Theoretical Concepts In Physics

Author : Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521275539

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In this highly individual, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics, the author has provided a course that illuminates the subject from the standpoint of real physics as practised by research scientists. Professor Longair gives the basic insights, attitudes, and techniques that are the tools of the professional physicist, in a manner that conveys the intellectual excitement and beauty of the subject. The book is intended to be a supplement to more traditional courses for physics undergraduates, and the author assumes that his readers already have some knowledge of the main branches of physics. As the story unfolds, much of the core material of an undergraduate course in physics is reviewed from a more mature point of view. This is not, in fact, a substitute for existing texts. Rather it goes beyond them by improving the student's appreciation of the subject.

Author : M. S. Longair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : 0521275539

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Theoretical Concepts in Physics by M. S. Longair Pdf

In this highly individual, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics, the author has provided a course that illuminates the subject from the standpoint of real physics as practised by research scientists. Professor Longair gives the basic insights, attitudes, and techniques that are the tools of the professional physicist, in a manner that conveys the intellectual excitement and beauty of the subject. The book is intended to be a supplement to more traditional courses for physics undergraduates, and the author assumes that his readers already have some knowledge of the main branches of physics. As the story unfolds, much of the core material of an undergraduate course in physics is reviewed from a more mature point of view. This is not, in fact, a substitute for existing texts. Rather it goes beyond them by improving the student's appreciation of the subject.

Author : Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107717589

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Theoretical Concepts in Physics by Malcolm S. Longair Pdf

A highly original, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics. This book illuminates the subject from the perspective of real physics as practised by research scientists. It is intended to be a supplement to the final years of an undergraduate course in physics and assumes that the reader has some grasp of university physics. By means of a series of seven case studies, the author conveys the excitement of research and discovery, highlighting the intellectual struggles to attain understanding of some of the most difficult concepts in physics. Case studies include the origins of Newton's law of gravitation, Maxwell's equations, mechanics and dynamics, linear and non-linear, thermodynamics and statistical physics, the origins of the concepts of quanta, special relativity, general relativity and cosmology. The approach is the same as that in the highly acclaimed first edition, but the text has been completely revised and many new topics introduced.

Author : Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1087970712

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Author : Malcolm S. Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 052152878X

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Theoretical Concepts in Physics by Malcolm S. Longair Pdf

A highly original, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics. This book illuminates the subject from the perspective of real physics as practised by research scientists. It is intended to be a supplement to the final years of an undergraduate course in physics and assumes that the reader has some grasp of university physics. By means of a series of seven case studies, the author conveys the excitement of research and discovery, highlighting the intellectual struggles to attain understanding of some of the most difficult concepts in physics. Case studies include the origins of Newton's law of gravitation, Maxwell's equations, mechanics and dynamics, linear and non-linear, thermodynamics and statistical physics, the origins of the concepts of quanta, special relativity, general relativity and cosmology. The approach is the same as that in the highly acclaimed first edition, but the text has been completely revised and many new topics introduced.

Author : Malcolm Longair
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107017092

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Quantum Concepts in Physics by Malcolm Longair Pdf

Innovative account of the origins of quantum mechanics told from a historical perspective, for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers.

Author : M. S. Longair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:233677151

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Theoretical Concepts in Physics by M. S. Longair Pdf

Author : S. D'Agostino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401090346

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A History of the Ideas of Theoretical Physics by S. D'Agostino Pdf

This book presents a perspective on the history of theoretical physics over the past two hundreds years. It comprises essays on the history of pre-Maxwellian electrodynamics, of Maxwell's and Hertz's field theories, and of the present century's relativity and quantum physics. A common thread across the essays is the search for and the exploration of themes that influenced significant con ceptual changes in the great movement of ideas and experiments which heralded the emergence of theoretical physics (hereafter: TP). The fun. damental change involved the recognition of the scien tific validity of theoretical physics. In the second half of the nine teenth century, it was not easy for many physicists to understand the nature and scope of theoretical physics and of its adept, the theoreti cal physicist. A physicist like Ludwig Boltzmann, one of the eminent contributors to the new discipline, confessed in 1895 that, "even the formulation of this concept [of a theoretical physicist] is not entirely without difficulty". 1 Although science had always been divided into theory and experiment, it was only in physics that theoretical work developed into a major research and teaching specialty in its own right. 2 It is true that theoretical physics was mainly a creation of tum of-the century German physics, where it received full institutional recognition, but it is also undeniable that outstanding physicists in other European countries, namely, Ampere, Fourier, and Maxwell, also had an important part in its creation.

Author : R. Tuomela
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783709171066

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to that goal, and it is hoped that it will incorporate further works dealing in an exact way with interesting philosophical issues. Zurich, April 1973 Mario Bunge Preface In this book I have investigated the logical and methodological role of the much debated theoretical concepts in scientific theories. The philosophical viewpoint underlying my argumentation is critical scientific realism. My method of exposition has been to express ideas first in general terms and then to develop and elaborate them within a specific formal framework. It is assumed in the book that the reader has a relatively good knowledge of the basic techniques and results of modern symbolic logic, including model theory. Examples from actual science are mostly from the social sciences. I have deliberately omitted a treatment of a number of characteristic features which are particular to theoretical concepts in the more developed sciences, such as modern physics. This book owes very much to Professor Jaakko Hintikka, to whom I wish to express my deep gratitude. Especially at the begin ning of this project in 1968/69 when I was doing research for my doctoral degree at Stanford University I worked with him closely.

Author : Andrei Benediktovich,Ilya Feranchuk,Alexander Ulyanenkov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642381775

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Theoretical Concepts of X-Ray Nanoscale Analysis by Andrei Benediktovich,Ilya Feranchuk,Alexander Ulyanenkov Pdf

This book provides a concise survey of modern theoretical concepts of X-ray materials analysis. The principle features of the book are: basics of X-ray scattering, interaction between X-rays and matter and new theoretical concepts of X-ray scattering. The various X-ray techniques are considered in detail: high-resolution X-ray diffraction, X-ray reflectivity, grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and X-ray residual stress analysis. All the theoretical methods presented use the unified physical approach. This makes the book especially useful for readers learning and performing data analysis with different techniques. The theory is applicable to studies of bulk materials of all kinds, including single crystals and polycrystals as well as to surface studies under grazing incidence. The book appeals to researchers and graduate students alike.

Author : Uwe Krey,Anthony Owen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540368052

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Basic Theoretical Physics by Uwe Krey,Anthony Owen Pdf

This concise treatment embraces, in four parts, all the main aspects of theoretical physics. Recent topics such as holography and quantum cryptography are included. The book summarizes what a graduate student, physicist working in industry, or a physics teacher should master during his or her degree course. It will also be useful for deepening one’s insight and it adds new dimensions to understanding of these elemental concepts.

Author : Albrecht Lindner,Dieter Strauch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030043605

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A Complete Course on Theoretical Physics by Albrecht Lindner,Dieter Strauch Pdf

Kompakt und verständlich führt dieses Lehrbuch in die Grundlagen der theoretischen Physik ein. Dabei werden die üblichen Themen der Grundvorlesungen Mechanik, Elektrodynamik, Relativitätstheorie, Quantenmechanik , Thermodynamik und Statistik in einem Band zusammengefasst, um den Zusammenhang zwischen den einzelnen Teilgebieten besonders zu betonen. Ein Kapitel mit mathematischen Grundlagen der Physik erleichtert den Einstieg. Zahlreiche Übungsaufgaben dienen der Vertiefung des Stoffes.

Author : Leonard Susskind,George Hrabovsky
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780465038923

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The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind,George Hrabovsky Pdf

A master teacher presents the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics "Beautifully clear explanations of famously 'difficult' things," -- Wall Street Journal If you ever regretted not taking physics in college -- or simply want to know how to think like a physicist -- this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction to classical mechanics, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur. Challenging, lucid, and concise, The Theoretical Minimum provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace.

Author : P. John Shepherd
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118516928

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A Course in Theoretical Physics by P. John Shepherd Pdf

This book is a comprehensive account of five extended modules covering the key branches of twentieth-century theoretical physics, taught by the author over a period of three decades to students on bachelor and master university degree courses in both physics and theoretical physics. The modules cover nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, thermal and statistical physics, many-body theory, classical field theory (including special relativity and electromagnetism), and, finally, relativistic quantum mechanics and gauge theories of quark and lepton interactions, all presented in a single, self-contained volume. In a number of universities, much of the material covered (for example, on Einstein’s general theory of relativity, on the BCS theory of superconductivity, and on the Standard Model, including the theory underlying the prediction of the Higgs boson) is taught in postgraduate courses to beginning PhD students. A distinctive feature of the book is that full, step-by-step mathematical proofs of all essential results are given, enabling a student who has completed a high-school mathematics course and the first year of a university physics degree course to understand and appreciate the derivations of very many of the most important results of twentieth-century theoretical physics.

Author : Ralph Blumenhagen,Dieter Lüst,Stefan Theisen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642294976

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Basic Concepts of String Theory by Ralph Blumenhagen,Dieter Lüst,Stefan Theisen Pdf

The purpose of this book is to thoroughly prepare the reader for research in string theory at an intermediate level. As such it is not a compendium of results but intended as textbook in the sense that most of the material is organized in a pedagogical and self-contained fashion. Beyond the basics, a number of more advanced topics are introduced, such as conformal field theory, superstrings and string dualities - the text does not cover applications to black hole physics and cosmology, nor strings theory at finite temperatures. End-of-chapter references have been added to guide the reader wishing to pursue further studies or to start research in well-defined topics covered by this book.