物理中的理论概念（第2版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 [英]朗格（Longair M.S.） 著
• 出版社 世界图书出版公司
• 出版时间 2014-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787510078569
• 定价 129.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 569页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

　　TheinspirationforthisbookwasacourseoflectureswhichIdeliveredbetween1977and1980toundergraduatesabouttoentertheirfinalyearinPhysicsandTheoreticalPhysicsatCambridge.Theaimofthecoursewastoprovideasurveyofthenatureoftheoreticalreasoninginphysics,whichwouldputtheminareceptiveframeofmindfortheveryintensivecoursesoflecturesonallaspectsofphysicsinthefinalyear.TheobjectivesofthecoursearedescribedinthefirstchapterandconcernissuesaboutwhichIfeelverystrongly:studentscangothroughanundergraduatecourseinphysicswithoutgaininganunderstandingoftheinsights,approachesandtechniqueswhicharethetoolsoftheprofessionalphysicist,letaloneanimpressionoftheintellectualexcitementandbeautyothesubject.ThecoursewasintendedasanalternativetothenormalmodeofpresentationandwasentitledTheoreticalConceptsinPhysics.

【目录】

Prefaceandacknowledgements
1Introduction
1.1Anexplanationforthereader
1.2Howthisbookcameabout
1.3Awarningtothereader
1.4Thenatureofphysicsandtheoreticalphysics
1.5Theinfluenceofourenvironment
1.6Theplanofthebook
1.7Apologiesandwordsofencouragement
1.8References

CaseStudyⅠTheoriginsofNewton'slawsofmotionandofgravity
1.1Reference
2FromPtolemytoKepler-theCopernicanrevolution
2.1Ancienthistory
2.2TheCopernicanrevolution
2.3TychoBrahe-thelordofUraniborg
2.4JohannesKeplerandheavenlyharmonies
2.5References
3Galileoandthenatureofthephysicalsciences
3.1Introduction
3.2Galileoasanexperimentalphysicist
3.3Galileo'stelescopicdiscoveries
3.4ThetrialofGalileo-theheartofthematter
3.5ThetrialofGalileo
3.6Galileanrelativity
3.7Reflections
3.8References
4Newtonandthelawofgravity
4.1Introduction
4.2Lincolnshire1642-61
4.3Cambridge1661-5
4.4Lincolnshire1665-7
4.5Cambridge1667-96
4.6Newtonthealchemist
4.7Theinterpretationofancienttextsandthescriptures
4.8London1696-1727
4.9References
AppendixtoChapter4:Notesonconicsectionsandcentralorbits
A4.1Equationsforconicsections
A4.2Kepler'slawsandplanetarymotion
A4.3Rutherfordscattering

CaseStudyⅡMaxwell'sequations
5TheoriginofMaxwell'sequations
5.1Howitallbegan
5.2MichaelFaraday-mathematicswithoutmathematics
5.3HowMaxwellderivedtheequationsfortheelectromagneticfield
5.4HeinrichHertzandthediscoveryofelectromagneticwaves
5.5Reflections
5.6References
AppendixtoChapter5:Usefulnotesonvectorfields
A5.1ThedivergencetheoremandStokes'theorem
A5.2Resultsrelatedtothedivergencetheorem
A5.3ResultsrelatedtoStokes'theorem
A5.4Vectorfieldswithspecialproperties
A5.5Vectoroperatorsinvariouscoordinatesystems
A5.6Vectoroperatorsanddispersionrelations
A5.7Howtorelatethedifferentexpressionsforthemagneticfieldsproducedbycurrents
6Howtorewritethehistoryofelectromagnetism
6.1Introduction
6.2Maxwell'sequationsasasetofvectorequations
6.3Gauss'stheoreminelectromagnetism
6.4Time-independentfieldsasconservativefieldsofforce
6.5Boundaryconditionsinelectromagnetism
6.6Ampere'slaw
6.7Faraday'slaw
6.8Thestorysofar
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CaseStudyⅢMechanicsanddynamics-linearandnon-linear
CaseStudyⅣThermodynamicsandstatisticalphysics
CaseStudyⅤTheoriginsoftheconceptofquanta
CaseStudyⅥSpecialrelativity
CaseStudyⅦGeneralrelativityandcosmology