| Classic one-volume treatise covers mathematical topics needed by theoretical and experimental physicists (vector analysis, calculus of variations, etc.), followed by extensive coverage of mechanics, electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear physics. Indispensable reference for graduates and undergraduates.
FROM i~ incept!?n, the aim of ~hjs.hook h~a heen to ~ring tho reAder to an mtermedlate level of ar.tallli!lent ill the roam branehes of theoretical physics from which he Olay be able to proceed, with the help of special literature, to the field. of research. Experience shows that it is often the first contact with a complex problem that presents the major difficulty, and it is here that help is most urgently needed. Nevertheless, it is nccess!!,ry to liiPake a certain selection from the many topi9s that seem to offer pr01:oise of development. For example, there is the question of whether an extensive treatment of the HamiltonJacobi mechanic::;, which at the time of the first. edition (1932) formed the basis of the old atom theory, is still advisable. The decision to reta.:n it is founded on the conviction that only in this way is the compelling and logical evolution of atomic physics in the form of wave mechanics clearly Been. |
