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Physics Bulletin

Fields and Particles: An Introduction to Electromagnetic Wave Phenomena and Quantum Physics

K Smith

Published Sep 1, 1974• 13 citations
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Abstract

Francis Bitter and H A Medicus Amsterdam: Elsevier 1973 pp xiii + 688 price $20.80 This book, an introduction to electromagnetic wave phenomena and quantum physics, was developed from an earlier textbook by Francis Bitter, Currents, Fields and Particles, and is intended to be used by American undergraduates who have taken introductory courses in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, including Maxwell's equations, special relativity, solutions to the wave differential equation and thermodynamics. The authors have set out to show at an elementary level how the classical concepts of waves, fields and particles lead on to the development of wave mechanics and the theory of atoms and molecules, solids, nuclear structure and elementary particles.

DOI
10.1088/0031-9112/25/9/027

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