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The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Physics

by Johnnie T. Dennis

Pocket-sized help for understanding the universe.

An understanding of physics has produced everything from electric motors and generators, to radio and television, to lasers and nuclear reactors. Physics addresses...

Warped Passages

by Lisa Randall

The universe has many secrets. It may hide additional dimensions of space other than the familier three we recognize. There might even be another universe adjacent to ours, invisible and unattainable . . . for...

Who Turned Out the Lights?

by Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson

From the editors of PublicAgenda.org, an entertaining, irreverent, and absolutely essential nonpartisan guide to the energy crisis

Energy: It's a problem that never goes away (despite our best efforts as a nation...

The Dancing Wu Li Masters

by Gary Zukav

With its unique combination of depth, clarity, and humor that has enchanted millions, this beloved classic by bestselling author Gary Zukav opens the fascinating world of quantum physics to readers with no mathematical...

Neutron Fluctuations: A Treatise on the Physics of Branching Processes

by Imre Pazsit & Lenard Pal

The transport of neutrons in a multiplying system is an area of branching processes with a clear formalism. This book presents an account of the mathematical tools used in describing branching processes, which...

Clay-Containing Polymer Nanocomposites: From Fundamentals to Real Applications

by Suprakas Sinha Ray

Clay-Containing Polymer Nanocomposites covers everything from fundamental understanding to real applications of clay-containing polymer nanocomposites, including environmental considerations. The book's coverage...

Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables

by Cutler J. Cleveland & Christopher G. Morris

Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and...

Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science

by Michael Browne

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is the key...

Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique

by John Gribbin

The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat searches for life on other planets

Are we alone in the universe? Surely amidst the immensity of the cosmos there must be other intelligent life out there....

Geothermal Reservoir Engineering

by Malcolm Alister Grant & Paul F Bixley

As nations alike struggle to diversify and secure their power portfolios, geothermal energy, the essentially limitless heat emanating from the earth itself, is being harnessed at an unprecedented rate.

 For...

Collider: The Search for the World's Smallest Particles

by Paul Halpern

An accessible look at the hottest topic in physics and the experiments that will transform our understanding of the universe

The biggest news in science today is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest...

Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary

by Sean Miller

In Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary, Sean Miller examines the cultural currency of string theory, both as part of scientific discourse and beyond it. He demonstrates...

Rotational Structure in Molecular Infrared Spectra

by Carlo di Lauro

Recent advances in infrared molecular spectroscopy have resulted in sophisticated theoretical and laboratory methods that are difficult to grasp without a solid understanding of the basic principles and underlying...

Wave Propagation in Fluids: Models and Numerical Techniques

by Vincent Guinot

This book presents the physical principles of wave propagation in fluid mechanics and hydraulics. The mathematical techniques that allow the behavior of the waves to be analyzed are presented, along with existing...

Mechanical and Electromagnetic Vibrations and Waves

by Tamer Bécherrawy

Dealing with vibrations and waves, this text aims to provide understanding of the basic principles and methods of analysing various physical phenomena.

The content includes the general properties of propagation,...

Solid State Physics

by Henry Ehrenreich & Frans Spaepen

Solid State Physics, Volume 51 continues the serial's tradition of excellence by focusing on the optical and electronic properties and applications of semiconductors. All of the topics in this volume are at...

Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection

by Syed Naeem Ahmed

This book presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and...

Radiation in Art and Archeometry

by D.C. Creagh & D.A. Bradley

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This book contains twenty chapters covering a wide range of research in the fields of scientific conservation of art and archaeometry. The common thread is...

Optical Diagnostics for Thin Film Processing

by Irving P. Herman

This volume describes the increasing role of in situ optical diagnostics in thin film processing for applications ranging from fundamental science studies to process development to control during manufacturing....

Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow

by R. Peter King

Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow provides essential information on the the solution of practical fluid flow and fluid transportation problems through the application of fluid dynamics.

Emphasising the solution...