rigorous, Systematic Study By Renowned Physicist Offers Advanced Students A Thorough Background In Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, And Statistical Mechanics, Stressing Atomic, Nuclear, And Microscopic Matters. 56 Figures. 1961 Edition. Front Cover Title Page CONTENTS FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PART I MECHANICS See. 1. Generalized Coordinates Sec. 2. Lagrange's Equation Sec. 3. Examples ol Lagrange's Equations Sec. 4. Conservation Laws Sec. 5. Motion in a Central Field See. 6. Collision of Particles See. 7. Small Oscillations Sec. 8. Rotating Coordinate Systems. Inertial Forces Sec. 9. The Dynamics of a Rigid Body Sec. 10. General Principles of Mechanics PART II ELECTRODYNAMICS Sec. 11. Vector Analysis Sec. 12. The Electromagnetic Field. Maxwell's Equations Sec. 13. The Action Principle for the Electromagnetic Field Sec, 14. The Electrostatics of Point Charges. Slowly Varying Fields Sec. 15. The Magnetostatics of Point Charges Sec. 16. Electrodynamics of Material Media Sec- 17. Plane Electromagnetic Waves Sec. 18. Transmission of Signals. Almost Plane Waves Sec. 19. The Emission of Electromagnetic Waves Sec. 20. The Theory ol Relativity Sec. 21. Relativistic Dynamics PART III QUANTUM MECHANICS Sec. 22. The Inadequacy of Classical Mechanics. The Analogy Between Mechanics and Geometrical Optics Sec. 23. Electron Diffraction Sec. 24. The Wave Equation Sec. 25. Certain Problems of Quantum Mechanics Sec. 26. Harmonic Oscillatory Motion in Quantum Mechanics (Linear Harmonic Oscillator) Sec. 27. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field Sec. 28. Quasi-Classical Approximation Sec. 29. Operators in Quantum Mechanics Sec. 30. Expansions into Wave Functions Sec. 31. Motion in a Central Field Sec. 32. Electron Spin Sec. 33. Many-Electron Systems Sec. 34. The Quantum Theory of Radiation Sec. 35. The Atom in a Constant External Field Sec. 36. Quantum Theory of Dispersion Sec. 37. Quantum Theory of Scattering Sec. 38. Tho Belativistic Wave Equation for an Electron PART IV STATISTICAL PHYSICS Sec. 39. The Equilibrium Distribution of Molecules in an Ideal Gas See. 40. Boltzmaim Statistics (Translstional Motion ot a Molecule. Gas in an External Field) Sec. 41. Boltzmann Statistics (Vibrational and Rotational Molecular Motion) Sec. 42. The Application of Statistics to the Electromagnetic Field and to Crystalline Bodies Sec. 43. Bose Distribution Sec. 44. Fermi Distribution Sec. 45. Gibbs Statistics Sec. 46. Thermodynamic Quantities Sec. 47. The Thermodynauiic Properties of Ideal Gases in Boltzmann Statistics Sec. 48. Fluctuations Sec. 49. Phase Equilibrium Sec. 50. Weak Solutions See. 51. Chemical Equilibria Sec. 52. Surface Phenomena APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY SUBJECT INDEX
