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Physics for Computer Science Students

With Emphasis on Atomic and Semiconductor Physics

  • Textbook
  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Narciso Garcia

    1. Physics Department, Queen’s College of the City University of New York, Flushing, USA

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  2. Arthur Damask

    1. Physics Department, Queen’s College of the City University of New York, Flushing, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Physical Quantities

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    Pages 1-8

  3. Vectors

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    Pages 9-19

  4. Uniformly Accelerated Motion

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    Pages 21-36

  5. Newton’s Laws

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    Pages 37-52

  6. Work, Energy, and Power

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    Pages 53-65

  7. Momentum and Collisions

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    Pages 67-80

  8. Rotational Motion

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    Pages 81-95

  9. Rotational Dynamics

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    Pages 97-110

  10. Kinetic Theory of Gases and the Concept of Temperature

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    Pages 111-130

  11. Oscillatory Motion

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    Pages 131-144

  12. Wave Motion

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    Pages 145-155

  13. Interference of Waves

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    Pages 157-176

  14. Electrostatics

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    Pages 177-186

  15. The Electric Field and the Electric Potential

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    Pages 187-202

  16. Electric Current

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    Pages 203-226

  17. Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetic Waves

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    Pages 227-241

  18. The Beginning of The Quantum Story

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    Pages 243-262

  19. Atomic Models

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    Pages 263-278

  20. Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics

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    Pages 279-296
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About this book

This text is the product of several years' effort to develop a course to fill a specific educational gap. It is our belief that computer science students should know how a computer works, particularly in light of rapidly changing tech­ nologies. The text was designed for computer science students who have a calculus background but have not necessarily taken prior physics courses. However, it is clearly not limited to these students. Anyone who has had first-year physics can start with Chapter 17. This includes all science and engineering students who would like a survey course of the ideas, theories, and experiments that made our modern electronics age possible. This textbook is meant to be used in a two-semester sequence. Chapters 1 through 16 can be covered during the first semester, and Chapters 17 through 28 in the second semester. At Queens College, where preliminary drafts have been used, the material is presented in three lecture periods (50 minutes each) and one recitation period per week, 15 weeks per semester. The lecture and recitation are complemented by a two-hour laboratory period per week for the first semester and a two-hour laboratory period biweekly for the second semester.

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  • Physics Department, Queen’s College of the City University of New York, Flushing, USA

    Narciso Garcia, Arthur Damask

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