From Newton to Mandelbrot A Primer in Theoretical Physics

From Newton to Mandelbrot A Primer in Theoretical Physics / by Dietrich Stauffer, H. Eugene Stanley.

From Newton to Mandelbrot takes the student on a tour of the most important landmarks of theoretical physics: classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics, and, the most modern and exciting of all, the physics of fractals. The treatment is confined to the essentials of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stauffer, Dietrich (Author), Stanley, H. Eugene (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Physics.
Mathematics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mechanics
  • 1.1 Point Mechanics
  • 1.2 Mechanics of Point Mass Systems
  • 1.3 Analytical Mechanics
  • 1.4 Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
  • 1.5 Continuum Mechanics
  • 2. Electricity and Magnetism
  • 2.1 Vacuum Electrodynamics
  • 2.2 Electrodynamics in Matter
  • 2.3 Theory of Relativity
  • 3. Quantum Mechanics
  • 3.1 Basic Concepts
  • 3.2 Schrödinger’s Equation
  • 3.3 Angular Momentum and the Structure of the Atom
  • 3.4 Perturbation Theory and Scattering
  • 4. Statistical Physics
  • 4.1 Probability and Entropy
  • 4.2 Thermodynamics of the Equilibrium
  • 4.3 Statistical Mechanics of Ideal and Real Systems
  • 5. Fractals in Theoretical Physics
  • 5.1 Non-random Fractals
  • 5.2 Random Fractals: The Unbiased Random Walk
  • 5.3 ‘A Single Length’
  • 5.4 Functional Equations and Scaling: One Variable
  • 5.5 Fractal Dimension of the Unbiased Random Walk
  • 5.6 Universality Classes and Active Parameters
  • 5.7 Functional Equations and Scaling: Two Variables
  • 5.8 Fractals and the Critical Dimension
  • 5.9 Fractal Aggregates
  • 5.10 Fractals in Nature
  • Appendix: Exercises
  • A.1 Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism
  • A.2 Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics
  • Further Reading
  • Name and Subject Index.

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