Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers

by   Stephen T. Thornton, University of Virginia
     and   Andrew Rex, University of Puget Sound

Published by   Saunders College Publishing, © 1993

Errata--Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Thornton and Rex--Saunders College Publishing
Third Printing, 1st edition, December 1997

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p. 31--5th equation from bottom should be changed to read the same as the equation at the bottom of the page.

p. 31--line below Eq. (2.16), change x' to italics

p. 34, Example 2.1--missing end parenthesis at end of numerator line

p. 36, Example 2.2--in last equation the y in 16y should be Roman, not italics

*p. 37 Eq. (2.20) add L_o/g to be consistent with (2.19)

p. 38, 6th line of text--change Problem 16 to Problem 18

p. 44, 2nd paragraph, line 5: change 1000 to 400

p. 60, Problem 22 (misnumbered as 20)--change last line from satellite's frame to golf ball's frame

p. 63, Eq. (3.3)--change sign of last expression to read -2mu_o

p. 65, Eq. (3.7)--delete - sign from last expression

p. 75, Example 3.3--in last line of solution to (a) part, change m/c to m/s

p. 101--Figure 4.4 caption change telescope to microscope

p. 116--new section third line "...using an experimental..."

p. 134 problem 6 change v in last line to boldface

p. 156 D. line 2 delete the word "angular"

p. 161--In Equation (5.37) change e² to e⁴

p. 182, Eq. (6.5)--Change theta to phi

p. 199--line below Eq. (6.35) change sin(n¼x/2l) to sin(n¼x/l)

p. 206 problem 15 line 2, change in to is

*p. 210, Example 7.1, last equation--on right side middle term in brackets should be replaced by (hbar)²/2m d²y/dx²

p. 244, Problem 3--Change Equation (7.3) to Equation (7.1)

p. 272--The premise of this problem (6) is incorrect, because Eq. (8.14) is for l = 0 only. Modify by using Equation (8.10), the general radial equation, instead of (8.14). With l = 1 and the usual expression for V(r) this gives the correct result for both E and the Bohr radius.

p. 277 essay, third line from end, fix quotation marks

*p. 378--In Example 11.6 change B/A to BA and change equation to read

B = f_o/A = (2.068 x 10^-15 T m²)/¼(10^-2 m)² = 6.58 x 10^-12 T

p. 467, problem 32: Ac should be 89 instead of 88

p. 498--delete last sentence of first paragraph, as there is no fusion essay

A.1--elementary charge should have factor of x 10^-19 and units of C following number

A.36 1934 C Harold C. Urey 1893-1981

*A.41 (Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems)--Chapter 2, Problem 23: 14.9 ms

A.43 Answer to Chapter 7 Problem 43: delete square on last answer

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