"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Computational physics2. Quantum-mechanical methods -- 2.1. General remarks -- 2.2. The Hartree-Fock method -- 2.3. Post HF schemes -- 2.4. Density functional theory (DFT) -- 2.5. Time-dependent density fun…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Addendum for the third edition -- Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Matter in the early 20th century -- 1.1. Parts of the atom -- 1.2. Radiation -- 1.3. Some conservation laws -- 1.4. Neutrinos2. Forces and interactions -- 2.1. Fundamental forc…
"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Preface -- 1. Using computer animation to learn physics -- 1.1. What is computer animation? -- 1.2. Why computer animation with physics? -- 1.3. Why computer animation in a course on physics? -- 1.4. Like video games?2. A taste of using computer for physics -- 2.1. PhysGL : e…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematical techniques -- 1.1. Theory -- 1.2. Problems and solutions2. Electrostatics -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Problems and solutions3. Electric potential -- 3.1. Theory -- 3.2. Problems and solutions4. Magnetostatics -- 4.1. T…
"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- 1. The tyranny of numbers -- 1.1. Why we measure things -- 1.2. A little history -- 1.3. Surveying -- 1.4. Other surveys2. The error in all things -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. M?echain's 'error' in greater detail and least-s…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent a…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page A-1).Preface -- 1. Introduction--the magic of the wheel -- 2. The evolution of the bicycle -- 2.1. Beginnings -- 2.2. Baron Karl Von Drais's running machine -- 2.3. The boneshaker -- 2.4. Early refinements -- 2.5. High-wheelers -- 2.6…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Physics is practical -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Physics in sports -- 1.3. Physics around the house -- 1.4. How does that thing work?2. Physics is beautiful -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The beauty of electromagnetism -- 2.3. …
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Groups -- 1.1. Permutations and symmetries -- 1.2. Subgroups and classes -- 1.3. Representations -- 1.4. Orthogonality2. Lie groups -- 2.1. Lie groups as manifolds -- 2.2. Lie groups as groups of transformation…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematics and measurement of sound-power flow in fluids -- 2. Calibration and normalization of probes in air -- 3. Mathematics of sound-power flow in solids -- 4. Sound sources and methods of exciting sound -- 5. Sound-power…