Schaum's Outline of Modern Physics

Part I:The Special Theory Of Relativity.

The Gaililean Transformations.

The Postulates of Einstien.

The Lorentz Coordinates Transformations.

Relativistic Length Contraction.

Realistic Time Dilation.

Relativistic Space-Time Measurements.

Relativistic Velosity Transformations.

Mass, Energy, and Momentum in Relativity.

Part II: The Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation.

Electromagnetic Radioation - Photons.

Matter Waves.

Part III: Hydrogenlike Atoms.

The Bohr Atom.

Electron Orbital Motion.

Electron Spin.

Part IV: Many-Electron Atoms.

The Pauli Exclusion Principle.

Many-Electron Atoms and the Periodic Table.

X-Rays.

Part V: Nuclear Physics.

Properties of Nuclei.

Nuclear Models.

The Decay of Unstable Nuclei.

Nuclear Reactions.

Particle Physics.

Part VI: Atomic Systems.

Molecules.

Kinetic Theory.

Distribution Functions.

Classical Statistics: The Macwell-Boltzmann Distribution.

Quantum-Statistics: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Distributions.

Solids.

Appendix.

Index.

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