This book guides undergraduate students in the use of Maxima--a computer algebra system--in solving problems in classical mechanics. It functions well as a supplement to a typical classical mechanics textbook. When it comes to problems that are too difficult to solve by hand, computer algebra systems that can perform symbolic mathematical manipulations are a valuable tool. Maxima is particularly attractive in that it is open-source, multiple-platform software that students can download and install free of charge. Lessons learned and capabilities developed using Maxima...
This book guides undergraduate students in the use of Maxima--a computer algebra system--in solving problems in classical mechanics. It functio...
This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, explains the theory of special and general relativity in detail without approaching Einstein's life or the historical background. The text is formulated in such a way that the reader will be able to understand the essence intuitively, and new sections have been added on time machines, the twin paradoxes, and tensors. The first part of the book focuses on the essentials of special relativity. It explains the famous equivalence between mass and energy and tells why Einstein was able to use the theory of electrodynamics as a template for...
This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, explains the theory of special and general relativity in detail without approaching Einstei...
This book offers a comprehensive, university-level introduction to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. In addition to the purely theoretical aspect, emphasis is also given to its historical development as well as to the experiments that preceded the theory and those performed in order to test its validity.The main body of the book consists of chapters on Relativistic Kinematics and Dynamics and their applications, Optics and Electromagnetism. These could be covered in a one-semester course. A more advanced course might include the subjects examined in the other chapters of the book and...
This book offers a comprehensive, university-level introduction to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. In addition to the purely theoretical aspe...
This book gives an introduction to quantum mechanics with the matrix method. Heisenberg's matrix mechanics is described in detail. Only a brief description of Schrodinger's wave mechanics is given (in most books exclusively treated), to show their equivalence to Heisenberg's matrix method.
This book gives an introduction to quantum mechanics with the matrix method. Heisenberg's matrix mechanics is described in detail. Only a brief descri...
This book presents the fundamental concepts of electromagnetism through problems with a brief theoretical introduction at the beginning of each chapter. The present book has a strong didactic character. It explains all the mathematical steps and the theoretical concepts connected with the development of the problem. It guides the reader to understand the employed procedures to learn to solve the exercises independently.
The exercises are structured in a similar way: The chapters begin with easy problems increasing progressively in the level of difficulty. This book is written for...
This book presents the fundamental concepts of electromagnetism through problems with a brief theoretical introduction at the beginning of each cha...
