Modern physics for scientists and engineers /
Stephen T. Thornton, Andrew Rex, and Carol E. Hood.
- Fifth edition.
- xiii, 627 [I-7] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
The birth of modern physics -- Special theory of relativity -- The experimental basis of quantum physics -- Structure of the atom -- Wave properties of matter and quantum mechanics I -- Quantum mechanics II -- The hydrogen atom -- Atomic physics -- Statistical physics -- Molecules and solids -- Semiconductor theory and devices -- The atomic nucleus -- Nuclear interactions and applications -- Particle physics -- Modern astrophysics and general relativity -- Cosmology--the beginning and the end.