Modern Physics, 6th Edition

In preparing this new edition of Modern Physics, we have again relied heavily on the many helpful suggestions from a large team of reviewers and from a host of instructor and student users of the earlier editions. Their advice reflected the discoveries that have further enlarged modern physics in the first decade of the new century, took note of the evolution that is occurring in the teaching of physics in colleges and universities, and recognized the growing role of modern physics in the biological sciences. As the term modern physics has come to mean the physics of the modern era—relativity and quantum theory—we have heeded the advice of many users and reviewers and preserved the historical and cultural flavor of the book while being careful to maintain the mathematical level of the earlier editions. We continue to provide the flexibility for instructors to match the book and its supporting ancillaries to a wide variety of teaching modes, including both one- and two-semester courses and media-enhanced courses.