we don't deny, there are chemical, biological and nuclear weapons circulating in the world. The world community must be protected and alert to the presence of these weapons, especially if they are used in terrorist activities. This book discusses the ins and outs of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. It is also equipped with a manual for handling it in an emergency related to the risks t…
This book has grown out of a collaboration of the authors in a sophomore course in physics at Yale University, a course which a aimed to equip engineering students and majors in the natural sciences with sufficient basic knowledge of physics to serve as a foundation for further work in the various exact sciences and technologies. (AR)
This book is an introduction to the physical concepts and mathematical formulations of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. (AR)
The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the study of the physical properties of crystalline solids. Chapters 9 through 20 deal with the electronic properties of solids and require familiarity with the elements of wave mechanics, although in a number of chapters no explicit use of wave mechanics is made.
This volume has a threefold purpose: to explain the physical concepts of quantum mechanics, to describe the mathematical formalism, and to present illustrative examples of both the ideas and the methods.
This text is intended as the basic for an intermediate course in mechanics at the undergraduate level. Such a course, as essential preparation for advanced work in physics, has several major objetives.
This text is an experimentalist's approach to the understanding of nuclear phenomena. In the early chapters, attention is given to several fundamental concepts. The physical aspects receive emphasis in the main text, while the corresponding mathematical details are treated more fully in appendices. Problems are offered for solution at the end of many sections, and reference tables of many of th…
The study of atomic structure is among the most important topics in modern physics, and in this age of nuclear fission and fusion the atomic nucleus has top priority as an object of intensive investigation and experimental research. This modern survey, originally published in 1958, presents all the available important facts about the nuclei of atoms in an unusually readable text. After a cle…