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Errors in the exercises in the 2008 printing

  • page 52: Exercise 5.2: atomic mass of He is 4
  • page 120: Exercise 12.6, eqn 12.40: replace L by L/2
  • page 333: first nj in the denominator of eqn 29.32 should be nj!

Errors in the exercises in the first (2006) and 2007 printings

  • page 220: RHS of (20.48) should be multiplied by μ0g
  • page 246: 2nd line of (22.5) N1 to N!
  • page 262: (23.2) 3rd line eα should be ex
  • page 272: first line should be g(ω)=(2La)[4K/m2]-1/2
  • page 272: eqn 24.36: term square brackets [...] should be [...]1/2
  • page 272: eqn 24.37: qa should be qa/2
  • page 272: eqn 24.38: 4K should be 4
  • page 279: delete 2 in the numerator in eqn 25.32
  • page 296: (26.1) insert "at Vc" after "van der Waals gas"
  • page 333: first nj in the denominator of eqn 29.31 should be nj! In eqn 29.35 denominator should be nj!(gj-1)!
  • page 412: Q(35.6) change 11/5 to 22/5.
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