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- Rohloff Illustrations and Composition: Preparé Printing and Binding: Quebecor Printing Library of Congress Control Number: 2007931523 ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-7550-8 ISBN-10: 0-7167-7550-6 © 2008 by Paul A.
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- Freeman and Company 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS, England www.whfreeman.com [Page 3] MODERN PHYSICS Fifth Edition Paul A.
- Tipler Formerly of Oakland University Ralph A.
- Llewellyn University of Central Florida W.
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[Page 2] Publisher: Clancy Marshall Senior Acquisitions Editor: Jessica Fiorillo Marketing Manager: Anthony Palmiotto Media Editors: Jeanette Picerno and Samantha Calamari Supplements Editor and Editorial Assistant: Janie Chan Senior Project Editor: Mary Louise Byrd Cover and Text Designer: Diana Blume Photo Editor: Ted Szczepanski Photo Researcher: Rae Grant Senior Illustration Coordinator: Bill Page Production Coordinator: Paul W. Rohloff Illustrations and Composition: Preparé Printing and Binding: Quebecor Printing Library of Congress Control Number: 2007931523 ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-7550-8 ISBN-10: 0-7167-7550-6 © 2008 by Paul A. Tipler and Ralph A. Llewellyn All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America First printing W. H. Freeman and Company 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS, England www.whfreeman.com [Page 3] MODERN PHYSICS Fifth Edition Paul A. Tipler Formerly of Oakland University Ralph A. Llewellyn University of Central Florida W. H. Freeman and Company • New York [Page 4] This page intentionally left blank [Page 5] The indicates material that appears only on the Web site: www.whfreeman.com/tiplermodernphysics5e. The indicates material of high interest to students. PART 1 Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: The Foundations of Modern Physics 1 CHAPTER 1 Relativity I 3 1-1 The Experimental Basis of Relativity 4 Michelson-Morley Experiment 11 1-2 Einstein’s Postulates 11 1-3 The Lorentz Transformation 17 Calibrating the Sp