From Newton to Mandelbrot A Primer in Theoretical Physics /

• Main Authors: Stauffer, Dietrich (Author), Stanley, H. Eugene (Author), Lesne, Annick (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2017.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Solid state physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Complex Systems.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Solid State Physics.; Classical Mechanics.; Classical Electrodynamics.

This textbook takes the reader on a tour of the most important landmarks of theoretical physics: classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics, relativity, electrodynamics, as well as the most modern and exciting of all: elementary particles and the physics of fractals. The second edition has been s...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Quantum Mechanics
• Statistical Physics
• Dynamical Systems and Chaos
• Fractals in Theoretical Physics.