Archive for September, 2007

The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physi(Advanced Texts in Physics)

Title: The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physi(Advanced Texts in Physics)
Authors: Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard
Pages: 240 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 8, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540634096
ISBN-13: 978-3540634096
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches

Review
From the reviews:
“I’ll have it next to me while writing my next quantum exam. I will [...]

Schaum’s Easy Outline Applied Physics

Title: Schaum’s Easy Outline Applied Physics
Author: Arthur Beiser
Pages: 144 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (February 21, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071398783
ISBN-13: 978-0071398787
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches

Book Description
What could be better than the bestselling Schaum’s Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum’s Easy Outline [...]

Molecular Quantum Mechanics by P. W. Atkins, R. S. Friedman

Molecular Quantum Mechanics
by P. W. Atkins (Author), R. S. Friedman (Author)
Product Details

Hardcover: 562 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (November 21, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198559488
ISBN-13: 978-0198559481
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8 x 1.2 inches

Book Description
Molecular Quantum Mechanics established itself as a classic as soon as the original edition appeared. Maintaining the important [...]

Mathematical Physics by Eugene Butkov

Mathematical Physics [FACSIMILE] by Eugene Butkov
Product Details

Paperback: 735 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley; Facsimile edition (January 1, 1968)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201007274
ISBN-13: 978-0201007275
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.7 inches

Review
“This book is useful that the steps are clear with details. For example, instead of just identifying the mathematical equations and giving the solutions in close form [...]

Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics (Progress in Mathematical Physics)

Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics (Progress in Mathematical Physics)
by F. W. Hehl (Author), Yuri N. Obukhov (Author)
Product Details

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston; 1 edition (June 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0817642226
ISBN-13: 978-0817642228

Book Description
This book presents a fresh, original exposition of the foundations of classical electrodynamics in the tradition of the so-called metric-free approach. The fundamental structure of [...]

Differential Geometry in Physics (Lecture Notes)

Differential Geometry and Physics
Lectures Notes by Gabriel Lugo, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Book Content
I. Vectors and Curves
1.1 Tangent Vectors
1.2 Curves
1.3 Fundamental Theorem of Curves
II. Differential forms
2.1 1-Forms
2.2 Tensors and Forms of Higher Rank
2.3 Exterior Derivatives
2.4 The Hodge-* Operator

Differential Geometry and Topology of Curves

Differential Geometry and Topology of Curves
by Yu Animov
Product Details

Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: CRC (January 11, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9056990918
ISBN-13: 978-9056990916
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches

Book Description
Differential geometry is an actively developing area of modern mathematics. This volume presents a classical approach to the general topics of the geometry of curves, including [...]

Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists

Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists
by Marián Fecko
Product Details

Hardcover: 697 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521845076
ISBN-13: 978-0521845076
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.6 inches

Review
“The contents of this book cover a lot (if not most) of what a theoretical physicist might wish to know about differential geometry [...]

Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
by John von Neumann
Product Details

Paperback: 472 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Translation - from German edition (October 28, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691028931
ISBN-13: 978-0691028934
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches

Review
The translator and publisher have performed a service in [...]

Introductory Electromagnetics

Introductory Electromagnetics by Herbert P. Neff
Product Details

Hardcover: 426 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (July 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471605506
ISBN-13: 978-0471605508

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