Essentials of Modern Physics

I. RELATIVITY. 1. Galilean Relativity. 2. The Special Theory of Relativity. 3. The Lorentz Coordinate Transformations. 4. Relativistic Length, Times and Velocities. 5. Relativistic Dynamics. II. QUANTUM PHYSICS. 6. Planck's Constant. 7. Photons. 8. Other Photon Processes. 9. Some Gamma-Ray Processes. 10. The Wave Nature of Particles. 11. The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom. 12. Applications of the Bohr Model. 13. The Schrodinger Wave Equation. 14. One Dimensional Potential Wells. 15. More One-Dimensional Applications of the SWE. III. ATOMIC PHYSICS. 16. The Hydrogen Atom and the SWE. 17. Wave Functions of the Hydrogen-Like Atom. 18. Quantized Angular Momentum. 19. Electron Spin. 20. Many Electron Atoms. IV. MOLECULAR, STATISTICAL, AND SOLID STATE PHYSICS. 21. Energy in Molecules. 22. Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics. 23. Crystals and Binding. 24. Quantum Statistics. 25. The Band Theory of Solids. 26. Extrinsic Semiconductors. 27. Some Semiconductor Devices. V. NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS. 28. The Nucleus. 29. Nuclear Models. 30. Radioactivity I. 31. Radioactivity II. 32. Nuclear Reactions. 33. Fission and Fusion. 34. Detectors and Accelerators. 35. Elementary Particles. VI. GENERAL RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY. 36. General Relativity. 37. Cosmology. Appendix. Odd-Numbered Answers. Index.Sandin, T. R. is the author of 'Essentials of Modern Physics' with ISBN 9780201092561 and ISBN 0201092565.