Product Description: The Grand Contraption tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants...read more

This book is designed to be used by students taking a course in quantum mechanics or quantum theory. The prerequisites for this text are calculus and modern physics. The text has formal presentation, suitable for junior and senior levels, but is particularly appropriate for graduate level courses. It has been revised in response to changes and new work in the fields of physics. The text is separated into two parts - theory and applications. The instructor has the option of either interspersing the theory sections with the applications, teaching the book in the order presented or leaving out the applications altogether. A solutions manual is available.

Discusses the history of natural philosophy, defines the nature of science and analyzes the way scientists have tried to understand the physical world

Product Description: The primary purpose of this textbook is to introduce students to the principles of classical dynamics of particles, rigid bodies, and continuous systems while showing their relevance to subjects of contemporary interest. Two of these subjects are quantum mechanics and general relativity...read more

Product Description: Book by Park, David Allen