Table of Contents

Part I:The Special Theory Of Relativity. The Gaililean Transformations. The Postulates of Einstien. The Lorentz Coordinates Transformations. Relativistic Length Contraction. Realistic Time Dilation. Relativistic Space-Time Measurements. Relativistic Velosity Transformations. Mass, Energy, and Momentum in Relativity. Part II: The Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Radiation. Electromagnetic Radioation - Photons. Matter Waves. Part III: Hydrogenlike Atoms. The Bohr Atom. Electron Orbital Motion. Electron Spin. Part IV: Many-Electron Atoms. The Pauli Exclusion Principle. Many-Electron Atoms and the Periodic Table. X-Rays. Part V: Nuclear Physics. Properties of Nuclei. Nuclear Models. The Decay of Unstable Nuclei. Nuclear Reactions. Particle Physics. Part VI: Atomic Systems. Molecules. Kinetic Theory. Distribution Functions. Classical Statistics: The Macwell-Boltzmann Distribution. Quantum-Statistics: Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Distributions. Solids. Appendix. Index.

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