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Electromagnetic Field Theory Fundamentals
By Bhag Singh Guru, Hüseyin R. Hiziroğlu. 2004
Guru and Hiziroglu have produced an accessible and user-friendly text on electromagnetics that will appeal to both students and professors…
teaching this course. This lively book includes many worked examples and problems in every chapter, as well as chapter summaries and background revision material where appropriate. The book introduces undergraduate students to the basic concepts of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, before moving on to cover Maxwell's equations, propagation, transmission and radiation. Chapters on the Finite Element and Finite Difference method, and a detailed appendix on the Smith chart are additional enhancements. MathCad code for many examples in the book and a comprehensive solutions set are available at www. cambridge. org/0521830168.The Principia: The Authoritative Translation
By Sir Isaac Newton. 1999
In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical…
terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our space vehicles. This authoritative, modern translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, the first in more than 285 years, is based on the 1726 edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms. Newton's principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. A great work in itself, the Principia also revolutionized the methods of scientific investigation. It set forth the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican system of the world as emended by Kepler, thus effectively ending controversy concerning the Copernican planetary system. The translation-only edition of this preeminent work is truly accessible for today's scientists, scholars, and students.Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
By Lewis Dartnell. 2007
Astrobiology, the study of life and its existence in the universe, is now one of the hottest areas of both…
popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and geology. In this masterful introduction, Lewis Dartnell explores its latest findings, and explores some of the most fascinating questions in science. What actually is 'life'? Could it exist on other planets? Could alien cells be based on silicon rather than carbon, or need ammonia instead of water? Introducing some of the most extreme lifeforms on Earth - those thriving in boiling acid or huddled around deep-sea volcanoes - Dartnell takes us on a tour of the universe to reveal how deeply linked we are to our cosmic environment, and shows why the Earth is so uniquely suited for the development of life.In the Light of Science
By Demetris Nicolaides. 2014
The birth of science in ancient Greece had a historical impact that is still being felt today. Physicist Demetris Nicolaides…
examines the epochal shift in thinking that led pre-Socratic philosophers of the sixth and fifth centuries BCE to abandon the prevailing mythologies of the age and, for the first time, to analyze the natural world in terms of impersonal, rationally understood principles. He argues not only that their conceptual breakthroughs anticipated much of later science but that scientists of the twenty-first century are still grappling with the fundamental problems raised twenty-five hundred years ago.Looking at the vast sweep of human history, the author delves into the factors that led to the birth of science: urbanization, the role of religion, and in Greece a progressive intellectual curiosity that was unafraid to question tradition. Why did the first scientific approach to understanding the world take place in Greece? The author makes a convincing case that, aside from factors of geography and politics, the power of the Greek language and a cultural proclivity for critical thinking played a large role. In the Light of Science is a unique approach to the history of science revealing the important links between the ancient past and the present scientific endeavor to understand the universe.The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
By James Kakalios. 2010
In the pulp magazines and comics of the 1950s, it was predicted that the future would be one of gleaming…
utopias, with flying cars, jetpacks, and robotic personal assistants. Obviously, things didn't turn out that way. But the world we do have is actually more fantastic than the most outlandish predictions of the science fiction of the mid-20th century. The World Wide Web, pocket-sized computers, mobile phones and MRI machines have changed the world in unimagined ways. In The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, James Kakalios uses examples from comics and magazines to explain how breakthroughs in quantum mechanics led to such technologies. The book begins with an overview of speculative science fiction, beginning with Jules Verne and progressing through the space adventure comic books of the 1950s. Using the example of Dr. Manhattan from the graphic novel and film Watchmen, Kakalios explains the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, and describes nuclear energy via the hilarious portrayals of radioactivity and its effects in the movies and comic books of the 1950s. Finally, he shows how future breakthroughs will make possible ever more advanced medical diagnostic devices - and perhaps even power stations on the moon that can beam their power to earth.Alpha & Omega
By Charles Seife. 2003
The science of cosmology is on the brink of a evolution. Astronomers and physicists are beginning to answer the ultimate…
questions that have plagued humanity since prehistory: how was the universe born and how will it end?In just a few years' time, the scientists will ahieve their goal. Already they have glimpsed if the universe; now they are peering into its grave and staring at the face of God. When results from experiments currently being conducted all over the world finally come together, the findings will constitute one of the greatest moments in science - as great as the deciphering of the human genome. ALPHA AND OMEGA tells the story of this 'cosmological revolution and of the scientists who are bringing it about. From mythological origins of the universe to a look at the theories of Aristotle, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler and Newton, Seife takes us on a gallop across time - and introduces us to the newest figures on the trail: galaxy-hunters and microwave- eavesdroppers, gravity theorists and atom- smashers. He discusses dark matter, dark energy and the particle zoo, and reveals bitter rivalries between brilliant minds pushed to the fringes of science. As we come nearer to an understanding of how the universe began, so we can see where it will all end. Alpha and Omega makes cutting-edge science crystal clear, and provides fascinating, lucid explanations of some of the most stunning scientific ideas of our time.Grundlagen der elektromagnetischen Feldtheorie: Maxwellgleichungen, Lösungsmethoden und Anwendungen
By Harald Klingbeil. 2018
Die Konzeption und Stoffauswahl dieser Einführung in die mathematischen Grundlagen der elektromagnetischen Feldtheorie stellt die Verbindung zwischen Elektrotechnik, Mathematik und…
Physik her. Umfassend, mathematisch präzise und dennoch leicht verständlich gelingt dem Leser mit Hilfe dieses Buchs der behutsame Einstieg in die Tensoranalysis und die Grundlagen der speziellen Relativitätstheorie sowie in die invariante Darstellung der Maxwellgleichungen.Study of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Sector for the LHC
By Rafael L pez. 2017
In this dissertation we revisit the prospects of a strongly interacting theory for the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Sector of…
the Standard Model after the discovery of a Higgs-like boson at 125GeV As the LHC constrains new phenomena near the Higgs mass it is natural to assume that the new scale is of order 1TeV This mass gap might indicate strongly interacting new physics This work is of quite general validity and model independence With only a few parameters at the Lagrangian level multiple channels possibly with new physics resonances are describable and many BSM theories can be treated It will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers and is accessible to newcomers in the field Many calculations are given in full detail and there are ample graphical illustrationsThe History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology)
By Alexander Pechenkin. 2018
This book offers a survey of the historic development of selected areas of chemistry and chemical physics discussing in…
detail the European American and Russian approaches to the development of chemistry Other key topics include the kinetics and non-linear thermodynamics of chemical reactions and mathematical modeling which have found new applications in the theory of dynamical systems The first observations of the periodicity of chemical reactions were lost in the mist of time In the second half of the 19th century the phenomenon of chemical periodicity was studied in relation to electrochemistry solutions and colloids Discovered in the late 19th century Liesegang rings are still enigmatic and remain attractive for researchers However the discovery of the Belousov Zhabotinsky reaction marked the successful culmination of the efforts to find a true chemical oscillatory reaction The book investigates chemical phenomena that were neglected in the past but have been rediscovered placing them into a new conceptual framework For example it notes that William Bray who discovered the first oscillatory homogeneous reaction in 1921 was influenced by the first bio-mathematicians who predicted chemical oscillations in homogeneous systemsScaling
By Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt. 2003
Many phenomena in nature, engineering or society when seen at an intermediate distance, in space or time, exhibit the remarkable…
property of self-similarity: they reproduce themselves as scales change, subject to so-called scaling laws. It's crucial to know the details of these laws, so that mathematical models can be properly formulated and analysed, and the phenomena in question can be more deeply understood. In this 2003 book, the author describes and teaches the art of discovering scaling laws, starting from dimensional analysis and physical similarity, which are here given a modern treatment. He demonstrates the concepts of intermediate asymptotics and the renormalisation group as natural attributes of self-similarity and shows how and when these notions and tools can be used to tackle the task at hand, and when they cannot. Based on courses taught to undergraduate and graduate students, the book can also be used for self-study by biologists, chemists, astronomers, engineers and geoscientists.Ultrathin Carbon-Based Overcoats for Extremely High Density Magnetic Recording
By Reuben Yeo. 2017
This book presents the latest research in ultrathin carbon-based protective overcoats for high areal density magnetic data storage systems …
with a particular focus on hard disk drives HDDs and tape drives These findings shed new light on how the microstructure and interfacial chemistry of these sub-20 nm overcoats can be engineered at the nanoscale regime to obtain enhanced properties for wear thermal and corrosion protection which are critical for such applications Readers will also be provided with fresh experimental insights into the suitability of graphene as an atomically-thin overcoat for HDD media The easy readability of this book will appeal to a wide audience ranging from non-specialists with a general interest in the field to scientists and industry professionals directly involved in thin film and coatings researchSolving Crimes with Physics (Solving Crimes With Science: Forensics #12)
By William Hunter. 2014
Most people cringe when they hear the word physics. Physics is a very technical science that most people rely on…
every day, but do not really care to understand. Things work, and that is enough for most of us. Solving Crimes with Physics delves into the use of this challenging science to give readers a basic understanding of how the principles of physics can be used to solve crimes. From ballistics to bomb blasts, the knowledge of the theories of physics are powerful tools in the hands of a skilled forensic scientist.The Riddle of the Rhine
By Victor Lefebure.
The Cambridge Companion to Einstein
By Michel Janssen, Christoph Lehner. 2014
This volume is the first systematic presentation of the work of Albert Einstein, comprising fourteen essays by leading historians and…
philosophers of science that introduce readers to his work. Following an introduction that places Einstein's work in the context of his life and times, the book opens with essays on the papers of Einstein's 'miracle year', 1905, covering Brownian motion, light quanta, and special relativity, as well as his contributions to early quantum theory and the opposition to his light quantum hypothesis. Further essays relate Einstein's path to the general theory of relativity (1915) and the beginnings of two fields it spawned, relativistic cosmology and gravitational waves. Essays on Einstein's later years examine his unified field theory program and his critique of quantum mechanics. The closing essays explore the relation between Einstein's work and twentieth-century philosophy, as well as his political writings.Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Particle Groups
By Michael I. Mishchenko. 2006
This self-contained and accessible book provides a thorough introduction to the basic physical and mathematical principles required in studying the…
scattering and absorption of light and other electromagnetic radiation by particles and particle groups. For the first time the theories of electromagnetic scattering, radiative transfer, and weak localization are combined into a unified, consistent branch of physical optics directly based on the Maxwell equations. A particular focus is given to key aspects such as time and ensemble averaging at different scales, ergodicity, and the physical nature of measurements afforded by actual photopolarimeters. Featuring over 120 end-of-chapter exercises, with hints and solutions provided, this clear, one-stop resource is ideal for self-study or classroom use, and will be invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in remote sensing, physical and biomedical optics, optical communications, optical particle characterization, atmospheric physics, and astrophysics.Information and the Nature of Reality
By Paul Davies, Niels Henrik Gregersen. 2010
Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information…
has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and digital information, in order to understand how nature works. Beginning with an historical treatment of the topic, the book also examines physical and biological approaches to information, and its philosophical, theological and ethical implications.Atmospheric Dynamics
By Mankin Mak. 2011
Mankin Mak's textbook provides a self-contained course on atmospheric dynamics. The first half is suitable for senior undergraduates, and develops…
the physical, dynamical and mathematical concepts at the fundamental level. The second half of the book is aimed at more advanced students who are already familiar with the basics. The contents have been developed from many years of the author's teaching at the University of Illinois. Discussions are supplemented with schematics, weather maps and statistical plots of the atmospheric general circulation. Students often find the connection between theoretical dynamics and atmospheric observation somewhat tenuous, and this book demonstrates a strong connection between the key dynamics and real observations. This textbook is an invaluable asset for courses in atmospheric dynamics for advanced students and researchers in atmospheric science, ocean science, weather forecasting, environmental science, and applied mathematics. Some background in mathematics, physics and basic atmospheric science is assumed.Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonder
By Timothy Ferris. 1956
In Seeing in the Dark, a poetic love letter to science and to the skies, Timothy Ferris invites us all…
to become stargazers. He recounts his own experiences as an enthralled lifelong amateur astronomer and reports from around the globe -- from England and Italy to the Florida Keys and the Chilean Andes -- on the revolution that's putting millions in touch with the night sky. In addition, Ferris offers an authoritative and engaging report on what's out there to be seen -- what Saturn, the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, and the Virgo supercluster really are and how to find them. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved in astronomy.Ferris takes us inside a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as lone amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make important discoveries that are the envy of the professionals. His ability to describe the wonders of the universe is simply magical, and his enthusiasm for his subject is irresistible.Lo!
By Charles Fort. 2013
Lo! was Charles Fort's third book. In it Fort examines a multitude of scientific anomalies. Fort is widely credited to…
have coined the now-popular term teleportation in this book, and here he ties his previous statements on what he referred to as the Super-Sargasso Sea into his beliefs on teleportation. He would later expand this theory to include purported mental and psychic phenomena in his fourth and final book, Wild Talents.Source Mechanisms of Earthquakes: Theory and Practice
By Elisa Buforn, Agustín Udías, Agustín Udías Raúl Madariaga, Raúl Madariaga. 2014
This book presents an innovative new approach to studying source mechanisms of earthquakes, combining theory and observation in a unified…
methodology, with a key focus on the mechanics governing fault failures. It explains source mechanisms by building from fundamental concepts such as the equations of elasticity theory to more advanced problems including dislocation theory, kinematic models and fracture dynamics. The theory is presented first in student-friendly form using consistent notation throughout, and with full, detailed mathematical derivations that enable students to follow each step. Later chapters explain the widely-used practical modelling methods for source mechanism determination, linking clearly to the theoretical foundations, and highlighting the processing of digital seismological data. Providing a unique balance between application techniques and theory, this is an ideal guide for graduate students and researchers in seismology, tectonophysics, geodynamics and geomechanics, and a valuable practical resource for professionals working in seismic hazard assessment and seismic engineering.