This book, now in its second edition, is suitable for the first-year students of all branches of engineering for a course in Engineering Physics. The book exposes students to fundamental knowledge in the following topics of physics : • Interference, polarization, and diffraction of light
• Holography
• Lasers and optical fibre
• Quantum mechanics and band theory of solids
• Special theory of relativity
• Nuclear radiation detectors
• Dielectric materials and electromagnetism
Key Features :
Gives preliminaries at the beginning of the chapters to prepare the students for the concepts discussed in the particular chapter.
Provides a large number of solved numerical problems.
Gives numerical problems and other questions asked in the university examinations for the last several years.
Appendices at ends of chapters supplement the textual material.About the AuthorG. S. RAGHUVANSHI, Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur), is Director, Modi Institute of Technology, Kota, Rajasthan. He had been Pro Vice Chancellor, Director (Academics), Dean (Applied Sciences), and Professor and Head, Department of Physics, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. He has 40 years of experience in teaching physics, including postgraduate teaching. A life member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers and ISTE, and a member of IEEE, Professor Raghuvanshi has published 20 research papers in reputed national and international journals.
