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The physics handbook : fundamentals and key equations

Title
The physics handbook : fundamentals and key equations / Charles P. Poole, Jr.
Author
Poole, Charles P.
Publication
New York : John Wiley, [1998], ©1998.

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Description
xxi, 493 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Errata slip inserted
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Physical Constants -- 1. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulations -- 2. Central Forces -- 3. Rigid Bodies -- 4. Oscillations and Vibrations -- 5. Canonical Transformations -- 6. Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos -- 7. Relativity -- 8. Thermodynamics -- 9. Statistical Mechanics and Distribution Functions -- 10. Electrostatics and Magnetostatics -- 11. Multipoles and Media -- 12. Relativistic Electrodynamics -- 13. Wave Propagation -- 14. Optics -- 15. Radiation -- 16. Collisions -- 17. Angular Momentum -- 18. Matrix Formulation of Quantum Mechanics -- 19. Schrodinger Equation -- 20. One-Dimensional Quantum Systems -- 21. Atoms -- 22. Perturbation Theory -- 23. Fluids and Solids -- 24. Conduction in Solids -- 25. Nuclei -- 26. Elementary Particles -- 27. Mathematical Physics: Tensors and Matrices -- 28. Mathematical Physics: Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions.
ISBN
  • 0471181730 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0471314609 (pbk : alk. paper)
LCCN
97045863
OCLC
  • 37928558
  • ocm37928558
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries