Rigorous, systematic study by renowned physicist offers advanced students a thorough background in mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, stressing atomic, nuclear, and microscopic matters.56 figures. 1961 edition.
Theoretical Physics by Georg Joos, Ira M. Freeman Classic treatise covers mathematical topics needed by theoretical and experimental physicists (vector analysis, calculus of variations, etc.), followed by coverage of mechanics, electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and nuclear physics.
Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics by Max Planck Landmark lectures (1909) by Nobel Prize winner deal with application of quantum hypothesis to blackbody radiation, principle of least action, relativity theory, more. 1915 edition.
The Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics: With Elementary Applications by Edwin C. Kemble Hailed by Linus Pauling as "excellent," this graduate-level treatment interweaves applications of theory with development of mathematical structure. Topics include wave packets, two-particle central-field problem, many-particle problem, much more. 1937 edition.
The Interpretation of Radium by Frederick Soddy A Nobel Prize-winning chemist explains the nature of radioactivity and the structure of the atom in nontechnical language in a classic scientific text, appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. 1920 ed.
