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Max Planck

 
9781330066188: Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics (Classic Reprint): Delivered at Columbia University in 1909

Synopsis

Foundations of Modern Physics presents Max Planck’s Columbia University lectures from 1909, translated for modern readers.

It offers a clear, accessible tour of early ideas that shaped quantum theory, thermodynamics, and relativity. This edition collects the eight lectures where Planck explores how measurement, entropy, heat, and radiation fit into a unified view of physics. Readers will encounter discussions of reversibility and irreversibility, the equation of state for a monatomic gas, and the statistical ideas behind radiation theory. The material is presented to show the development of theoretical physics as a whole, with attention to both foundational concepts and their practical implications.

  • How measurements and mathematics frame physical theory
  • Foundations of entropy and the second law in simple, convincing terms
  • Early views on heat, radiation, and the atomistic theory of matter
  • Introductions to relativity and general dynamics in approachable language
Ideal for readers seeking a historically grounded, non-technical entry into the ideas that shaped modern physics, and for anyone curious about the origins of thermodynamics, quantum thinking, and Einstein’s relativity.

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