Book:M. Russell Wehr/Physics of the Atom/Fourth Edition

Subject Matter

 * Atomic Physics

Contents

 * Foreword


 * Preface


 * 1: The Atomic View of Matter
 * 2: The Atomic View of Electricity
 * 3: The Atomic View of Radiation
 * 4: The Atomic Models of Rutherford and Bohr
 * 5: Relativity
 * 6: X-Rays
 * 7: Waves and Particles
 * 8: Quantum Mechanics
 * 9: The Atomic View of Solids
 * 10: Natural Radioactivity
 * 11: Nuclear Reactions and Artificial Radioactivity
 * 12: Nuclear Energy
 * 13: High-Energy Physics


 * Appendixes


 * Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
 * Suggested Exercises
 * Index