Physik & Astronomie

Panofsky on Physics, Politics, and Peace

Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky

<P>This book is not only an autobiography of the respected physicist and director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, but a discussion and analysis of issues critical to the relations...

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems

<P>In recent years, scientists have applied the principles of complex systems science to increasingly diverse fields. The results have been nothing short of remarkable. The Third Internation...

The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication

Jacob W. M. Baars

<P>Radio astronomers have developed techniques of calibration of large reflector antennas with radio astronomical methods, but these have not been comprehensively described. This text aims t...

Light Years and Time Travel

Brian Clegg

PRAISE FOR LIGHT YEARS AND TIME TRAVEL"This immensely likeable work of pop science traces 'man's enduring fascination with light,' from Aristotle's plans for a death ray (burni...

Material Inhomogeneities and their Evolution

Marcelo Epstein / Marek Elzanowski

With its origins in the theories of continuous distributions of dislocations and ofmetalplasticity,inhomogeneitytheoryisarichandvibrant?eldofresearch. The recognition of the important role played ...

Pharmacogenomics in Admixed Populations

Dr. G. Suarez-Kurtz

Optical Shop Testing

The purpose of this third edition is to bring together in a single book descriptions of all tests carried out in the optical shop that are applicable to optical components and systems. This book i...

Quirky Sides of Scientists

David R Topper

<P>These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. There are stories of Einstein’s stubbornness leading h...

SSP 2004

<P>This volume contains papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Solid State Physics (SSP 2004), Workshop "Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Locally Heterogeneous Systems", h...

Aufbau einer rechnergesteuerten Laserschweißanlage und deren Qualifizierung für den hermetischen Gehäuseverschluß

Dirk Schrödter

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 1998 im Fachbereich Physik - Sonstiges, Note: 1.0, Fachhochschule Lübeck, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde eine Laserschweißanlage aufgebaut...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVIII

<P>This status report features the most recent developments in the field, spanning a wide range of topical areas in the computer simulation of condensed matter/materials physics. Both establ...

Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Anastasios Tsonis

High-Frequency Seafloor Acoustics

Darrell Jackson / Michael Richardson

<P>This book is a research monograph on high-Frequency Seafloor Acoustics. It is the first book in a new series sponsored by the Office of Naval Research on the latest research in underwater...

Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe

<P>For every galaxy in the field or in clusters, there are about three galaxies in groups. The Milky Way itself resides in a group. Groups in the local universe offer the chance to study gal...

Decoherence

Maximilian A. Schlosshauer

<P>This detailed, accessible introduction to the field of quantum decoherence reviews the basics and then explains the essential consequences of the phenomenon for our understanding of the w...

Dynamics and Thermodynamics with Nuclear Degrees of Freedom

<P>This volume is the outcome of a community-wide review of the field of dynamics and thermodynamics with nuclear degrees of freedom. It presents the achievements and the outstanding open qu...

Gravity's Arc

David Darling

Advance Praise for Gravity's Arc"A beautifully written exposition of the still mysterious force that holds our universe together--and the even more mysterious dark twin that may blow it ap...

Advances In Geosciences (A 4-volume Set) - Volume 8: Solar Terrestrial (St)

Biology for the IB Diploma + CD

C. J. Clegg

Superconductivity

Superconductivity, 2E is an encyclopedic treatment of all aspects of the subject, from classic materials to fullerenes. Emphasis is on balanced coverage, with a comprehensive reference list and si...