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David Cassidy
Professor of Natural Science
Natural Science Program
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
USA
chmdcc@Hofstra.edu

Gerald Holton
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and History of Science, Emeritus
358 Jefferson Physical Laboratory
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

James Rutherford
Education Advisor
American Association for Advancement of Science
Washington, DC 20005
USA

Series Editors

John P. Ertel
Department of Physics
United States Naval Academy
572 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5026
USA
jpe@nadn.navy.mil

Robert C. Hilborn
Department of Physics
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
USA
rchilborn@amherst.edu

Cindy Schwarz
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
USA
schwarz@vaxsar.vassar.edu

David Peak
Department of Physics
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322
USA
peakd@cc.usu.edu

Thomas Rossing
Department of Physics
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
USA
rossing@physics.niu.edu

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cassidy, David C, 1945-

Understanding physics / David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, F. James Rutherford. p.  cm.   (Undergraduate texts in contemporary physics) Rev. ed. of: The project physics course. 1971.  Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-387-98756-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

QC23.2 .C37 2002

530 dc21 2002020937

ISBN 0-387-98756-8 Printed on acid-free paper.

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