Description: Further DetailsTitle: A First Course on Symmetry, Special Relativity and Quantum MechanicsCondition: NewEAN: 9783030554194ISBN: 9783030554194Edition: 1st ed. 2020Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AGFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/20/2020Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 640gAuthor: Saurya Das, Gabor KunstatterLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Foundations of PhysicsDescription: This book provides an in-depth and accessible description of special relativity and quantum mechanics which together form the foundation of 21st century physics. A novel aspect is that symmetry is given its rightful prominence as an integral part of this foundation. The book offers not only a conceptual understanding of symmetry, but also the mathematical tools necessary for quantitative analysis. As such, it provides a valuable precursor to more focused, advanced books on special relativity or quantum mechanics. Students are introduced to several topics not typically covered until much later in their education.These include space-time diagrams, the action principle, a proof of Noether's theorem, Lorentz vectors and tensors, symmetry breaking and general relativity. The book also provides extensive descriptions on topics of current general interest such as gravitational waves, cosmology, Bell's theorem, entanglement and quantum computing. Throughout the text, every opportunity is taken to emphasize the intimate connection between physics, symmetry and mathematics.The style remains light despite the rigorous and intensive content. The book is intended as a stand-alone or supplementary physics text for a one or two semester course for students who have completed an introductory calculus course and a first-year physics course that includes Newtonian mechanics and some electrostatics. Basic knowledge of linear algebra is useful but not essential, as all requisite mathematical background is provided either in the body of the text or in the Appendices. Interspersed through the text are well over a hundred worked examples and unsolved exercises for the student.Country/Region of Manufacture: CHGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in PhysicsRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: A First Course on Symmetry, Special Relativity and Quantum Mecha
Title: A First Course on Symmetry, Special Relativity and Quantum Mecha
EAN: 9783030554194
ISBN: 9783030554194
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
Release Date: 10/20/2020
Release Year: 2020
Item Height: 235mm
Subtitle: The Foundations of Physics
Country/Region of Manufacture: CH
Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Book Title: First Course on Symmetry, Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics : the Foundations of Physics
Number of Pages: Xxix, 390 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Topic: Physics / Relativity, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics / Nuclear, Physics / General
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 22.6 Oz
Author: Saurya Das, Gabor Kunstatter
Item Length: 9.3 in
Book Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
