Lawrie I. A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics. Solution Manual

Draft edition, 2012,263 p.The purpose of the end-of-chapter exercises included in the Tour is to assist readers in making the subject their own by
a) offering guidance on derivations that are not set out in full detail in the main text;
b) introducing or extending topics for which the main text has no space;
c) suggesting avenues for further thought.
These are not exam questions. Some of them are straightforward applications of material from the text, but others may need rather more thought or imagination. They are arranged more or less in the order in which the relevant material appears in the text, not in order of difficulty.Similarly, the solutions presented here are intended to be helpful—and perhaps even interesting. Some of them go a little further than what was actually asked in the question. They are certainly not intended as a guide to what is needed to gain full marks, because no marks are on offer! In the solutions, not all of the equations are numbered. Those that are have labels enclosed in (round brackets). Equation numbers in [square brackets] refer to the main text