Princeton Problems In Physics With Solutions Paperback Reprint Edition

Nathan Newbury

Aimed at helping the physics student to develop a solid grasp of basic graduate-level material, this book presents worked solutions to a wide range of informative problems. These problems have been culled from the preliminary and general examinations created by the physics department at Princeton University for its graduate program. The authors, all students who have successfully completed the examinations, selected these problems on the basis of usefulness, interest, and originality, and have provided highly detailed solutions to each one. Their book will be a valuable resource not only to other students but to college physics teachers as well. The first four chapters pose problems in the areas of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, thereby serving as a review of material typically covered in undergraduate courses. Later chapters deal with material new to most first-year graduate students, challenging them on such topics as condensed matter, relativity and astrophysics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, and atomic and general physics.

9780691024493

English

Princeton University Press

01-Feb-91

336

Challenging worked physics problems. This book collects ninety interesting and challenging problems from the Princeton University Physics Department's graduate qualifying exams. Topics covered are mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, relativity and astrophysics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and atomic physics. Solutions are presented at considerable length, with physical motivation as well as mathematical detail.

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