Modern Physics is the most up-to-date, accessible presentation of modern physics available. The book is intended to be used in a one-semester course covering modern physics for students who have already had basic physics and calculus courses. The balance of the book leans more toward ideas than toward experimental methods and practical applications because the beginning student is better served by a conceptual framework than by a mass of details. The sequence of topics follows a logical, rather than strictly historical, order. Relativity and quantum ideas are considered first to provide a framework for understanding the physics of atoms and nuclei. The theory of the atom is then developed, and followed by a discussion of the properties of aggregates of atoms, which includes a look at statistical mechanics. Finally atomic nuclei and elementary particles are examined.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Inconsistencies and Typos,
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This review is from: Concepts of Modern Physics (Hardcover)
...While understanding can come from this book, the numerous typos distract, confuse, and degrade the quality of it. Examples of this include the following: on page 7, the definitions for t_0 and t should be switched (although it's all relative); on pages 39, 40, and 41, there are occasions where a prime ' is either lacking or misplaced; on page 43, a variable dz' should be replaced by dx'. Page 137, example 4.5 (b) gives contradictory exponents. The correct exponents are ^2 throughout. The answer is also wrong! (should be 2.47x10^15 Hz)These are just a few occasions that I have noticed and have spent hours struggling with.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Useless book alert!,
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This review is from: Concepts of Modern Physics (Hardcover)
Pick another book like Serway's, or Tipler's, or even Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics, for a legitimate introduction to this subject. Beiser's lazy treatment of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and the Bohr atom amounts to little more than throwing out a few formulas and examples. The same goes for the transformations in special relativity - Tipler's treatment is superior. Even the Schaum's book in modern physics is better on this topic. His treatment of quantum mechanics was obviously meant to be ignored - hence the leaving out of important conceptual and explanatory material that, say, Modern Atomic and Nuclear Physics puts in. Overall, it is worthless in comparison to the previously mentioned books.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, some key aspects lacking,
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This review is from: Concepts of Modern Physics (Hardcover)
At first I thought this book was very good and very well explained. Then I realised that sometimes he doesn't tell us the whole story, leaving out certain calculations and stuff. First year textbooks are known to do this, but looking back at my first year textbooks, I found them to be more "complete". It is a good starter book for Modern Physics, however, after that you will need something thicker.
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In 1905 a young physicist of twenty-six named Albert Einstein showed how measurements of time and space are affected by motion between an observer and what is being observed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nobel Prize, United States, Big Bang, World War, Standard Model, Milky Way, University of Chicago, Rayleigh Jeans, Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli, Albert Einstein, Cambridge University, Los Alamos, Max Planck, Repeat Exercise, Theory of Everything, Three Mile Island, Enrico Fermi, George Gamow, Heinrich Hertz, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, Louis de Broglie, Max Born, New Mexico, Solution Let New!
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In 1905 a young physicist of twenty-six named Albert Einstein showed how measurements of time and space are affected by motion between an observer and what is being observed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nobel Prize, United States, Big Bang, World War, Standard Model, Milky Way, University of Chicago, Rayleigh Jeans, Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli, Albert Einstein, Cambridge University, Los Alamos, Max Planck, Repeat Exercise, Theory of Everything, Three Mile Island, Enrico Fermi, George Gamow, Heinrich Hertz, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, Louis de Broglie, Max Born, New Mexico, Solution Let New!
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- The Correspondence Principle (1918 - 1923) by Niels Henrik David Bohr on page 119, page 138, and page 158
- Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure (3 Volume Set) by Gerhard Herzberg on page 287, and Back Matter
- Plasma Physics (Institute of Physics Conference Series) by Culham Laboratory on page 418, and Back Matter
- Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot on page 474, and page 501
- Modern Physics by Kenneth S. Krane in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Energy of Nature by E. C. Pielou on 6 pages
- Mathematics of Physics and Engineering by Edward K. Blum on page 103, page 372, and Back Matter
- Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering by S. Selcuk Bayin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Optical Components for Communications:: Principles and Applications by Ching-Fuh Lin on page 43, and page 85
- Principles of Modern Physics by A. K. Saxena on page 756, and Back Matter
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