General Physics category: 2746 books

Cover of Secrets of The Rainbow
by Sander Lam
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013

I'm sure you have ever seen a rainbow, and maybe you even have a general idea of how it arises. But how thorough is your knowledge of this phenomenon really? Perhaps you know that sometimes “the” rainbow is accompanied by a second rainbow. But do you know whether there is a third rainbow?...
Cover of L'Œil moteur. Art optique et cinétique 1950-1975 (Strasbourg - 2005)
by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

L'exposition organisée par le musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg sur l'art optique et cinétique de 1950 à 1975 s'inscrit dans la suite des manifestations Aux origines de l'abstraction au musée d'Orsay, en 2003-2004, et Sons et lumières au Centre Georges-Pompidou... À...
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The Dark Arrow of Time

A Scientific Novel

by Massimo Villata
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017

This riveting scientific novel combines adventure, love, suspense, magic, pathos, and mystery in a carefully woven plot that is full of unexpected twists and turns. The author is an astrophysicist who has developed an alternative theory, which holds that traveling in time is possible. Time is, in...
Cover of The Electric Dipole Moment Challenge
by Richard Talman
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017

The electric dipole moment (EDM) challenge measures a non-zero proton EDM value and this book suggests how the challenge can be met. Any measurably large proton EDM would violate the standard model. The method to be employed uses an intense beam of 'frozen spin' protons circulating for hour-long times...
Cover of Applied Optics and Optical Design, Part One
by A. E. Conrady
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013

"For the optical engineer it is an indispensable work." — Journal, Optical Society of America "As a practical guide this book has no rival." — Transactions, Optical Society "A noteworthy contribution," — Nature (London) Part I covers allordinary ray-tracing methods,...
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It's About Time

The Illusion of Einstein’S Time Dilation Explained

by Alex Duthie
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012

Its About Time presents an introduction to theoretical physics as well as challenges to some of the concepts put forward by theoretical physicists of our time. These scientists have presented such concepts in countless public lectures, highlights of which are compiled here along with a variety of...
Cover of Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015

This book provides the first unified overview of the burgeoning research area at the interface between Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information.  Topics include: operational alternatives to quantum theory, information-theoretic reconstructions of the quantum formalism, mathematical frameworks...
Cover of Classical and Quantum Information
by Dan C. Marinescu
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011

A new discipline, Quantum Information Science, has emerged in the last two decades of the twentieth century at the intersection of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. Quantum Information Processing is an application of Quantum Information Science which covers the transformation, storage, and...
Cover of Radar Imaging of the Ocean Waves
by Mikhail B. Kanevsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008

This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars. Being intended mainly for the scientists preoccupied with the problem (as well as senior course students), it concentrates and generalizes the knowledge scattered over specialized journals. The significant...
Cover of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Self-Excited and Hidden Attractors
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018

This book highlights the latest findings on nonlinear dynamical systems including two types of attractors: self-excited and hidden attractors. Further, it presents both theoretical and practical approaches to investigating nonlinear dynamical systems with self-excited and hidden attractors. The book...
Cover of Applications of Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics in Engineering - Vol. 1
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Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011

Chaos and nonlinear dynamics initially developed as a new emergent field with its foundation in physics and applied mathematics. The highly generic, interdisciplinary quality of the insights gained in the last few decades has spawned myriad applications in almost all branches of science and technology—and...
Cover of The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation
by D. C. Rapaport
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004

The extremely powerful technique of molecular dynamics simulation involves solving the classical many-body problem in contexts relevant to the study of matter at the atomistic level. Since there is no alternative approach capable of handling this extremely broad range of problems at the required level...
Cover of How to Build a Habitable Planet

How to Build a Habitable Planet

The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind - Revised and Expanded Edition

by Wally Broecker, Charles H. Langmuir
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012

Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic...
Cover of Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

A First Course

by Harold A. Geller, Robert Ehrlich
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017

This revised edition is fully updated and continues to provide the best in-depth introduction to renewable energy science. It focuses mainly on renewable energy, but also addresses nonrenewable energy (fossil fuels and nuclear technology). The coverage extends from the basic physics to conservation,...
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