近代物理學（第3版）

　　《近代物理學（第3版）》是為修完基于微積分的物理課程的理工科學生編寫的近代物理學教材。全書共分16章，包括兩部分內(nèi)容：從第1章到第10章主要是講述相對論、量子理論和統(tǒng)計物理學理論；從第11章到第16章主要是介紹量子理論在分子、固體、原子核及粒子物理方面的一些基本應用，其中第16章（宇宙論）的內(nèi)容上載在《近代物理學（第3版）》配套的網(wǎng)站上。因此，《近代物理學（第3版）》覆蓋了在科學和技術中廣泛應用的近代物理學方面的基本內(nèi)容。在講法上，《近代物理學（第3版）》避免復雜的數(shù)學推導，突出物理本質(zhì)和物理圖像，使用了大量的圖表，簡單明了地闡述了近代物理學中的基本概念和基本規(guī)律。書中對教學內(nèi)容的難點和疑點，均作了深入淺出的剖析，并配備了足夠數(shù)量的具有針對性的例題。書中注重介紹近代物理學知識的現(xiàn)代應用，回答了近代物理學中的一些基本問題?！督锢韺W（第3版）》還通過引入20世紀物理學發(fā)展的一些重要歷史資料，包括著名科學家的照片及其原創(chuàng)性成果的介紹，還有一些實驗裝置的照片，增強了物理學理論的真實感和生動感。

　　Raymond.A. Serway received his doctorate at Illinois Institute of Technology andis Professor Emeritus at James Madison University. Dr. Serway began his teachingcareer at Clarkson University， where he conducted research and taught from1967 to 1980. His second academic appointment was at James Madison Univer-sity as Professor of Physics and Head of the Physics Department from 1980 to1986. He remained at James Madison University until his retirement in 1997. Hewas the recipient of the Madison Scholar Award at James Madison University in1990， the Distinguished Teaching Award at Clarkson University in 1977， and theAlumni Achievement Award from Utica College in 1985. As Guest Scientist at theIBM Research Laboratory in Zurich， Switzerland， he worked with K. Alex Mfiller，1987 Nobel Prize recipient. Dr. Serway also held research appointments at RomeAir Development center from 1961 to 1963， at IIT Research Institute from 1963to 1967， and as a visiting scientist at Argonne National Laboratory， where he col-laborated with his mentor and friend， Sam Marshall. In addition to earlier edi-tions of this textbook， Dr. Serway is the co-author of Physics for Scientists and Engi-neers， 6th edition， Principles of Physics， 3rd edition， College Physics， 6th edition， andthe high-school textbook Physics， published by Holt， Rinehart， and Winston. Inaddition， Dr. Serway has published more than 40 research papers in the field ofcondensed matter physics and has given more than 60 presentations at profes-sional meetings. Dr. Serway and his wife Elizabeth enjoy traveling， golfing， fish-ing， and spending quality time with their four children and seven grandchildren.Clement J. Moses is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Utica College. He wasborn and brought up in Utica， New York， and holds an A.B. from HamiltonCollege， an M.S. from Cornell University， and a Ph.D. from State University ofNew York at Binghamton. He has over 30 years of science writing and teachingexperience at the college level， and is a co-author of College Physics， 6th edition，with Serway and Faughn. His research w6rk， both in industrial and universitysettings， has dealt with defects in solids， solar cells， and the dynamics of atomsat surfaces. In addition to science writing， Dr. Moses enjoys reading novels，gardening， cooking， singing， and going to operas.Curt A. Moyer has been Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics andPhysical Oceanography at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington since1999. Before his appointment to UNC-Wilmington， he taught in the PhysicsDepartment at Clarkson University from 1974 to 1999. Dr. Moyer earned a B.S.from Lehigh University and a Ph.D. from the State University of New York atStony Brook. He has published more than 45 research articles in the fields ofcondensed matter physics and surface science. In addition to being an experi-enced teacher， Dr. Moyer is an advocate for the uses of computers in educa- tion and developed the Web-based QMTools software that accompanies this text. He and his wife， V. Sue， enjoy traveling and the special times they spendwith their four children and three grandchildren.