Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions
Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been, asked at oral PhD exams at University of California at Berkeley. The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be answered using an outside-of-the box approach. Detailed solutions are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full of cartoons and dry humor to help take the edge off the stress and anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide for students preparing for their exams, as well as a resource for university lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are necessary to enjoy the book!
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Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions
Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been, asked at oral PhD exams at University of California at Berkeley. The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be answered using an outside-of-the box approach. Detailed solutions are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full of cartoons and dry humor to help take the edge off the stress and anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide for students preparing for their exams, as well as a resource for university lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are necessary to enjoy the book!
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Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions

Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions

Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions

Physics on Your Feet: Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions

Overview

Physics on Your Feet (2nd Edition) is a significantly expanded collection of physics problems covering the broad range of topics in classical and modern physics that were, or could have been, asked at oral PhD exams at University of California at Berkeley. The questions are easy to formulate, but some of them can only be answered using an outside-of-the box approach. Detailed solutions are provided, from which the reader is guaranteed to learn a lot about the physicists' way of thinking. The book is also packed full of cartoons and dry humor to help take the edge off the stress and anxiety surrounding exams. This is a helpful guide for students preparing for their exams, as well as a resource for university lecturers looking for good instructive problems. No exams are necessary to enjoy the book!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198842361
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/04/2022
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 9.50(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dmitry Budker, Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, and University of California, Berkeley,Alexander O. Sushkov, Assistant Professor, Boston University

Dmitry Budker, Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA, and Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany.

Alexander Sushkov, Assistant Professor, Boston University, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Mechanics, heat, and general physics2. Fluids3. Gravitation, astrophysics, cosmology4. Electromagnetism5. Optics6. Quantum, atomic, and molecular7. Nuclear and elementary-particle physics8. Condensed-matter physicsAppendix A Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic field boundaryAppendix B Symbols and useful constants
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