This book is based on material taught in general and special theoretical physics courses given by I.B. Khriplovich at the Physics Department of NovosibirskUniversity, Russia. It is assumed that the reader is acquainted with fundamentals of classical mechanics, classical electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and(in the last chapter only) relativistic quantum mechanics. These fundamentalsare not discussed explicitly but instead demonstrate, by solving concrete problems, how they work in practice. Indeed, according to Newton, ‘in studies of science, examples are more useful than rules.’ To the best of Khriplovich’s knowledge, most of these problems have never been discussed in textbooks, and itis believed that this is certainly true for the solutions presented. In all the text’s discussions, reliance is on intuitive, qualitative arguments, the only exception in this respect being Chapter 4 which contains a consistent presentation of the semiclassical approximation in complex plane. Diversity of the material covered in the book implies that it is not just for one particular course or field. Contains the analysis of concrete problems in classical mechanics, classical electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativistic quantum mechanics INDICE: Unexpected Questions in Classical Mechanics. Classical Electrodynamics and Waves Without Calculations. Atomic Physics Almost Without Calculations. Semiclassical Approximation in Complex Plane. Deuteron: Hydrogen Atom of Nuclear Physics. Quantum Electrodynamics with Minimum Calculations.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-75251-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 115
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés