Waves Wave Mechanics category: 115 books

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Waves and Particles

Two Essays on Fundamental Physics

by Roger G Newton
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014

The book consists of two separate parts, the first part is on waves and the second part on particles. In part 1, after describing the awesome power of tsunami and the history of their occurrences, the book turns to the history of explaining phenomena by means of mathematical equations. Then it describes...
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Earthquakes

The Sound of Multi-modal Waves

by W R Matson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

This book is an introduction to wave dynamics as they apply to earthquakes, among the scariest, most unpredictable, and deadliest natural phenomena on Earth. Since studying seismic activity is essentially a study of wave dynamics, this text starts with a discussion of types and representations, including...
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by Chiang C Mei, Michael Aharon Stiassnie, Dick K-P Yue;;
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018

This book set is a revised version of the 2005 edition of Theory and Applications of Ocean Surface Waves. It presents theoretical topics on ocean wave dynamics, including basic principles and applications in coastal and offshore engineering as well as coastal oceanography. Advanced analytical and...
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by Michael A Slawinski
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

The present book — which is the third, significantly revised edition of the textbook originally published by Elsevier Science — emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning in the description of seismic phenomena. Herein, we use aspects of continuum mechanics,...
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The Wave

In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

by Susan Casey
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010

From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories—waves...
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Waves

Fundamentals and Dynamics

by Sanichiro Yoshida
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018

Waves are everywhere in our daily life. We all experience sound and light with our ears and eyes, we use microwaves to cook, and radio waves are transmitted from and are received by our cell phones. These are just some examples of waves that carry energy from point A to B. However, we may not know...
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Letters on Wave Mechanics

Correspondence with H. A. Lorentz, Max Planck, and Erwin Schrödinger

by Albert Einstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011

A lively collection of Einstein’s groundbreaking scientific correspondence on modern physics Imagine getting four of the greatest minds of modern physics in a room together to explain and debate the theories and innovations of their day. This is the fascinating experience of reading Letters...
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The Wave Watcher's Companion

Ocean Waves, Stadium Waves, and All the Rest of Life's Undulations

by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010

Get ready for a global journey like none other-a passionate enthusiast's exploration of waves that begins with a massive surfable cloud and ends with the majestic Pacific ocean, making side trips along the way to reveal the ups and downs of brain waves, radio waves, infrared waves, microwaves, shock waves, light waves, and much more.
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by Eric Lheurette
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

Since the concept was first proposed at the end of the 20th Century, metamaterials have been the subject of much research and discussion throughout the wave community. More than 10 years later, the number of related published articles is increasing significantly. On the one hand, this success can...
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What's the Matter with Waves?

An Introduction to Techniques and Applications of Quantum Mechanics

by William Parkinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018

Like rocket science or brain surgery, quantum mechanics is pigeonholed as a daunting and inaccessible topic, which is best left to an elite or peculiar few. This classification was not earned without some degree of merit. Depending on perspective; quantum mechanics is a discipline or philosophy, a...
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by Lev Ostrovsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014

This book is an introduction to the perturbation theory for linear and nonlinear waves in dispersive and dissipative media. The main focus is on the direct asymptotic method which is based on the asymptotic expansion of the solution in series of one or more small parameters and demanding finiteness...
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The Nature of Nature

The Discovery of SuperWaves and How It Changes Everything

by Irving Dardik, Estee Dardik Lichter
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017

What is everything made of? How do things change and how do they work? What is life? In The Nature of Nature, visionary scientist Irv Dardik tackles these questions by introducing his discovery of SuperWaves, a singular wave phenomenon whose design generates what we experience as matter, space, time,...
Cover of Quantum Mechanics 5: Engtanglement, EPR, Teleportation, & Advanced Topics
by Robert Piccioni
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2013

This book concludes our exploration of Quantum Mechanics in the Everyone’s Guide Series. Here, we discuss the outstanding mysteries of Quantum Mechanics and the meaning of Reality. Our topics include: EPR paradox Parallel Universes / Many Worlds Bohm’s pilot waves Bell’s Inequality...
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by Nikola Tesla
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014

Electrical Experimenter, May 1919 In this remarkable and complete story of his discovery of the "True Wireless" and the principles upon which transmission and reception, even in the present day systems, are based, Dr. Nikola Tesla shows us that he is indeed the "Father of the...
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