Overview
Discusses each problem as though a student is visiting the authors' office for help in solving it
Presents an approach to problem solving that is intended to improve students' understanding of the underlying principles
Provides substantial mathematical detail in problem solutions
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Classical Mechanics
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The solution of the problem is only the beginning of the learning process--it is by manipulation of the solution and changing of the parameters that a great deal of insight can be gleaned. The authors refer to this technique as "massaging the problem," and it is an approach that the authors feel increases the pedagogical value of any problem.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jacob J. Leventhal received his Ph.D. in 1965 from the University of Florida, after which he became a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He joined the faculty at the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 1968 where he taught physics and conducted a research program in experimental atomic and molecular physics. He retired to Emeritus Status in 2015. During his career he published more than 100 research papers and is a co-author of Topics in Atomic Physics (Springer 2005) and Foundations of Quantum Physics (Springer 2008).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Problems in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Book Subtitle: Extracting the Underlying Concepts
Authors: J. Daniel Kelley, Jacob J. Leventhal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46664-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46662-0Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83557-0Published: 04 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46664-4Published: 30 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 368
Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry