Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers - Hardcover

Thornton, Stephen; Rex, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1133103723 ISBN 13: 9781133103721

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Learn about the latest discoveries in physics with MODERN PHYSICS. This book offers a contemporary and comprehensive approach to physics with a strong emphasis on applications to help you see how concepts in the book relate to the real world. Discussions on the experiments that led to certain key discoveries illustrate the process behind scientific advances and give you a historical perspective. The book also provides a solid foundation in quantum theory to help you understand more advanced physics concepts.

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Review

"One of the most interesting aspects of this text is the way in which the authors have placed the physics discoveries within the historical context. Some books treat all of those same topics, but occasionally the discoveries seem to appear from nowhere, as if there was no debate or ongoing problem within the scientific community."

About the Author

Stephen Thornton is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia. He has over 130 research publications in experimental nuclear physics and has done research at several accelerator facilities in the United States and Europe. He has directed research for 25 graduate students. He has held two U.S. Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellowships and a Max-Planck Fellowship to do research at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany on two occasions. He was the founding Director of the University of Virginia Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics. He has published three college textbooks for physics: "Classical Dynamics" and "Modern Physics" (both published by Cengage), and "Physics for Scientists and Engineers." He was Director of the Master of Arts in Physics Education program at the University of Virginia, which has graduated more than 150 high school physics teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of several organizations including American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Teachers Association, Virginia Association of Science Teachers (past President), and the Virginia Math and Science Coalition. He was awarded the Pegram Award by the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society for "Excellence in Physics Education in the Southeast." He has developed multiple courses for undergraduate students and high school physics teachers. Andrew Rex has been Professor of Physics at the University of Puget Sound since 1982. He frequently teaches the Modern Physics course, so he has a deep sense of student and instructor challenges. He is the author of several textbooks, including "Modern Physics," "Essential College Physics," "Integrated Physics and Calculus," and "Finn's Thermal Physics, Third Edition." In addition to textbook writing, he studies foundations of the second law of thermodynamics, which has led to the publication of several papers and the widely acclaimed book, "Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing." He has also written the general-audience book "Commonly Asked Questions in Physics."

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 1133103723
• ISBN 13: 9781133103721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672