Physics and its Applications – serie

Concise yet thorough, accessible, authoritative, and affordable. These are the hallmarks of books in the remarkable Physics and its Applications series.Thermodynamics is an essential part of any physical sciences education, but it is so full of pitfalls and subtleties, that many students fail to appreciate its elegance and power. In Thermal Physics, the author emphasizes understanding the basic ideas and shows how the important thermodynamics results can be simply obtained from the fundamental relations without getting lost in a maze of partial differentials.In this second edition, the author  incorporated new sections on scales of temperature, availability, the degradation of energy, and lattice defects. The text contains ample illustrations and examples of applications of thermodynamics in physics, engineering, and chemistry.

This book is part of a series of short texts for students, scientists and engineers who seek to broaden their knowledge of the physics underlying modern technology. This text aims to provide a review of the fundamental physics and recent developments in the area of solid-state physics. The book contains a range of topics discussing metals and semiconductors with references to treatises and the primary literature to facilitate further study. The book is intended to be useful to those engaged in research and development, who require a summary of a topic in physics or a new application of physical principles in their work. Many of the the texts will also be useful for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students.

This book provides a concise and complete introduction to the network theory underlying electrical circuits and the transmission and use of electricity and electrical signals. The coverage extends from DC to high frequency applications including accessible proofs of the major circuit theorems and examples to illustrate their ease of use. Extensively illustrated and with problem sets and answers, "AC and DC Network Theory" should be of use to students of electronic and electrical engineering and physics over a large part of their courses. This book should be of interest to first year undergraduate students taking courses in electrical and electronic engineering; and first and second year undergraduate physics and applied physics students.

This book aims to provides a clear, concise introduction to both nuclear and particle physics. Assuming no prior knowledge of the area, Professor Blin-Stoyle conveys a sound physical understanding of the structures and processes encountered in nuclear and particle physics, making use of order-of-magnitude and dimensional arguments where necessary. Following a brief review of the evolution of the subject the author introduces the models of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions and leads the reader through to advanced topics including electroweak unification. Illustrated throughout and including problem sets and answers, this text covers an essential part of any undergraduate physics course. This book should be of interest to second and third year undergraduate physics students.

This volume provides a self-contained introduction to digital electronics. Assuming no prior knowledge of digital circuits the author introduces binary variables and Boolean algebra and then leads the reader through to complex combinational circuits including programmable logic devices. The final chapter discusses the interfacing of analogue and digital systems. This text includes exercises with answers to selected questions and laboratory practicals, many of which result in practical circuits. TTL logic is used throughout the book and appendices provide details on logic families and hints on building and testing designs. The new IEC symbols are given in addition to standard circuit symbols. This book should be of interest to second year undergraduate physics and computer science students, and first year electrical engineering students.

Electromagnetism is basic to our understanding of the properties of matter and yet is often regarded as a difficult part of the first degree course in physics. In this book, Professor Dobbs provides a clear account of the subject, leading the student from electrostatics through to Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves, covering the material needed by students taking courses on electricity, magnetism and electromagnetic waves. Though the emphasis is on essentials, interesting applications are also discussed. Vector operators are introduced at the appropriate points, and worked examples and exercises with answers are included.

Quantum mechanics is the key to modern physics and chemistry, yet it is notoriously difficult to understand. This book is designed to overcome that obstacle. Clear and concise, it provides an easily readable introduction intended for science undergraduates with no previous knowledge of quantum theory, leading them through to the advanced topics usually encountered at the final year level.Although the subject matter is standard, novel techniques have been employed that considerably simplify the technical presentation. The authors use their extensive experience of teaching and popularizing science to explain the many difficult, abstract points of the subject in easily comprehensible language. Helpful examples and thorough sets of exercises are also given to enable students to master the subject.

Concise yet thorough, accessible, authoritative, and affordable. These are the hallmarks of books in the remarkable Physics and its Applications series.Thermodynamics is an essential part of any physical sciences education, but it is so full of pitfalls and subtleties, that many students fail to appreciate its elegance and power. In Thermal Physics, the author emphasizes understanding the basic ideas and shows how the important thermodynamics results can be simply obtained from the fundamental relations without getting lost in a maze of partial differentials.In this second edition, the author  incorporated new sections on scales of temperature, availability, the degradation of energy, and lattice defects. The text contains ample illustrations and examples of applications of thermodynamics in physics, engineering, and chemistry.