كتب فيزياء عامة وحديثة Physics

LECTURES ON QED AND QCD: PRACTICAL CALCULATION AND RENORMALIZATION OF ONE- AND MULTI-LOOP FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS
by Andrey Grozin

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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Number Of Pages: 236
Publication Date: 2007-01-23
Sales Rank: 804459
ISBN / ASIN: 9812569146
EAN: 9789812569141
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The increasing precision of experimental data in many areas of elementary particle physics requires an equally precise theoretical description. In particular, radiative corrections (described by one- and multi-loop Feynman diagrams) have to be considered. Although a growing number of physicists are involved in such projects, multi-loop calculation methods can only be studied from original publications. With its coverage of multi-loop calculations, this book serves as an excellent supplement to the standard textbooks on quantum field theory. Based around postgraduate-level lectures given by the author, the material is suitable for both beginners and graduate students.

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Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 1: Fundamental and General Techniques
by Clive A.J. Fletcher, C. A. Fletcher

By Clive A.J. Fletcher, C. A. Fletcher,

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 401
Publication Date: 1996-11-22
Sales Rank: 174935
ISBN / ASIN: 3540530584
EAN: 9783540530589
Binding: Paperback
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This well-known 2-volume textbook provides senior undergraduate and postgraduate engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians with the specific techniques, and the framework to develop skills in using the techniques in the various branches of computational fluid dynamics.
Volume 1 systematically develops fundamental computational techniques, partial differential equations including convergence, stability and consistency and equation solution methods. A unified treatment of finite difference, finite element, finite volume and spectral methods, as alternative means of discretion, is emphasized. For the second edition the author also compiled a separately available manual of solutions to the many exercises to be found in the main text

Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics: Volume 2: Specific Techniques for Different Flow Categories
by Clive A. J. Fletcher
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Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 484
Publication Date: 1990-08-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540187596
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540187592
Binding: Hardcover


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The purpose of this textbook is to provide senior undergraduate and postgraduate engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians with the specific techniques, and the framework to develop skills in using the techniques, that have proven effective in the various brances of computational fluid dynamics

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Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - 5 Volume Set
by ed. by Cristian I. Contescu, Karol Putyera
Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - 5 Volume Set
By James A. Schwarz, Cristian I. Contescu, Karol Putyera

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Publisher: CRC
Number Of Pages: 4200
Publication Date: 2004-03-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824750551
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824750558
Binding: Hardcover


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Placing specialists at the forefront of the nanoscience revolution, this reference identifies current challenges and development paths sure to influence fields ranging from materials and surface science, chemistry, and biomedicine to computer technology, information processing, and mechanical, optical, and electrical engineering-examining the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and technologies critical to research at atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels ranging from 1-100 nanometers

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Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II
by D.B. Ingham, I. Pop

By D.B. Ingham, I. Pop


Publisher: Elsevier Science
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Sales Rank: 1451932
ISBN / ASIN: 0080439659
EAN: 9780080439655
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Transport phenomena in porous media continues to be a field which attracts intensive research activity. This is primarily due to the fact that it plays an important and practical role in a large variety of diverse scientific applications. Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II covers a wide range of the engineering and technological applications, including both stable and unstable flows, heat and mass transfer, porosity, and turbulence.



Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II is the second volume in a series emphasising the fundamentals and applications of research in porous media. It contains 16 interrelated chapters of controversial, and in some cases conflicting, research, over a wide range of topics. The first volume of this series, published in 1998, met with a very favourable reception. Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II maintains the original concept including a wide and diverse range of topics, whilst providing an up-to-date summary of recent research in the field by its leading practitioners

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Splitting the Second : The Story of Atomic Time
by Tony Jones

Tony Jones, "Splitting the Second: The Story of Atomic Time"
Institute of Physics Publishing | ISBN 0750306408 | 2000 Year | PDF | 1,25 Mb | 199 Pages

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The timekeeping revolution began in June 1955 with the operation of the first successful atomic clock and was complete by October 1967 when the atomic second ousted the astronomical second as the international unit of time. Splitting the Second: The Story of Atomic Time presents the story of this revolution, explaining how atomic clocks work, how more than 200 of them are used to form the world's time, and why we need leap seconds. The book illustrates how accurate time is distributed around the world and what it is used for. It concludes with a look at the future of timekeeping.



As better clocks were built, measurements showed increasingly subtle causes for variations in the length of the day ranging from a non-circular orbit, to tidal effects, to crust movements, and down to atmospheric effects on the rotation rate. All these are covered in detail.

The most convenient source of time with nanosecond accuracy is now the GPS satellites. Jones describes how special and general relativity affect their timekeeping and how these effects are compensated.

He also goes into great detail about the international organizations responsible for managing UTC and the complex methods used to average the time from the primary standards and hundreds of secondary standards to produce UTC. Jones manages to do this without losing the reader's attention.

Although the book avoids any math or advanced physics, it does not condescend in any way, and is directed to the mature reader. There are explanations of cesium and rubidium frequency standards, hydrogen masers, and also the latest developments: laser cooling and cesium fountains.

It would have been nice if the author had included a bibliography, but this is compensated by providing the URLs for all the major world timekeeping organizations and also links to a number of web sites devoted to time.

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Riemannian Submersions and Related Topics ( World Scientific )
by Maria Falcitelli, Anna Maria Pastore, Stere Ianus,

By Maria Falcitelli, Anna Maria Pastore, Stere Ianus,

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 292
Publication Date: 2004-06
Sales Rank: 2260687
ISBN / ASIN: 9812388966
EAN: 9789812388964
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This book provides the first-ever systematic introduction to the theory of Riemannian submersions, which was initiated by Barrett O'Neill and Alfred Gray less than four decades ago. The authors focus their attention on classification theorems when the total space and the fibres have nice geometric properties. Particular emphasis is placed on the interrelation with almost Hermitian, almost contact and quaternionic geometry. Examples clarifying and motivating the theory are included in every chapter. Recent results on semi-Riemannian submersions are also explained. Finally, the authors point out the close connection of the subject with some areas of physics


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Supermanifolds: Theory and Applications ( World Scientific )
by A. Rogers

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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2007-04-18
Sales Rank: 1312867
ISBN / ASIN: 9810212283
EAN: 9789810212285
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This book aims to fill the gap in the available literature on supermanifolds, describing the different approaches to supermanifolds together with various applications to physics, including some which rely on the more mathematical aspects of supermanifold theory. The first part of the book contains a full introduction to the theory of supermanifolds, comparing and contrasting the different approaches that exist. Topics covered include tensors on supermanifolds, super fibre bundles, super Lie groups and integration theory. Later chapters emphasise applications, including the superspace approach to supersymmetric theories, super Riemann surfaces and the spinning string, path integration on supermanifolds and BRST quantization.

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Fundamentals of Photonics
by Bahaa E. A. Saleh


By: Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich
ISBN: 0471839655

ISBN-13: 9780471839651
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience - 1991-08-15
Hardcover | 1 Edition | 992 Pages



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In recent years, photonics has found increasing applications in such areas as communications, signal processing, computing, sensing, display, printing, and energy transport. Now, Fundamentals of Photonics is the first self-contained introductory-level textbook to offer a thorough survey of this rapidly expanding area of engineering and applied physics. Featuring a logical blend of theory and applications, coverage includes detailed accounts of the primary theories of light, including ray optics, wave optics, electromagnetic optics, and photon optics, as well as the interaction of light with matter, and the theory of semiconductor materials and their optical properties.

Presented at increasing levels of complexity, these sections serve as building blocks for the treatment of more advanced topics, such as Fourier optics and holography, guidedwave and fiber optics, photon sources and detectors, electro-optic and acousto-optic devices, nonlinear optical devices, fiber-optic communications, and photonic switching and computing. Included are such vital topics as:



► Generation of coherent light by lasers, and incoherent light by luminescence sources such as light-emitting diodes
► Transmission of light through optical components (lenses, apertures, and imaging systems), waveguides, and fibers
► Modulation, switching, and scanning of light through the use of electrically, acoustically, and optically controlled devices
► Amplification and frequency conversion of light by the use of wave interactions in nonlinear materials Detection of light by means of semiconductor photodetectors



Each chapter contains summaries, highlighted equations, problem sets and exercises, and selected reading lists. Examples of real systems are included to emphasize the concepts governing applications of current interest, and appendices summarize the properties of one- and two-dimensional Fourier transforms, linear-systems theory, and modes of linear systems.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.



Table of Contents:
Ray Optics.
Wave Optics.
Beam Optics.
Fourier Optics.
Electromagnetic Optics.
Polarization and Crystal Optics.
Guided-Wave Optics.
Fiber Optics.
Resonator Optics.
Statistical Optics.
Photon Optics.
Photons and Atoms.
Laser Amplifiers.
Lasers.
Photons in Semiconductors.
Semiconductor Photon Sources.
Semiconductor Photon Detectors.
Electro-Optics.
Nonlinear Optics.
Acousto-Optics.
Photonic Switching and Computing.
Fiber-Optic Communications.
Appendices.
Symbols.
Index.

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Advanced Engineering Mathematics 9Ed Course Slides
by Erwin Kreyszig
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Quantum Fluctuations of Spacetime (World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics) (World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics) Vol.25
by Lawrence B. Crowell
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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 388
Publication Date: 2005-12-30
Sales Rank: 1705685
ISBN / ASIN: 9812565159
EAN: 9789812565150
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Three key aspects of quantum gravity are considered in this book: phenomenology, potential experimental aspects and foundational theory. The phenomenology is the treatment of metric quantum fluctuations as torsional curves that deviate from classical expectations. This leads to possible experimental configurations that may detect such fluctuations. Most of these proposed experiments are quantum optical measurements of subtle quantum gravity effects in the interaction of photons and atoms. The foundational discussions attempt to find an substratum to string theories, which are motivated by the phenomenological treatment. Quantum gravity is not the quantization of general relativity, but is instead the embedding of quantum theory and gravitation into a more fundamental field theoretic framework.

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Structure and Chemistry of Crystalline Solids
by Bodie Douglas, Shih-Ming Ho,


By Bodie Douglas, Shih-Ming Ho,

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 346
Publication Date: 2006-06-09
Sales Rank: 3018788
ISBN / ASIN: 0387261478
EAN: 9780387261478
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Crystallographers have an elegant system using definitive notation for describing crystal structures, but it does not serve as well the needs of many others working with crystalline solids. Most chemists, metallurgists, mineralogists, geologists and workers in material sciences need a simple system and notation for describing crystal structures. Structure and Chemistry of Crystalline Solids presents a widely applicable system with simple notation giving important information about the structure and the chemical environment of ions or molecules. It is easily understood and used by those concerned with applications dependent on structure-properties relationships. This book addresses the needs of people working with crystal structures in several fields, while most other books on crystal structures are more than two decades old. Early chapters provide an introduction to crystal structures and symmetry for readers with a variety of backgrounds.

Insight into crystal structures, including some complex silicates, is aided by the use of the CrystalMaker computer program. The bundled CD-ROM, which uses CrystalMaker for instruction and demos on both Windows and Macintosh platforms, allows the user to manipulate the structures.

Key Features:

Understandable by anyone concerned with crystals or solid state properties dependent on structure
Presents a general system using simple notation to reveal similarities and differences among crystal structures
Depicts more than 300 selected and prepared figures illustrating structures found in thousands of compounds
Includes a CD-ROM with CrystalMakerTM data files to allow the reader to view and manipulate the structures on both Windows and Macintosh platforms

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X-Ray Crystallography of Biomacromolecules: A Practical Guide
by Albrecht Messerschmidt (Author

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Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Number Of Pages: 318
Publication Date: 2007-03-30
Sales Rank: 553657
ISBN / ASIN: 3527313966
EAN: 9783527313969
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Written by one of the most significant contributors to the progress of protein crystallography, this practical guide contains case studies, a troubleshooting section and pointers on data interpretation. It covers the theory, practice and latest achievements in x-ray crystallography, such that any researcher in structural biology will benefit from this extremely clearly written book.

Part A covers the theoretical basis and such experimental techniques as principles of x-ray diffraction, solutions for the phase problem and time-resolved x-ray crystallography.
Part B includes case studies for different kinds of x-ray crystal structure determination, such as the MIRAS and MAD techniques, molecular replacement, and the difference Fourier technique.

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Quantum Gravity 2nd ed (International Series of Monographs on Physics)
by Claus Kiefer


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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 376
Publication Date: 2007-03-26
Sales Rank: 1326223
ISBN / ASIN: 019921252X
EAN: 9780199212521
Binding: Hardcover
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The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contained discussion of the concepts, methods and applications that can be expected in such a theory. The two main approaches to its construction -- the direct quantisation of Einstein's general theory of relativity and string theory -- are covered. Whereas the first attempts to construct a viable theory for the gravitational field alone, string theory assumes that a quantum theory of gravity will be achieved only through a unification of all the interactions. However, both employ the general method of quantization of constrained systems, which is described together with illustrative examples relevant for quantum gravity. There is a detailed presentation of the main approaches employed in quantum general relativity: path-integral quantization, the background-field method and canonical quantum gravity in the metric, connection and loop formulations. The discussion of string theory centres around its quantum-gravitational aspects and the comparison with quantum general relativity. Physical applications discussed at length include the quantization of black holes, quantum cosmology, the indications of a discrete structure of spacetime, and the origin of irreversibility. The second edition will add some sections on topical issues. These include loop quantum cosmology, dynamical triangulation, renormalization-group approach, primordial black holes, and information-loss problem for black holes. The second edition will also contain some pedagogical extensions. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working in relativity and gravitation, cosmology, quantum field theory and related topics. It will also be of interest to mathematicians and philosophers of science.

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Exotic smoothness and physics: differential topology and spacetime models
by Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Carl Henry Brans,


By Torsten Asselmeyer-Maluga, Carl Henry Brans,

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2007-01-23
Sales Rank: 1032293
ISBN / ASIN: 981024195X
EAN: 9789810241957
Binding: Hardcover
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The recent revolution in differential topology related to the discovery of non-standard (“exotic”) smoothness structures on topologically trivial manifolds such as R4 suggests many exciting opportunities for applications of potentially deep importance for the spacetime models of theoretical physics, especially general relativity. This rich panoply of new differentiable structures lies in the previously unexplored region between topology and geometry. Just as physical geometry was thought to be trivial before Einstein, physicists have continued to work under the tacit — but now shown to be incorrect — assumption that differentiability is uniquely determined by topology for simple four-manifolds. Since diffeomorphisms are the mathematical models for physical coordinate transformations, Einstein’s relativity principle requires that these models be physically inequivalent. This book provides an introductory survey of some of the relevant mathematics and presents preliminary results and suggestions for further applications to spacetime models.




Contents:

Introduction and Background
Algebraic Tools for Topology
Smooth Manifolds, Geometry
Bundles, Geometry, Gauge Theory
Gauge Theory and Moduli Space
A Guide to the Classification of Manifolds
Early Exotic Manifolds
The First Results in Dimension Four
Seiberg–Witten Theory: The Modern Approach
Physical Implications
From Differential Structures to Operator Algebras and Geometric Structures


Readership: Students and researchers in mathematical physics, general relativity and differential

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Problems & Solutions in Quantum Computing & Quantum Information
by Willi-Hans Steeb, Yorick Hardy

By Willi-Hans Steeb, Yorick Hardy

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2004-07-12
Sales Rank: 1700047
ISBN / ASIN: 9812387897
EAN: 9789812387899
Binding: Hardcover
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Quantum computing and quantum information are two of the fastest-growing and most exciting research areas in physics. The possibilities of using non-local behaviour of quantum mechanics to factorize integers in random polynomial time have added to this new interest. This invaluable book provides a collection of problems in quantum computing and quantum information together with detailed solutions. It consists of two parts: in the first part finite-dimensional systems are considered, while the second part deals with finite-dimensional systems.

All the important concepts and topics are included, such as quantum gates and quantum circuits, entanglement, teleportation, Bell states, Bell inequality, Schmidt decomposition, quantum Fourier transform, magic gates, von Neumann entropy, quantum cryptography, quantum error correction, coherent states, squeezed states, POVM measurement, beam splitter and Kerr-Hamilton operator. The topics range in difficulty from elementary to advanced. Almost all of the problems are solved in detail and most of them are self-contained. All relevant definitions are given.

Students can learn from this book important principles and strategies required for problem solving. Teachers will find it useful as a supplement, since important concepts and techniques are developed through the problems. It can also be used as a text or a supplement for linear and multilinear algebra or matrix theory

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Casimir Effect 50 Years Later ( World Scientific )
by Ed. Michael Bordag

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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1999-05
Sales Rank: 5397043
ISBN / ASIN: 9810238207
EAN: 9789810238209
Binding: Hardcover
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Contemporary Aspects of Complex Analysis, Differential Geometry And Mathematical Physics ( World Scientific )
by Ed. Stancho Diemiev et.al


Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2005-07-30
Sales Rank: 4554791
ISBN / ASIN: 9812563903
EAN: 9789812563903
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CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF COMPLEX ANALYSIS, DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Complex Structures and Vector Fields
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 31 August - 4 September 2004

edited by Stancho Dimiev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria) & Kouei Sekigawa (Niigata University, Japan)

This volume presents the cutting-edge contributions to the Seventh International Workshop on Complex Structures and Vector Fields, which was organized as a continuation of the high successful preceding workshops on similar research.

The volume includes works treating ambitious topics in differential geometry, mathematical physics and technology such as Bézier curves in space forms, potential and catastrophy of a soap film, computer-assisted studies of logistic maps, and robotics.




Contents:

Geodesics and Trajectories for Kähler Magnetic Fields (T Adachi)
Stable Simply Connected Minimal Surfaces in RN and SO(N, C)-Action (N Ejiri)
On a Fibre Bundle Formulation of Classical and Statistical Mechanics (B Iliev)
Canonical Metrics and Harder–Narasimhan Filtration (J Keller)
Type-Changing Transformations of Hurwitz Pairs, Quasiregular Functions, and Hyper-Kählerian Holomorphic Chains II (J Lawrynowicz et al.)
A Quaternion Approach in Physics and Engineering Calculation (V Markova & V Shopov)
On the Complex WKB Analysis for a 2nd Order ODE with the Most General Characteristic Polygon (M Nakano)
Kinematics and Vectorfields on Differentiable Spaces (K Spallek)
and other papers


Readership: Researchers in analysis, differential geometry and mathematical physics.

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Classical Mechanics, 2nd edition, 1980 (Addison-Wesley series in physics)
by Herbert Goldstein

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: 1980-07
Sales Rank: 695888
ISBN / ASIN: 0201029189
EAN: 9780201029185
Binding: Hardcover
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For thirty years this has been the acknowledged standard in advanced classical mechanics courses. This classic book enables readers to make connections between classical and modern physics - an indispensable part of a physicist's education. In this new edition, Beams Medal winner Charles Poole and John Safko have updated the book to include the latest topics, applications, and notation, to reflect today's physics curriculum. They introduce readers to the increasingly important role that nonlinearities play in contemporary applications of classical mechanics. New numerical exercises help readers to develop skills in how to use computer techniques to solve problems in physics. Mathematical techniques are presented in detail so that the book remains fully accessible to readers who have not had an intermediate course in classical mechanics. For college instructors and students

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The Stars of Heaven
by Clifford A. Pickover

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 254
Publication Date: 2001-12-20
Sales Rank: 1165608
ISBN / ASIN: 0195148746
EAN: 9780195148749
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guide book, The Stars of Heaven, you need not be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human existence. Stars have fascinated humankind since the dawn of history and have allowed us to transcend ordinary lives in our literature, art, and religions. In fact, humans have always looked to the stars as a source of inspiration and transcendence that lifts us beyond the boundaries of ordinary intuition. In the tradition of One Two Three... Infinity, Pickover tackles a range of topics from stellar evolution to the fundamental and awe-inspiring reasons why the universe permits life to flourish. Where did we come from? What is the universe's ultimate fate? Pickover alternates sections that explain the mysteries of the cosmos with sections that dramatize mind-expanding concepts through a fictional dialog between futuristic humans and their alien peers who embark on a journey beyond the reader's wildest imagination. This highly accessible and entertaining approach turns an intimidating subject into a scientific game open to all dreamers. Told in Clifford Pickover's inimitable blend of fascinating state-of-the-art science and whimsical science fiction, and packed with numerous diagrams and illustrations, The Stars of Heaven unfolds a world of paradox and mystery, one that will intrigue anyone who has ever pondered the night sky with wonder.




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Date: 2002-01-30 Rating: 5
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The Sun, the Stars, and the Universe

In this book, Dr. Pickover takes us on a scientific and historical tour of the development of our understanding of the workings of stars (of which our sun is the nearest example). In the usual Pickover manner, the author does not let us rest with a light-hearted thesis on nuclear physics. He leads us to the conclusion that neither stars nor our universe could be without the fortuitous existence of an excited state of the carbon-12 nucleus. Is this because the excited state of carbon-12 was designed so or has our universe evolved from a cosmology of universes in such a way that the excited state is a necessity? The reader is left to ponder the question. For more speculations about God see Dr. Pickover's next tome, "The Paradox of God and the Science of Omniscience", also available on this web site.



Date: 2001-11-20 Rating: 5
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The star of heaven is you.

The stars of heaven - where would we be without them? Actually nowhere; we as humans would not exist without them. As carbon based lifeforms we owe our very existence to the stars since they are the source of this carbon, and what a close call it is that this carbon is formed at all. Were the number 7.6549 (the resonant energy state of carbon in MeV) just a few percent different, the stars would not produce this carbon, and the rich biochemistry that make us human would not be possible. So, if you ever wondered where you came from, Pickover has the answer in these glorious pages. A journey to the stars would be wonderful, but the journey of the stars to us is even more wonderful. Pickover tells the amazing story of where we came from for those who wonder at that amazing question.

Dennis W. Gordon



Date: 2001-11-16 Rating: 5
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On The Stars Of Heaven, By Clifford A. Pickover

If there is ever a time more than any other that we need astronomy, it is now. Because astronomy -- from backyard stargazing on up -- reminds us there's much beyond terror looming over our heads. And, now more than ever, we need writers up to the task of convincing us of this. Not just competent writers, mind you; from these you'll get the venerable, well-annotated but otherwise dehydrated boilerplate itemizing the hits and misses of Astronomy 101's usual suspects: ancient Greeks, Moorish scholars, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Lowell (for comic relief) and finally some pro-forma paeans to Einstein, Hubble, Hawking and (with an asterisk) Sagan.Now, while all this is fairly serviceable stuff, it conveys nothing of what we layfolk dearly want from science: our own personal place in it. We want to connect -- to log on to eternity. And that's where Clifford Pickover steps in. His new book, The Stars of Heaven, ostensibly concentrates on stellar astronomy -- the lives and deaths of stars. But anyone who has ever read his previous books will expect -- and receive -- far more. Pickover's expansive field of view reveals the nature and mysteries of stars in their broadest, deepest possible context -- from the edge of the observable universe and beyond to the restless shadows of human consciousness. Astrophysics, cosmology, philosophy, religion, art -- all of these seamlessly enrich Pickover's answer to our seemingly simple "wish upon a star." But don't get me wrong here; The Stars of Heaven is no ponderous block of academic marble. Pickover delivers the goods like a friend, happy you've asked him to stop over for a chat about some of his favorite ideas. He's an avid sci-fi fan, and he delights in actively engaging his readers, so in this book (as in various others of his) he creates for us a space adventure all his own, complete with wacky characters, funny asides and lightspeed plot-twists but all to make his main points memorable -- and meaningful. Sometimes, to crystallize a point, Pickover includes a simple equation or two, but these are painless and few; in fact, they serve as handy landmarks should you wish to backtrack and refresh. But always this is a personal journey for the author -- a chance to reveal why he delights in heavenly mysteries, scientific and otherwise. You'll especially get a sense of this in the "non-fiction" section of each chapter, where he distills and develops themes introduced in the sci-fi segment. And this may be the most valuable element of the whole book: a glimpse into not only the mysteries of science but also the scientist -- why he does what he does, how his discoveries and unanswered questions square with his own aspirations and beliefs -- and why he'd like to share all this with you. Indeed, this is what we need, now more than ever, if we are to live beyond fear of the unknown.



Date: 2001-11-08 Rating: 5
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A far-out journey

This book is a great introduction to stars in science, art, and religion. The illustrations help the reader to understand complicated concepts. My favorite parts of the book deal with the anthropic principle. These sections address the question: Was the universe designed? I also liked the sections on the evolution of multiple universes. Even though the book has sections on art (e.g. Van Gogh) and religion (e.g. stars in the Bible), the book could certainly be used as a hard-core stellar astronomy textbook because it covers everything you would want to know about all the variety of stars in outer space (evolution, nucleosythesis, stellar anatomy, spectral classes, black holes, etc.) Science-fiction buffs will enjoy the very strange and very interesting tale about an oddball set of characters who journey to the end of the universe to make investigations. A cool book

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Philosophy of Physics (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science) 2 volume set
by Jeremy, Ed. Butterfield

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Publisher: North Holland
Number Of Pages: 1522
Publication Date: 2006-11-26
Sales Rank: 941153
ISBN / ASIN: 0444515607
EAN: 9780444515605
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Book Description:

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 to begin by consulting Klaas Landsmans chapter.

The organization of this volume, as well as the choice of topics, is based on the conviction that the important problems in the philosophy of physics arise from studying the foundations of the fundamental theories of physics. It follows that there is no sharp line to be drawn between philosophy of physics and physics itself. Some of the best work in the philosophy of physics is being done by physicists, as witnessed by the fact that several of the contributors to the volume are theoretical physicists: viz., Ellis, Emch, Harvey, Landsman, Rovelli, t Hooft, the last of whom is a Nobel laureate.

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