The Series Of Texts On Classical Theoretical Physics Is Based On The Highly Successful Series Of Courses Given By Walter Greiner At The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University In Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. Intended For Advanced Undergraduates And Beginning Graduate Students, The Volumes In The Series Provide Not Only A Complete Survey Of Classical Theoretical Physics But Also An Enormous Number Of Worked Examples And Problems To Show Students Clearly How To Apply The Abstract Principles To Realistic Problems. Part I: Vector Calculus Introduction And Basic Definitions; The Scalar Product; Component Representation Of A Vector; The Vector Product (axial Vector); The Triple Scalar Product; Application Of Vector Calculus; Differentiation And Integration Of Vectors; The Moving Trihedral -- The Frenet Formulae; Areas In Space; Coordinate Frames; Vector Differential Operations; Determination Of Line Integrals, The Integral Theorems Of Gauss And Stokes; Calculation Of Surface Integrals; Volume (space) Integrals -- Part Ii: Newtonian Mechanics Newton's Axioms; Basic Concepts Of Mechanics; The General Linear Motion; The Free Fall; Friction; The Harmonic Oscillator; Mathematical Interlude -- Series Expansion, Euler's Formulas; The Damped Harmonic Oscillator; The Pendulum; Mathematical Deepening: Differential Equations; Planetary Motions; Special Problems In Central Fields; The Earth And Our Solar System -- Part Iii: Theory Of Relativity Relativity Principle And Michelson-morley Experiment; The Lorentz. Walter Greiner ; Foreword By D. Allan Bromley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. More than a generation of German-speaking students around the world have worked their way to an understanding and appreciation of the power and beauty of modern theoretical physics—with mathematics, the most fundamental of sciences—using Walter Greiner's textbooks as their guide. The idea of developing a coherent, complete presentation of an entire?eld of science in a series of closely related textbooks is not a new one. Many older physicians remember with real pleasure their sense of adventure and discovery as they worked their ways through the classic series by Sommerfeld, by Planck, and by Landau and Lifshitz. From the students'viewpoint, there are a great many obvious advantages to be gained through the use of consistent notation, logical ordering of topics, and coherence of presentation; beyond this, thecompletecoverageofthescienceprovidesauniqueopportunityfortheauthortoconvey his personal enthusiasm and love for his subject. These volumes on classical physics,?nally availablein English, complement Greiner's textsonquantumphysics,mostofwhichhavebeenavailabletoEnglish-speakingaudiences for some time. The complete set of books will thus provide a coherent view of physics that includes, in classical physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, classical dyn- ics, electromagnetism, and general relativity; and in quantum physics, quantum mechanics, symmetries, relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electro- and chromodynamics, and the gauge theory of weak interactions. Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this text is based on the highly successful course given by Walter Greiner at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. The two volumes on classical mechanics provide not only a complete survey of the topic but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show students clearly how to apply the abstract principles to realistic problems. In classical mechanics, Newton's laws hold in all systems moving uniformly relative to each other (i.e., inertial systems) if they hold in one system.
