AIP Physics Desk Reference - (Physicist's Desk Reference) 3rd Edition by Richard E Cohen & David Lide & George Trigg (Hardcover)

About the Book

A major revision of the classic bestseller, this volume contains a comprehensive compilation of the most frequently used data and formulae in physics, focusing on physical constants and their derivations. Completely updated to reflect current modern physics, including nine new chapters, as well as a section on practical laboratory data.

Book Synopsis

Originally published by the American Institute of Physics as the Physics Vade Mecum, this third edition has been completely updated to reflect contemporary modern physics. It is a concise compilation of the most frequently used physics data and formulae with their derivations, and this edition contains six new chapters, with outdated chapters dropped, and new chapters added on atmospheric physics, electricity and magnetism, elementary particle physics, fluid dynamics, geophysics, nonlinear physics, particle accelerators, polymer physics, and quantum theory. A new, final chapter deals with practical laboratory data, while the references and bibliographies have been updated. The book should prove a valuable tool for researchers, professionals and students in physics as well as others who use physics data.