Since its first publication in 1983, Modern Physics has been one of the most widely used texts for the sophomore-level modern physics course for science and engineering students. It covers all the standard topics in the course, including relativity and introductory quantum mechanics, as well as introductions to statistical physics, nuclear physics high energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Modern Physics provides a balanced presentation of both the historical development of all major modern physics concepts and the ... Read More
Since its first publication in 1983, Modern Physics has been one of the most widely used texts for the sophomore-level modern physics course for science and engineering students. It covers all the standard topics in the course, including relativity and introductory quantum mechanics, as well as introductions to statistical physics, nuclear physics high energy physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Modern Physics provides a balanced presentation of both the historical development of all major modern physics concepts and the experimental evidence supporting the theory. Read Less
Book came in a couple days, and seemed to be in new (or at least very good) condition. No complaints.
MikeC
Aug 2, 2007
overall - good
Krane's Modern Physics is written for 2nd year college physics students. It assumes that the reader remembers almost everything from 1st year physic classes. I did find 1 or 2 mathematical mistakes and feel that the chapter on statistical mechanics was not very clear
