Classical Dynamics and Its Quantum Analogues

• Authors: David Allen - David Allen Park - Park
• ISBN 10: 0387513981
• ISBN 13: 9780387513980
• Edition: 2 Sub
• Format: Hardcover
• List Price: $59.95
• More Details
  
  

  List Price: $59.95

  Tags: Science, General,

  Book Description:
  The primary purpose of this textbook is to introduce students to the principles of classical dynamics of particles, rigid bodies, and continuous systems while showing their relevance to subjects of contemporary interest. Two of these subjects are quantum mechanics and general relativity. The book shows in many examples the relations between quantum and classical mechanics and uses classical methods to derive most of the observational tests of general relativity. A third area of current interest is in nonlinear systems, and there are discussions of instability and of the geometrical methods used to study chaotic behaviour. In the belief that it is most important at this stage of a student's education to develop clear conceptual understanding, the mathematics is for the most part kept rather simple and traditional. In the belief that a good education in physics involves learning the history of the subject, this book devotes some space to important transitions in dynamics: the development of analytical methods in the 18th century and the invention of quantum mechanics.

Filter By Condition

  Used
  New
  Rental
  eBooks
  International
  Local Options

Search By Location

Rental Term

Summer Quarter Semester

Show Prices

Lower to higher Higher to Lower

  Apply Coupons
  Apply Sales Tax (estimate)

Add To My Bookbag Tweet Alert Sell Donate Contact Us

• Home
• Buy Textbooks
• Rent Textbooks
• Sell Textbooks
• New & Used Rental Buyback

Bookbag () | College Textbooks

• • Buy Cheap Textbooks
  • Sell Used Textbooks
  • Browse Textbooks
  • Textbook Information
  • Donate Your Books
• • My Bookbag
  • My Account
  • Price Alerts
  • Track Order
  • Help
• • SmartPhone Apps
  • Bookmark Us
  • Tell A Friend
  • Campus Bookstore Directory
• • Textbook Blog
  • Mobile & Local
  • Press
  • Affiliates
  • Feedback

Content Copyright © 1999-2013 Terms and Conditions of Use, Security and Privacy Policy | Resources: 1 2 3 | Site Map