Theoretical Physics

By Frank Woodbridge Constant

Subjects: Vector analysis, Mathematical physics, Mechanics

Description: (From the dust jacket) This new text, written at the advanced undergraduate level, may be used in either of two ways: (1) as an individual text for a course in electricity and magnetism and related topics, or (2) in combination with Professor Constant's *Theoretical Physics - Mechanics* for a complete course sequence in theoretical physics. Used either way, this text aims to give the student going on to graduate work the necessary familiarity with the mathematical techniques he will use, a comprehension of the broad principles underlying physics, and the deductive manner of deriving relationships from these laws. Although the topics contained in this book are varied, they are related. Principles and methods developed in mechanics are applied in thermodynamics, electromagnetism optics, and wave mechanics. The theory of electromagnetic waves leads to the theory of light. The principle of relativity is closely connected to all branches of physics, and the quantum theory has had a similar unifying influence. It is the author's belief that only from a study of all the basic laws of physics can one realize the unity of physics and its broad philosophical aspects.