The Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks is designed for the type of one-year survey course taken by …
Textbook provides an introduction to quantum mechanics for undergraduates who have little understanding of mathematics, probability, and classical physics. Introduces …
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An esteemed researcher and acclaimed popular author takes up the challenge of providing a clear, relatively brief, and fully up-to-date …
Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. Its …
This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever …
The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. …
In this book, quantum mechanics is developed from the outset on a relativistic basis, using the superposition principle, Lorentz invariance …
This book is an excellent tool to better understand the cumbersome theory of quantum mechanics. The author presents and criticizes …
This is an exceptionally accessible, accurate, and non-technical introduction to quantum mechanics. After briefly summarizing the differences between classical and …
This book has resulted from a course in the general theory of relativity at the University of Oslo where the …
Presents a supplement providing an introduction to topics in special relativity. This work is intended for a general physics class, …
This book systematically develops the mathematical foundations of the theory of relativity and links them to physical relations. For this …
From astrophysics to condensed matter theory, nearly all of modern physics employs the path integral technique. In this presentation, the …
This book presents a comprehensive explanation of the main ideas and principles of atomic and nuclear physics and quantum mechanics. …
Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity provides a lucid and thoroughly modern introduction to general relativity. With an …
Quantum mechanics is a difficult subject, and this book is intended to help the reader overcome the main difficulties in …
This republication of Albert Einstein's introduction to his theory of relativity, written for the layperson, includes commentary by Robert Geroch …
This research monograph offers an introduction to advanced quantum field theoretical techniques for many-particle systems beyond perturbation theory. Several schemes …
This is the definitive treatise on the fundamentals of statistical mechanics. A concise exposition of classical statistical mechanics is followed …
Loop quantum gravity is one of the main contenders to unify Einstein's general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, therefore …
A leading theoretical physicist working on particle physics, string theory, and cosmology, Randall tries to share her excitement about the …
The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory …
This book was a trip. While there is a lot of technical information there is a lot to be learned …
This second edition offers a comprehensive introduction to loop quantum gravity (LQG) in self-dual variables, including the necessary prerequisites. Additionally, …
Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang is a clear, readable and self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of …
This book will explain how group theory underpins some of the key features of particle physics. It will examine symmetries …
A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible—from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks—revealing to what extent …
This book provides a broad introduction to gauge field theories formulated on a space-time lattice, and in particular of QCD. …
Inspired by Richard Feynman and J.J. Sakurai, A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics lets professors expose their undergraduates to the …
This book highlights foundational issues in theoretical physics in an informal, open style of lecture. It expresses the flow of …
This invaluable book provides a quick introduction to the rudiments of perturbative string theory and a detailed introduction to the …
In 1938, at the age of 37, Enrico Fermi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. That same year he …
General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and …
