Description 

SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS is the 21st century's alternative to traditional, encyclopedic textbooks. Thomas Moore designed SIX IDEAS to teach students: --to apply basic physical principles to realistic situations --to solve realistic problems --to resolve contradictions between their preconceptions and the laws of physics --to organize the ideas of physics into an integrated hierarchy

 

Table of Contents

Q1 Standing Waves
Q2 The Wave Nature of Light
Q3 The Particle Nature of Light
Q4 The Wave Nature of Matter
Q5 The Quantum Facts of Life
Q6 The Wavefunction
Q7 Bound Systems
Q8 Spectra
Q9 Understanding Atoms
Q10 The Schrodinger Equation
Q11 Energy Eigenfunctions
Q12 Introduction to Nuclei
Q13 Stable and Unstable Nuclei
Q14 Radioactivity
Q15 Nuclear Technology