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008			971031s1998 nyua f bf 001 0 eng d
010			_a 97045863
020			_a0471181730 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0471314609 (pbk : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _erda
082	0	0	_a530.0202 _221 _bP.C.P.
100	1		_aPoole, Charles P. _97051 _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe physics handbook : _bfundamentals and key equations / _cCharles P. Poole, Jr.
264		1	_aNew York : _bJohn Wiley, _cc1998.
264		4	_cc1998.
300			_axxi, 493 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn the Preface the author describes this book as `an attempt to bring together a compendium of physics at the graduate level. It is at the same time a summary of the basic subject matter that a physicist learns during the first two years of a doctoral program, and a precis of much of what he or she frequently has occasion to look up during his or her subsequent academic and/or industrial career.' In these terms this is an unusual physics textbook, quite unlike more conventional texts, which at a chosen level of sophistication treat a particular subject in some detail and at length. The assumption being made is that the reader is at least vaguely familiar with the material, but may well have forgotten the details through lack of use. Individual topics are therefore all treated rather swiftly, which means that within its comparatively modest length - less than 500 pages - all the essential areas in physics and the associated mathematics are covered. From Lagrangians to superconductivity, or the three-quark model to synchrotron radiation, there is much that a working physicist would find very useful. Here is a book everyone should have on the shelf, and not just because it is so useful as an information source. The brevity of treatment brings a freshness, even an enthusiasm to each subject, making the reader wonder why some things seemed so tedious during student days - because all the material here is so accessible, whatever one's individual speciality, and it reads so well. It is also salutory to think of all this material as being well within the compass of the graduate courses in the United States. Would that one could be confident that the same were true in the United Kingdom!
650		0	_aPhysics _xHandbooks, manuals, etc.
650		0	_aMathematical physics _xHandbooks, manuals, etc.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley041/97045863.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley032/97045863.html
856	4		_3Table of Contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix03/97045863.html
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