Modern Physics: for Scientists and Engineers

This is one of the few physics books that I've seen that is able to write everything in everyday English, yet at the same time, enhance understanding of the material. Many of the chapters are independent of one another, so it allows flexibility within the class. While there are certainly more advanced and mathematically intense topics that are not included in the text, this book is a good way to introduce yourself to Modern Physics, and other books can be used to fill in the gaps later once you understand the most important ideas and concepts.

I'm in a college modern physics course that allows students their choice of textbook. This treatment of modern physics has been very helpful to me, and many other students prefer my textbook to others because of the way each chapter is organized (includes a detailed and concise summary of each chapter's key equations and concepts at the end) and because of the more practical, real-world applications the book discusses as examples (most of the people I study with are engineering majors, not physics or mathematics, and prefer to see engineering applications).

If you want to learn more about modern and/or quantum physics, this book is great for self-instruction. It may be helpful to brush up a little on differential equations first. The author uses a wave mechanics approach. The introduction and first three chapters were very clear and easy to read. They develop the Shrödinger equation and its application. Chapter 4 covered the hydrogen atom. I then skipped ahead to read chapter 11 on relativity. For a self-study of quantum physics using a matrix mechanics approach, check out Quantum Mechanics Demystified

This textbook is definitely not an introductory kind of reference. Though it touches all different field of modern physics, it often goes into derivation with double integral instead of trying to explain the concepts.I am not quite sure if this is how all modern physics textbook are, but it leaves me often following three pages of calculus with no conceptional understanding.Furthermore, the worse part of the book is that they almost never put the diagram/table/picture on the same page. It would say "According to Figure 7.1.... " and then you realize the figure is nowhere in sight. It leads to a lot of frustrating flipping back and forth.

The book is alright. The derivations are relatively easy to understand, but the concepts are poorly described. You must have a strong math background to understand this book, differential, integral, and differential equations are a must know.

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This is a great text book. It reads well and is through. Lots of graphs and through explanation. Arrived in great condition.

Good book for a very abstract subject. The author writes the book almost as though from a historical perspective, putting emphasis on the scientists who made the discoveries that most other books wouldn't bother to do. This helps because it gives the student a general understanding of why and how certain discoveries and equations came about. It's kinda hard to follow if you just skim over the chapters, but if you actually read the whole chapter you get a good understanding of the material and the equations.

Very ordinary book