Nonclassical Physics: Beyond Newton's View

I used this book in a Modern physics class and for studying the basics of modern physics. I think Harris does a fair job in explaining the ideas and did not find it difficult to read, he is sometimes too detailed in explanations, but I think for the most part thats a good thing. The lack of examples is also nice,it's better to figure out the exercises without use of examples to guide your way, makes you try to understand the physics better rather than a more plug and chug approach. Overall, I think it's a very good book.

Great book, Harris tels you evertything on a easy, clear way.

Hey randy harris is my professor at UC Davis and I had him for about 2 quarters so far. he is a great teacher but I agree with most people that his teaching style is conversational and lecturelike at many points. From a person that read his book and listen to him speak are almost one in the same. He often patronizes students because he understands that things are hard to understand in Nonclassical physics yet he lectures you on issues that may seem confusing to us but not him. Oh well that is randy harris for you (aka Chandler of DAvis)

This is one of the best physics text books that I have ever read. The best thing about this book is that it provides a great introduction to the schrodinger equation. Of course, there are other topics of interest in this book such as special relativity and nuclear physics. Chapters 2 through 7 provide a spectacular treatment of how to use the shrodinger equation to understand a variety of physical phenomena such as tunneling. Therefore, I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to a solid introduction to the shrodinger equation.