Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics

1- Introduction 2 - Special relativity 2.1 - Michelson experiment and Lorentz transformations 2.2 - Relativistic kinematics 3 - Wave mechanics 3.1 - Photoelectric effect 3.2 - Bohr's theory of quanta 3.3 - De Broglie's intepretation of Bohr's theory 3.4 - Schroedinger's equation 3.5 - Uncertainty principle 3.6 - Group and phase velocities 3.7 - Collective interpretation of the wave function 3.8 - Tunnel effect 3.9 - Discrete energy levels in potential wells 3.10 - Harmonic oscillator 3.11 - Band spectra in a periodic potential 4 - Statistical theory of matter 4.1 - Gibbs method 4.2 - Pressure and state equations 4.3 - Gran-Canonical Ensemble: Fermi and Bose gasses 5 - Appendix - Thermodynamics and Entropy