Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics

by Giancoli, Douglas C.

• ISBN13: 9780131495081
• ISBN10: 0131495089
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780132431064, 9780133882261
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-25
• Publisher: Pearson
• More Book Details

Summary

This book is written for students. It aims to explain physics in a readable and interesting manner that is accessible and clear, and to teach students by anticipating their needs and difficulties without oversimplifying.

Table of Contents

Note: CHS 36-44 not Final; TOC Taken from PSE3

Special Theory of Relativity

Galilean-Newtonian Relativity

The Michelson-Morley Experiment

Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity

Simultaneity

Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox

Length Contraction

Four-Dimensional Space-Time

Galilean and Lorentz Transformations

Relativistic Momentum and Mass

The Ultimate Speed

Energy and Mass;E=mc 2

Doppler Shift for Light

The Impact of Special Relativity

Summary

Questions

Problems

General Problems

Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom

Planckrsquo;s Quantum Hypothesis

Photon Theory of Light and the Photoelectric Effect

Photons and the Compton Effect

Photon Interactions; Pair Production

Wave-Particle Duality; the Principle of Complementarity

Wave Nature of Matter

Electron Microscopes

Early Models of the Atom

Atomic Spectra: Key to the Structure of the Atom

The Bohr Model

DeBrogliersquo;s Hypothesis Applied to Atoms

Summary

Questions

Problems

General Problems

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics-A New Theory

The Wave Function and Its Interpretation; the Double-Slit Experiment

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Philosophic Implications; Probability Versus Determinism

The Schrodinger Equation in One Dimension-Time-Independent Form

Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation

Free Particles; Plane Waves and Wave Packets

Particle in an Infinitely Deep Square Well Potential (a Rigid Box)

Finite Potential Well

Tunneling through a Barrier

Summary

Questions

Problems

General Problems

Quantum Mechanics of Atoms

Quantum-Mechanical View of Atoms

Hydrogen Atom: Schrodinger Equation and Quantum Numbers

Hydrogen Atom Wave Functions

Complex Atoms; the Exclusion Principle

The Periodic Table of Elements

X-Ray Spectra and Atomic Number

Magnetic Dipole Moments; Total Angular Momentum

Fluorescence and Phosphorescence

Lasers

Holography

Summary

Questions

Problems

General Problem

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