Overview
- Provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to physics based from foundational texts in physics and astronomy
- Contains a coherent and self-contained general physics curriculum which can be readily implemented at the college or advanced high-school level
- Encourages a critical and circumspect approach to the study of natural science, while at the same time developing a suitable foundation for advanced coursework in physics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Book Title: A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts
Book Subtitle: Volume IV: Heat, Atoms and Quanta
Authors: Kerry Kuehn
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21828-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21827-4Published: 29 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79364-1Published: 28 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21828-1Published: 17 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 463
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Science Education, Cosmology