7: X-Ray Production
    • 3.8: Compton Effect (3)
    • 3.9: Pair Production and Annihilation
    • 3: General Problems (1)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (12)

  • Chapter 4: Structure of the Atom
    • 4.1: The Atomic Models of Thompson and Rutherford
    • 4.2: Rutherford Scattering (2)
    • 4.3: The Classical Atomic Model
    • 4.4: The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom (6)
    • 4.5: Successes and Failures of the Bohr Model
    • 4.6: Characteristic X-Ray Spectra and Atomic Number (3)
    • 4.7: Atomic Excitation by Electrons (1)
    • 4: General Problems (3)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 5: Wave Properties of Matter and Quantum Mechanics I
    • 5.1: X-Ray Scattering (3)
    • 5.2: De Broglie Waves (4)
    • 5.3: Electron Scattering (3)
    • 5.4: Wave Motion (2)
    • 5.5: Waves or Particles?
    • 5.6: Uncertainty Principle (4)
    • 5.7: Probability, Wave Functions, and the Copenhagen Interpretation (1)
    • 5.8: Particle in a Box
    • 5: General Problems (3)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (11)

  • Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics II
    • 6.1: The Schroedinger Wave Equation
    • 6.2: Expectation Values (1)
    • 6.3: Infinite Square-Well Potential (4)
    • 6.4: Finite Square-Well Potential (1)
    • 6.5: Three-Dimensional Infinite-Potential Well (1)
    • 6.6: Simple Harmonic Oscillator (4)
    • 6.7: Barriers and Tunneling (4)
    • 6: General Problems (2)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 7: The Hydrogen Atom
    • 7.1: Application of the Schroedinger Equation to the Hydrogen Atom
    • 7.2: Solution of the Schroedinger Equation for Hydrogen (1)
    • 7.3: Quantum Numbers (5)
    • 7.4: Magnetic Effects on Atomic Spectra - The Normal Zeeman Effect (5)
    • 7.5: Intrinsic Spin (2)
    • 7.6: Energy Levels and Electron Probabilities (4)
    • 7: General Problems
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 8: Atomic Physics
    • 8.1: Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table (4)
    • 8.2: Total Angular Momentum (9)
    • 8.3: Anomalous Zeeman Effect (3)
    • 8: General Problems
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 9: Statistical Physics
    • 9.1: Historical Overview
    • 9.2: Maxwell Velocity Distribution
    • 9.3: Equipartition Theorem (1)
    • 9.4: Maxwell Speed Distribution (3)
    • 9.5: Classical and Quantum Statistics (1)
    • 9.6: Fermi-Dirac Statistics (3)
    • 9.7: Bose-Einstein Statistics (1)
    • 9: General Problems (3)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 10: Molecules and Solids
    • 10.1: Molecular Bonding and Spectra (4)
    • 10.2: Stimulated Emission and Lasers (2)
    • 10.3: Structural Properties of Solids (1)
    • 10.4: Thermal and Magnetic Properties of Solids
    • 10.5: Superconductivity (3)
    • 10.6: Applications of Superconductivity (2)
    • 10: General Problems
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 11: Semiconductor Theory and Devices
    • 11.1: Band Theory of Solids
    • 11.2: Semiconductor Theory (5)
    • 11.3: Semiconductor Devices (2)
    • 11.4: Nanotechnology
    • 11: General Problems (5)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 12: The Atomic Nucleus
    • 12.1: Discovery of the Neutron
    • 12.2: Nuclear Properties (2)
    • 12.3: The Deuteron
    • 12.4: Nuclear Forces (1)
    • 12.5: Nuclear Stability (2)
    • 12.6: Radioactive Decay (4)
    • 12.7: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay (4)
    • 12.8: Radioactive Nuclides (4)
    • 12: General Problems
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 13: Nuclear Interactions and Applications
    • 13.1: Nuclear Reactions (4)
    • 13.2: Reaction Kinematics (6)
    • 13.3: Reaction Mechanisms (2)
    • 13.4: Fission (2)
    • 13.5: Fission Reactors (2)
    • 13.6: Fusion
    • 13.7: Special Applications (3)
    • 13: General Problems
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 14: Elementary Particles
    • 14.1: Early Discoveries
    • 14.2: The Fundamental Interactions (1)
    • 14.3: Classification of Elementary Particles (1)
    • 14.4: Conservation Laws and Symmetries (4)
    • 14.5: Quarks (3)
    • 14.6: The Families of Matter
    • 14.7: Beyond the Standard Model (4)
    • 14.8: Accelerators (3)
    • 14: General Problems (2)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 15: General Relativity
    • 15.1: Tenets of General Relativity
    • 15.2: Tests of General Relativity (3)
    • 15.3: Gravitational Waves
    • 15.4: Black Holes (2)
    • 15.5: Frame Dragging
    • 15: General Problems (3)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

  • Chapter 16: Cosmology - The Beginning and the End
    • 16.1: Evidence of the Big Bang
    • 16.2: The Big Bang (3)
    • 16.3: Stellar Evolution
    • 16.4: Astronomical Objects (4)
    • 16.5: Problems with the Big Bang (1)
    • 16.6: The Age of the Universe
    • 16.7: The Future
    • 16: General Problems (3)
    • Supplemental Multiple Choice Questions (10)

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Chapter 1: The Birth of Modern Physics
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Chapter 2: Special Theory of Relativity
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Chapter 3: The Experimental Basis of Quantum Theory
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Chapter 4: Structure of the Atom
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Chapter 5: Wave Properties of Matter and Quantum Mechanics I
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Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics II
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Chapter 7: The Hydrogen Atom
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Chapter 8: Atomic Physics
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Chapter 9: Statistical Physics
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Chapter 10: Molecules and Solids
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Chapter 11: Semiconductor Theory and Devices
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Chapter 12: The Atomic Nucleus
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Chapter 13: Nuclear Interactions and Applications
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Chapter 14: Elementary Particles
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Chapter 15: General Relativity
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Chapter 16: Cosmology - The Beginning and the End
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