General Physics category: 2746 books
by S.K Lamoreaux, R. Golub, D Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Ultra-Cold Neutrons is a complete, self-contained introduction and review of the field of ultra-cold neutron (UCN) physics. Over the last two decades, developments in UCN technology include the storage of UCN in material and magnetic bottles for time periods limited only by the beta decay rate of...
by Mark S Swanson
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
Assuming a background in basic classical physics, multivariable calculus, and differential equations, A Concise Introduction to Quantum Mechanics provides a self-contained presentation of the mathematics and physics of quantum mechanics. The relevant aspects of classical mechanics and electrodynamics...
Understanding Our Unseen Reality
Solving Quantum Riddles
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This captivating book presents a new, unified picture of the everyday world around us. It provides rational, scientific support for the idea that there may well be more to our reality than meets the eye…
Accessible and engaging for readers with no prior knowledge of quantum physics, author...
Fractional Calculus
An Introduction for Physicists
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
The book presents a concise introduction to the basic methods and strategies in fractional calculus and enables the reader to catch up with the state of the art in this field as well as to participate and contribute in the development of this exciting research area.
The contents are devoted...
by Roy Gray
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Exciting new developments are taking place in graphic arts technology and printing applications. This issue includes a section on wearable electronics devices and a report on Security Printing at the Printing for Fabrication conference 2016.
The digital revolution initiated a whole range of...
by Anatoliy Malyarenko, Martin Ostoja-Starzewski
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Many areas of continuum physics pose a challenge to physicists. What are the most general, admissible statistically homogeneous and isotropic tensor-valued random fields (TRFs)? Previously, only the TRFs of rank 0 were completely described. This book assembles a complete description of such fields...
by Santiago Bernal
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This book provides a brief exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. However, it avoids detailed derivations, instead inviting the reader to use general high-end languages such as Mathcad...
Fractional Calculus
An Introduction for Physicists
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
The book presents a concise introduction to the basic methods and strategies in fractional calculus which enables the reader to catch up with the state-of-the-art in this field and to participate and contribute in the development of this exciting research area.
This book is devoted to the application...
Let There Be Light
The Story of Light from Atoms to Galaxies
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
This book is the first of its kind devoted to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry and the universality of natural laws, and are then guided to practical consequences such as the...
by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
The ambition of this volume is twofold: to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and to serve as an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to work in it. For example, any philosopher who hopes to make a contribution to the topic of the classical-quantum correspondence will have...
by Robert Geroch
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
"This beautiful little book is certainly suitable for anyone who has had an introductory course in physics and even for some who have not."—Joshua N. Goldberg, Physics Today
"An imaginative and convincing new presentation of Einstein's theory of general relativity. . . . The...
Head First Physics
A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially...
by Derek Raine, E.G. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
A thorough introduction to modern ideas on cosmology and on the physical basis of the general theory of relativity, An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology explores various theories and ideas in big bang cosmology, providing insight into current problems. Assuming no previous knowledge of astronomy...
General Relativity
Proceedings of the Forty Sixth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, Aberdeen, July 1995
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
General Relativity provides an unusually broad survey of the current state of this field. Chapters on mathematical relativity cover many topics, including initial value problems, a new approach to the partial differential equations of physics, and work on exact solutions. The chapters on relativistic...