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Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Physics First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: Summer 2015 Get your best grade with this guide to Higher Physics for CfE. This book contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully for your Higher (for CfE) exam. It combines...

The Advanced Physics Series: Electrical Circuits Do you love physics? Do you love to learn about electrical circuits and how they are useful on our society? If you do; this is the e book is for you. This e book contains the terms and terminology of Current, Potential Difference, Electrical...

Noteworthy for the philosophical subtlety of its foundations and the elegance of its problem-solving methods, statistical mechanics can be employed in a broad range of applications — among them, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, nuclear and solid state physics, communications engineering, metallurgy,...

For upper-level undergraduates and graduate students: an introduction to the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, emphasizing aspects essential to an understanding of solid-state theory. A heavy background in mathematics and physics is not required beyond basic courses in calculus, differential equations,...

The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and neutrons of atoms did not yet exist, but rather were replaced by a swirling maelstrom of energy, matter...

Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting breakthroughs in physics, looking not just at the science, but also the fascinating lives of the scientists...

Physics in the Arts is a concise, 328-page four-color entry in the Complementary Science Series, designed for science enthusiasts and liberal arts students requiring or desiring a well-developed discussion of physical phenomena, particularly with regard to sound and light. This book offers an alternative...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Physics First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Written by experienced teacher and author Mike Benn, this student guide for Physics: · Helps you identify what you need to know with a concise summary of the content examined in the...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A-level Subject: Physics First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Written by experienced author Mike Benn, this Student Guide for Physics: -Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in the A-level specifications -Enables...

Author Anne Rooney follows the story of physics from the earliest societies to the current day, discovering the entrancing appeal of the secrets that rule the universe. Writing in a straightforward way that is easy to understand, the author takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the birth of...

Turn your hard work into the GCSE results with the Cheeky Shortcut Guide to the most common topics within the Physics GCSE subject. This workbook features key exam topics for physics with precise and clear points to help you achieve top marks. Covers: Static and Current Electricity Properties...

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods...

With this volume, Methods of Experimental Physics becomes Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, a name change which reflects the evolution of todays science. This volume is the first of three which will provide a comprehensive treatment of the key experimental methods of atomic, molecular, and...

Modern experimental developments in condensed matter and ultracold atom physics present formidable challenges to theorists. This book provides a pedagogical introduction to quantum field theory in many-particle physics, emphasizing the applicability of the formalism to concrete problems. This second...