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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS, SECOND EDITION
By N. K. Verma
Physics for Engineers is designed to serve as a text for the first course in physics for engineering students of most of the technical universities in India. It can also be used as an introductory text for science graduates.
This book, now in its Second Edition, is updated as per the feedback received from the students and faculties. Quite a number of topics have been either revised or updated, of course, maintaining flow and presentation of the book. The present approach is more focused and provides a clear, precise and accessible coverage of fundamentals of physics through succinct presentation, logical organization, and sound pedagogical order. Extensive care has been taken to apprise the students regarding the applied aspects of the concepts in physics. Most of the complex ideas are supported by explanatory figures to make the underlying concepts easy to understand and grasp. At the end of each chapter, numerous short answer questions, multiple choice questions and solved problems are included to brush up the chapter fast, quickly and effectively especially before exams.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
• Several new Short Questions and Solved Problems are added.
• Some of the chapters are redesigned to make it more comprehensive and informative.
• New topics have been added in Chapters 1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 17, 18 and 19.
• A new appendix on Lorentz Force Equation is also included.
CONTENTS
Preface • Preface to the First Edition
1. SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
2. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
3. QUANTUM PHYSICS
4. ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
5. FREE ELECTRON THEORY OF METALS
6. MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
7. BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
8. SEMICONDUCTORS
9. DIELECTRICS
10. NANOPHYSICS
11. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
12. INTERFERENCE
13. DIFFRACTION
14. POLARISATION
15. LASERS
16. FIBRE OPTICS
17. ULTRASONICS
18. ACOUSTICS OF BUILDING
19. OSCILLATIONS
Appendices
A: Michelson–Morley Interferometer: No Shift of Fringes
B: Lorentz Force Equation
C: Newton’s Rings Get Closer
D: Acoustics of Buildings—Intensity Level
E: Acoustics of Buildings—Eyring’s Formula: Sound Energy Reflected in N Reflections
Index
Let’s Know About the Author
N.K. VERMA, PhD, is Senior Professor of Physics, School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala. He has also been Registrar, Dean of Students Affairs, and Head of School of Physics and Materials Science in Thapar University. With over four decades of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Verma has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published/presented over 250 research papers in referred journals and conference proceedings. Professor Verma is also the recipient of the best paper award from the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). His research interest includes Condensed Matter Physics and Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials.
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