| |
|
|
Physical Relativity explores the nature of the distinction at the heart of Einstein's 1905 formulation of his special theory of relativity: that between kinematics and dynamics. Einstein himself became increasingly uncomfortable with this distinction, and with the...
Editeur :
Clarendon Press
Parution :
2005-11-24
PDF
|
The authors have correlated many experimental observations and theoretical discussions from the scientific literature on water. Topics covered include the water molecule and forces between water molecules; the thermodynamic properties of steam; the structures of the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-10-20
PDF
|
Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-08-25
ePub
|
Learn about the revolutionary new technology of negative-refraction metamaterials Negative-Refraction Metamaterials: Fundamental Principles and Applications introduces artificial materials that support the unusual electromagnetic property of negative refraction....
Editeur :
Wiley-IEEE Press
Parution :
2005-07-25
Collection :
IEEE Press
PDF
|
Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939 offers a challenging new interpretation of pre-war physics at the University of Oxford, which was far more dynamic than most historians and physicists have been prepared to believe. It explains, on the one hand, how attempts to develop the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-06-16
PDF
|
This book gives an analysis of Hertz's posthumously published Principles of Mechanics in its philosophical, physical and mathematical context. In a period of heated debates about the true foundation of physical sciences, Hertz's book was conceived and highly regarded as...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-05-12
PDF
|
About this book The book describes the state of the art in fundamental, applied and device physics of nanotubes, including fabrication, manipulation and characterization for......
Editeur :
Springer-Verlag
Parution :
2005
PDF
|
About this book Hydronamics of Explosion .,presents the research results for the problems of underwater explosions and contains a detailed analysis......
Editeur :
Springer-Verlag
Parution :
2005
PDF
|
"About this book Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is a remarkable technique for recording low-level light signals with extremely high precision and......
Editeur :
Springer-Verlag
Parution :
2005
PDF
|
Springer Handbook of Condensed Matter and Materials Data provides a concise compilation of data and functional relationships from the...
Editeur :
Springer-Verlag
Parution :
2005
PDF
|
This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics. However, the elementary atomic physics covered in the early chapters should be accessible to undergraduates when they are first introduced to the subject. The book describes...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-11-26
PDF
|
This book is primarily intended to accompany an advanced undergraduate course in atomic physics. However, the elementary atomic physics covered in the early chapters should be accessible to undergraduates when they are first introduced to the subject. The book describes...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-11-25
ePub
|
This book provides an introduction to the classical, quantum, and symmetry aspects of multipole theory, demonstrating the successes of the theory and also its unphysical aspects. It presents a transformation theory which removes these unphysical properties. The book...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-10-14
PDF
|
With the development of potent x-ray sources at many synchrotron laboratories worldwide, Compton scattering has become a standard tool for studying electron densities in materials. This book provides condensed matter and materials physicists with an authoritative,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-10-14
PDF
|
This book is an introduction to the techniques of many-body quantum theory with a large number of applications to condensed matter physics. The basic idea of the book is to provide a self-contained formulation of the theoretical framework without losing mathematical...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-09-03
PDF
|
"Light is a Messenger" is the first biography of William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics - the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. It describes how Bragg discovered the use of X-rays to determine the arrangement of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-08-12
PDF
|
Synchrotron radiation sources are now used routinely by thousands of research scientists and engineers throughout the world to perform experiments in biology, physics, materials science, chemistry and so on. The very best of these sources are based upon the use of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-07-22
PDF
|
"Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases" provides an introduction to the rapidly developing theory of dissipative gas dynamics - a theory which has mainly evolved over the last decade. The book is aimed at readers from the advanced undergraduate level upwards and leads on to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-07-01
PDF
|
This book focuses on the characteristics of optical radiation, or a spectrum, emitted by various plasmas. In plasma, the same atomic species can produce quite different spectra, or colours, depending on the nature of the plasma.This book gives a theoretical framework by...
Editeur :
Clarendon Press
Parution :
2004-06-17
PDF
|