دانلود کتاب Foundations Of Physics

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Foundations Of Physics......Page 1
Front Flap......Page 2
Title-Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Preface to New Edition......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 11
Note Concerning The Numbering of Equations......Page 15
1.1. The Data of Physics......Page 17
1.2. Experiment and Measurement......Page 20
1.3. Symbolism......Page 22
1.4. Symbolism in Physics......Page 26
1.5. What is a Physical Law ?......Page 30
1.6. What is a Physical Theory ?......Page 36
1.7. The Mathematical Development of Physical Theories. The Method of Elementary Abstraction......Page 45
1.8. Further Illustrations of the Method of Elementary Abstraction. Wave Motion......Page 52
1.9. The Significance of Boundary Conditions in Physical Theories......Page 64
1.10. Integral Equations and Difference Equations in the Development of Physical Theories......Page 71
2.2. Psychological Space or the Space of the Individual......Page 75
2.3. Public or Physical Space......Page 77
2.4. The Transition to Geometrical Space......Page 78
2.5. The Significance of Time in Physics......Page 88
3.2. Kinematical Concepts. Specification of Position......Page 95
3.3. The Concepts of Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration......Page 98
3.4. Dynamical Concepts. The Newtonian Postulates for Mechanics......Page 101
3.5. The Concept of Mass......Page 107
3.6. The Concept of Force. Resume of the Laws of Motion......Page 110
3.7. Interpretation of the Equation of Motion......Page 114
3.8. D\'Alembert\'s Principle and the Principle of Virtual Displacements......Page 118
3.9. Gauss\'s Principle of Least Constraint......Page 128
3.10. Hertz\'s Mechanics......Page 134
3.11. The Concept of Energy......Page 136
3.12. Hamilton\'s Principle and Least Action......Page 144
3.13. Generalized Coordinates and the Method of Lagrange......Page 152
3.14. The Canonical Equations of Hamilton......Page 160
3.15. The Transformation Theory of Mechanics......Page 165
3.16. Summary......Page 172
4.1. The Meaning of Probability......Page 175
4.2. Analytical Nature of Probability Aggregates......Page 179
4.3. Some Useful Concepts......Page 183
4.4. Bernoulli\'s Problem......Page 185
4.5. The Emission of a Rays as a Probability Problem......Page 188
4.6. Laplace\'s Formula......Page 190
4.7. Density Fluctuations......Page 193
4.8. Poisson\'s Formula......Page 195
4.9. Theory of Errors......Page 197
5.1. Dynamical and Statistical Theories......Page 204
5.2. The Dynamical Theory of Electric Currents......Page 217
5.3. Application of Dynamical Theory of Thermodynamics......Page 222
5.4. The Fundamental Facts of Thermodynamics......Page 228
5.5. Statistical Mechanics. The Method of Gibbs......Page 234
5.6. Survey and Critique of Gibbs\'s Method......Page 266
5.7. The Method of Darwin and Fowler......Page 268
6.1. Concept of the Continuum in Physics......Page 296
6.2. Scalar and Vector Fields......Page 303
6.3.. Deformable Media and Tensor Fields......Page 308
6.4. The Electromagnetic Field......Page 318
7.1. Electron Theory of Electrodynamics......Page 335
7.2. Invariance of the Fleld Equations of Electron Theory......Page 339
7.3. The Special Theory of Relativity......Page 346
8.1. The Fundamental Idea of Relativity......Page 372
8.2. Motion of a Particle in a Gravitational Field......Page 380
8.3. General Relativistic Mechanics......Page 393
9.1. Introduction......Page 403
9.2. Axiomatic Foundation of Quantum Mechanics......Page 417
9.3. Some Useful Theorems......Page 429
9.4. Remarks on Prop. 6. Uncertainty......Page 436
9.5. Hermitean Operators......Page 438
9.6. Special Forms of Schrodinger\'s Equation......Page 442
9.7. General Properties of Solutions and Eigenvalues of Schrodinger\'s Equation......Page 456
9.8. Matrices......Page 464
9.9. Formal Structure of Matrix Mechanics and Its Relation to the Operator Theory......Page 469
9.10. Perturbation Theory......Page 476
9.11. Quantum Dynamics......Page 485
9.12. Review and Orientation......Page 493
9.13. The Electron Spin......Page 494
9.14. The Exclusion Principle......Page 504
9.15. Atomic Structure......Page 509
9.16. Quantum Statistics......Page 511
9.17. Dirac\'s Theory of the Electron......Page 517
Chapter X The Problem Of Causality......Page 531
Selected Readings For Foundations of Physics......Page 545
Index......Page 550
Back Flap......Page 561
Back Cover......Page 562