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9780486697307

Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486697307

  • ISBN10:

    0486697304

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-07-18
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

Landmark lectures (1909) by discoverer of quantum theory present revolutionary developments occasioned by application of quantum hypothesis to blackbody radiation. Also, how statistical mechanics transformed understanding of chemical physics; principle of least action, theory of relativity. Important for Planck's rethinking of his original discovery of quantum theory. New Introduction by Peter Pesic. 1915 edition.

Table of Contents

FIRST LECTURE.
  Introduction. Reversibility and Irreversibility
SECOND LECTURE.
  Thermodynamic States of Equilibrium in Dilute Solutions
THIRD LECTURE.
  Atomic Theory of Matter
FOURTH LECTURE.
  Equation of State for a Monatomic Gas
FIFTH LECTURE.
  Heat Radiation. Electrodynamic Theory
SIXTH LECTURE.
  Heat Radiation. Statistical Theory
SEVENTH LECTURE.
  General Dynamics. Principle of Least Action
EIGHTH LECTURE.
  General Dynamics. Principle of Relativity

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