The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years' examination questions for graduate students at University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin.
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All of these books titled "Problems and Solutions on (subject): Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions" are invaluable tools for a physics graduate student, in my experience. One criticism: The index for this particular book is nonexistent. I am writing my own in my copy of the book. If you are a student in physics, I suggest that you get your hands on these books.
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This review is from: Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics (Major American Universities Ph.D. Qualifying Questions and Solutions) (Paperback)
The entire series is my savior. Each volume covers the material needed in the junior/senior level of physics. It truly has an emense selection of problems. I found that nearly all of my homework/exams were either exactly the same or merely a slight variation from one contained. I also have yet to find a single error, not even a sign error. One important thing is that it does need to be a supplement, as formulas are sometimes used without explicit reference to why. In general the reasons need to be found in an assigned text. My only gripe (and it is minor) is with the index...the index does not, in general, lead one to a relevent problem. For example, uses of Biot/Savart to solve this problem or that... The reason this is not a serious problem is that each topic has so many variations on the method/technique that it is simple enough to find at least a couple that are completely relevent. (given you know which section to look in)
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If you're a grad student, you'll probably use this book twice: Once when studying for your qualifying exams, then again when you're writing problems for your courses to prepare future students for their qualifying exams. There are many exercises, the first part focusing on Thermodynamics, and the second on statistical physics. Beware, however, as not all solutions are correct. As with any book, work out the problem yourself, then compare, and never take the word of a solution manual. On the whole, however, there tend to be many repetitive problems.
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Describe briefly the basic principle of the following instruments for making temperature measurements and state in one sentence the special usefulness of each instrument: constant-volume gas thermometer, thermocouple, thermistor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Describe briefly the basic principle of the following instruments for making temperature measurements and state in one sentence the special usefulness of each instrument: constant-volume gas thermometer, thermocouple, thermistor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
molar specific heat, photon gas, ideal monatomic gas, diatomic gas, nuclear spin states, total entropy change, adiabatic demagnetization, degenerate electron gas, heat reservoir New!
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- Statistical Mechanics: Volume 4 of Pauli Lectures on Physics (Dover Books on Physics) by Wolfgang Pauli on 5 pages
- Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 32 by Henry Ehrenreich in Front Matter
- Mathematics of Hysteretic Phenomena: The T(x) Model for the Description of Hysteresis by Jenõ Takács on page 11, and Back Matter
- Principles of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Wiley-Vch) by Debashish Chowdhury in Back Matter
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