[Phys-L] Re: Suggestions for Modern Physics text?

[John Howell <jhowell@EARLHAM.EDU>]

> John, I'm sure there are several good books out there for a Modern
> Physics course, and I have used a few of them. But my favorite is
> Kenneth Krane's book which is now in its second edition (1996) and
> published by Wiley. It is readable by students and fits my pedagogical style.
>
> As to the course, your description sounds close to what I do:
> relativity, dual nature of light and particles, basic quantum theory
> (quickly up through the hydrogen atom since we have a separate
> quantum course), lasers, nuclear physics and elementary particles.
>
> Richard Bowman
> Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, USA

Thanks for you suggestion.  Krane gets some poor reviews on Amazon,
though I personally like it.  One goal of this e-mail is to see how
many folk like Krane.

John
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