Learn how your life connects to the latest discoveries in physics with MODERN PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. This updated fifth edition offers a contemporary, comprehensive approach 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 key discoveries illustrate the process behind scientific advances and give you a historical perspective. Included is a thorough treatment of special relativity, an introduction to general relativity, and a solid foundation in quantum theory to help you succeed. An updated WebAssign course features a mobile-friendly ebook and a variety of assignable questions to enhance your learning experience. WebAssign for MODERN PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS helps you prepare for class with confidence. Its online learning platform helps you unlearn common misconceptions, practice and absorb what you learn and begin your path as a future physicist or engineer. Tutorials walk you through concepts when you're stuck, and instant feedback and grading let you know where you stand--so you can focus your study time and perform better on in-class assignments and prepare for exams. Study smarter with WebAssign!

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Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Teaching Arts & HumanitiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Contents Overview
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Birth of Modern Physics
- Chapter 2: Special Theory of Relativity
- Chapter 3: The Experimental Basis of Quantum Physics
- Chapter 4: Structure of the Atom
- Chapter 5: Wave Properties of Matter and Quantum Mechanics I
- Chapter 6: Quantum Mechanics II
- Chapter 7: The Hydrogen Atom
- Chapter 8: Atomic Physics
- Chapter 9: Statistical Physics
- Chapter 10: Molecules and Solids
- Chapter 11: Semiconductor Theory and Devices
- Chapter 12: The Atomic Nucleus
- Chapter 13: Nuclear Interactions and Applications
- Chapter 14: Particle Physics
- Chapter 15: Modern Astrophysics and General Relativity
- Chapter 16: Cosmology-The Beginning and the End
- Appendix 1: Fundamental Constants
- Appendix 2: Conversion Factors
- Appendix 3: Mathematical Relations
- Appendix 4: Periodic Table of the Elements
- Appendix 5: Atomic Mass Table
- Appendix 6: Nobel Laureates in Physics
- Appendix 7: Fundamental and Combination of Constants; Particle Masses; Conversion Factors
- Appendix 8: The Greek Alphabet; Some Prefixes for the Powers of Ten
- Appendix 9: Emission Spectra
- Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
- Index
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