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This short primer offers non-specialist readers a concise yetcomprehensive introduction to the field of classical fluids - providing bothfundamental…
information and a number of selected topics to bridge the gapbetween the basics and ongoing research In particular hard-sphere systems represent a favorite playground instatistical mechanics both in and out of equilibrium as they represent thesimplest models of many-body systems of interacting particles and at highertemperature and densities they have proven to be very useful as referencesystems for real fluids Moreover their usefulness in the realm of softcondensed matter has become increasingly recognized - for instance theeffective interaction among sterically stabilized colloidal particles can betuned to almost perfectly match the hard-sphere model These lecture notes present a brief self-contained overview ofequilibrium statistical mechanics of classical fluids with specialapplications to both the structural and thermodynamic properties of systemsmade of particles interacting via the hard-sphere potential or closely relatedmodel potentials In particular it addresses the exact statistical-mechanicalproperties of one-dimensional systems the issue of thermodynamic in consistency among different routes in the context of several approximatetheories and the construction of analytical or semi-analytical approximationsfor the structural properties Written pedagogically at the graduate level with many figures tables photographs and guided end-of-chapter exercises this introductory textbenefits students and newcomers to the field alikeBy Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw. 2011
Qu es la f sica cu ntica C mo nos ayuda a…
entender el mundo D nde deja a Newton y a Einstein Y sobre todo por qu podemos estar seguros de que es una buena teor a Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw ofrecen un modelo concreto de la naturaleza que es comparable en esencia a las leyes del movimiento de Newton la teor a electromagn tica de Maxwell y la teor a de la relatividad de Einstein A trav s de analog as con la vida cotidiana que demuestran que los extra os fen menos cu nticos tienen una explicaci n logran transformar principios cient ficos fundamentales en algo fascinante y accesible a todo el mundo Un recorrido por la teor a cient fica actual de la materia que permite explicar las sorprendentes propiedades de las part culas subat micas o por qu si los tomos est n pr cticamente vac os no atravesamos el suelo que est bajo nuestros pies Un libro que rompe todas las reglas de la ciencia divulgativa The Economist Brian Cox y Jeff Forshaw comparten la cualidad poco com n de hacer accesible un tema complicado El libro es una obra de arte del pensamiento cient fico moderno que bien merece la atenci n del lector San Francisco Book Review Si est s interesado en el mundo real y quieres leer una extraordinaria introducci n al mayor logro de la humanidad en los ltimos cien a os coge este libro l elo despacio digi relo int gralo en tu vida y tu vida cambiar para mejor The Huffington PostThis thesis describes the physics and computational aspects of an end-to-end simulator to predict the performance of a Space-based Far…
Infrared Interferometer The present thesis also includes the science capabilities and instrumental state-of-the art The latter is the ambitious next step which the Far-Infrared Astrophysical community needs to take to improve in anyway on the results of the most recent and current space telescopes in this wavelength region This thesis outlines the requirements involved in such a mission and describes the most promising technique to capture most of the astrophysical information by combining spectroscopy to spatial interferometer The simulation of such a system is extremely complex requiring multiple Fourier transforms each of which is subject to instrument non-idealities and appropriate optimization techniques As a conclusion the thesis provides an example of the basic performance achievable with such an instrument when targeting a young star formation regionBy Evan Moffic. 2017
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 28.8px; text-indent: -24.0px; font:…
13.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; font-kerning: none} span.s3 {font: 9.0px 'Times New Roman'; font-kerning: none} At age 30 Evan Moffic became the leader of a large congregation. He had great success. But he couldn't find happiness. Then he found a 2000-year-old prayer. In it were hidden elements of Jewish wisdom. They became a part of his life and those of his congregation and transformed them and him.What if we had a clear path to follow when life disappointed us? What if we had a time-tested guide for a life of deeper meaning and happiness? That is what Rabbi Moffic discovered in an ancient Jewish prayer.Based on ten practices any person can follow, the prayer has helped thousands of people-couples, teenagers, empty nesters struggling with loss, divorce, and ruptured relationships-find renewed meaning and purpose in their lives.Moffic discovered the power of the prayer when he was called to become the youngest rabbi to lead a large US synagogue at just thirty years of age. The prayer became his guidepost, providing him with the wisdom to lead beyond his years. By incorporating the power of this prayer into his life and using it to guide his congregation and community, he became known as "the smiling rabbi."In the tradition of Rabbi Harold Kushner, Rabbi Evan Moffic opens up the Jewish wisdom tradition with insights for today. Drawing from interactions with thousands of congregants, as well as his own experience; relating stories of real people; providing accessible commentary from contemporary psychologists; and sprinkling in warm humor, this rabbi of a new generation reveals the means and meaning of joyous living that will appeal to everyone. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 28.8px; text-indent: -24.0px; font: 13.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; font-kerning: none} span.s3 {font: 9.0px 'Times New Roman'; font-kerning: none}By Edgar A. Kraut. 1995
Indispensable for students of modern physics this text provides the necessary background in mathematics for the study of electromagnetic…
theory and quantum mechanics Clear discussions explain the particulars of vector algebra matrix and tensor algebra vector calculus functions of a complex variable integral transforms linear differential equations and partial differential equations This volume collects under one cover the mathematical ideas formerly available only by taking many separate courses It offers in-depth treatments with a minimum of mathematical formalism Suitable for students of physics allied sciences and engineering its only prerequisites are a course in introductory physics and a course in calculus Examples at the end of each chapter reinforce many important techniques developed in the text and numerous graded problems make this volume suitable for independent studyBy John Lippold, Thomas Boellinghaus, Carl Cross. 2016
This is the fourth volume inthe well-established series of compendiums devoted to the subject of weld hotcracking It…
contains the papers presented at the 4th InternationalCracking Workshop held in Berlin in April 2014 In the context of thisworkshop the term cracking refers to hot cracking in the classical andprevious sense but also to cold cracking stress-corrosion cracking andelevated temp solid-state cracking A variety of different crackingsubjects are discussed including test standards crack prediction weldabilitydetermination crack mitigation stress states numerical modelling andcracking mechanisms Likewise many different alloys were investigatedsuch as aluminum alloys copper-aluminum dissimilar metal austenitic stainlesssteel nickel base alloys duplex stainless steel creep resistant steel andhigh strength steelBy Maurice A de Gosson. 2016
This book presents a comprehensive mathematical study ofthe operators behind the Born-Jordan quantization scheme The Schr dinger…
andHeisenberg pictures of quantum mechanics are equivalent only if the Born-Jordanscheme is used Thus Born-Jordan quantization provides the only physicallyconsistent quantization scheme as opposed to the Weyl quantization commonlyused by physicists In this book we develop Born-Jordan quantization from anoperator-theoretical point of view and analyze in depth the conceptualdifferences between the two schemes We discuss various physically motivatedapproaches in particular the Feynman-integral point of view One important andintriguing feature of Born-Jordan quantization is that it is not one-to-one there are infinitely many classical observables whose quantization is zeroBy Anatoliy Malyarenko, Martin Ostoja-Starzewski, Amirhossein Amiri-Hezaveh. 2020
Random fields are a necessity when formulating stochastic continuum theories. In this book, a theory of random piezoelectric and piezomagnetic…
materials is developed. First, elements of the continuum mechanics of electromagnetic solids are presented. Then the relevant linear governing equations are introduced, written in terms of either a displacement approach or a stress approach, along with linear variational principles. On this basis, a statistical description of second-order (statistically) homogeneous and isotropic rank-3 tensor-valued random fields is given. With a group-theoretic foundation, correlation functions and their spectral counterparts are obtained in terms of stochastic integrals with respect to certain random measures for the fields that belong to orthotropic, tetragonal, and cubic crystal systems. The target audience will primarily comprise researchers and graduate students in theoretical mechanics, statistical physics, and probability.By Alan Montefiore. 2011
As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very…
different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carried with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view, emphasized by his studies in philosophy, according to which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact-whatever the alleged facts may be-to "judgments of value." According to this second view, individuals must in the end take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations.In this book, Montefiore looks back on his attempts to understand the nature of this conflict and the misunderstandings it may engender. In the process, he illustrates through personal experience the practical implications of a characteristically philosophical issue. Montefiore finally settles on the following: while everyone has to accept that facts, including those of their own situation, are whatever they may be, both the "traditional" assumption that individuals must recognize certain values and obligations as rooted in those very facts, and the contrary view that individuals are ultimately responsible for determining their own values, are deeply embedded in differing conceptions of society and its relation to its members. Montefiore then examines the misunderstandings between those for whom identity constitutes in effect a conceptual bridge connecting the facts of who and what a person may be to the value commitments incumbent upon them, and those for whom the very idea of such a bridge can be nothing but a confusion. Using key examples from the notoriously vexed case of Jewish identity and from his own encounters with its conflicting meanings and implications, Montefiore depicts the practical significance of the differences between these worldviews, particularly for those who hove to negotiate them.By Judith Butler. 2012
Judith Butler follows Edward Said's late suggestion that through a consideration of Palestinian dispossession in relation to Jewish diasporic traditions…
a new ethos can be forged for a one-state solution. Butler engages Jewish philosophical positions to articulate a critique of political Zionism and its practices of illegitimate state violence, nationalism, and state-sponsored racism. At the same time, she moves beyond communitarian frameworks, including Jewish ones, that fail to arrive at a radical democratic notion of political cohabitation. Butler engages thinkers such as Edward Said, Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi, Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin, and Mahmoud Darwish as she articulates a new political ethic. In her view, it is as important to dispute Israel's claim to represent the Jewish people as it is to show that a narrowly Jewish framework cannot suffice as a basis for an ultimate critique of Zionism. She promotes an ethical position in which the obligations of cohabitation do not derive from cultural sameness but from the unchosen character of social plurality. Recovering the arguments of Jewish thinkers who offered criticisms of Zionism or whose work could be used for such a purpose, Butler disputes the specific charge of anti-Semitic self-hatred often leveled against Jewish critiques of Israel. Her political ethic relies on a vision of cohabitation that thinks anew about binationalism and exposes the limits of a communitarian framework to overcome the colonial legacy of Zionism. Her own engagements with Edward Said and Mahmoud Darwish form an important point of departure and conclusion for her engagement with some key forms of thought derived in part from Jewish resources, but always in relation to the non-Jew.Butler considers the rights of the dispossessed, the necessity of plural cohabitation, and the dangers of arbitrary state violence, showing how they can be extended to a critique of Zionism, even when that is not their explicit aim. She revisits and affirms Edward Said's late proposals for a one-state solution within the ethos of binationalism. Butler's startling suggestion: Jewish ethics not only demand a critique of Zionism, but must transcend its exclusive Jewishness in order to realize the ethical and political ideals of living together in radical democracy.By Rabindra N. Mohapatra. 2021
Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem…
to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all. Tiny and weakly interacting this subatomic particle may be, but this book will show you just how crucial a role it has played in the evolution of the elements in the universe, and eventually, ourselves.We first start with an introduction to the basics of subatomic physics, including brief backgrounds on the discoveries that set the stage for major 20th century advances. The author, a distinguished theoretical physicist who has researched neutrinos for over thirty years, next explains in nontechnical language how and why the neutrino fits into the wider story of elementary particles. Finally, the reader will learn about the latest discoveries in the past half century of neutrino studies. This semi-popular science book will appeal to any physics students or non-specialist physicists who wish to know more about the neutrino and its role in the evolution of our universe.By Giuseppe Mussardo. 2020
Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories. Collected here…
are twenty-six among the most enchanting tales, one for each letter of the alphabet: the main characters are scientists of the highest caliber most of whom, however, are unknown to the general public.This book goes from A to Z. The letter A stands for Abel, the great Norwegian mathematician, here involved in an elliptic thriller about a fundamental theorem of mathematics, while the letter Z refers to Absolute Zero, the ultimate and lowest temperature limit, - 273,15 degrees Celsius, a value that is tremendously cooler than the most remote corner of the Universe: the race to reach this final outpost of coldness is not yet complete, but, similarly to the history books of polar explorations at the beginning of the 20th century, its pages record successes, failures, fierce rivalries and tragic desperations. In between the A and the Z, the other letters of the alphabet are similar to the various stages of a very fascinating journey along the paths of science, a journey in the company of a very unique set of characters as eccentric and peculiar as those in Ulysses by James Joyce: the French astronomer who lost everything, even his mind, to chase the transits of Venus; the caustic Austrian scientist who, perfectly at ease with both the laws of psychoanalysis and quantum mechanics, revealed the hidden secrets of dreams and the periodic table of chemical elements; the young Indian astrophysicist who was the first to understand how a star dies, suffering the ferocious opposition of his mentor for this discovery. Or the Hungarian physicist who struggled with his melancholy in the shadows of the desert of Los Alamos; or the French scholar who was forced to hide her femininity behind a false identity so as to publish fundamental theorems on prime numbers. And so on and so forth.Twenty-six stories, which reveal the most authentic atmosphere of science and the lives of some of its main players: each story can be read in quite a short period of time -- basically the time it takes to get on and off the train between two metro stations. Largely independent from one another, these twenty-six stories make the book a harmonious polyphony of several voices: the reader can invent his/her own very personal order for the chapters simply by ordering the sequence of letters differently. For an elementary law of Mathematics, this can give rise to an astronomically large number of possible books -- all the same, but - then again - all different. This book is therefore the ideal companion for an infinite number of real or metaphoric journeys.By Jesús Pérez Ríos. 2020
This book provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an overview of the fundamentals of cold and ultracold chemistry. Beginning…
with definitions of what cold and ultracold temperatures mean in chemistry, the book then takes the student through the essentials of scattering theory (classical and quantum mechanical), light-matter interaction, reaction dynamics and Rydberg physics. The author aims to show the reader the richness of the topic while motivating students to understand the fundamentals of these intriguing reactions and underlying connecting relationships. Including material which was previously only found in specialized review articles, this book provides students working in the fields of ultracold gases, chemical physics and physical chemistry with the tools they need to immerse themselves in the realm of cold and ultracold chemistry. This book opens up the exciting chemical laws which govern chemistry at low temperatures to the next generation of researchers.By Liang Wang, Jianhua Yao, Bo Li. 2021
Two typical hybrid laser surface modification processes, i.e. electro/magnetic field aided laser process and supersonic laser deposition technology, are introduced…
in the book, to solve the common problems in quality control and low efficiency of the laser-only surface modification technology, high contamination and high consumption of the traditional surface modification technology. This book focuses on the principle, characteristics, special equipment, process and industrial applications of the hybrid laser surface modification processes based on the recent research results of the author’s group, and provides theoretical guidance and engineering reference for the researchers and engineers engaging in the field of surface engineering and manufacturing.By Charis Anastopoulos. 2008
Particle or Wave is the first popular-level book to explain the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter…
and the controversies surrounding them. The dichotomy between particle and wave reflects a dispute--whether the universe's most elementary building blocks are discrete or continuous in nature--originating in antiquity when philosophers first speculated about the makeup of the physical world. Charis Anastopoulos examines two of the earliest known theories about matter--the atomic theory, which attributed all physical phenomena to atoms and their motion in the void, and the theory of the elements, which described matter as consisting of the substances earth, air, fire, and water. He then leads readers up through the ages to the very frontiers of modern physics to reveal how these seemingly contradictory ideas still lie at the heart of today's continuing debates. Anastopoulos explores the revolutionary contributions of thinkers like Nicolas Copernicus, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. He shows how Einstein's ideas about relativity unify opposing concepts by identifying matter with energy, and how quantum mechanics goes even further by postulating the coexistence of the particle and the wave descriptions. Anastopoulos surveys the latest advances in physics on the fundamental structure of matter, including the theories of quantum fields and elementary particles, and new cutting-edge ideas about the unification of all forces. This book reveals how the apparent contradictions of particle and wave reflect very different ways of understanding the physical world, and how they are pushing modern science to the threshold of new discoveries.By Todd Presner. 2007
Though the history of the German railway system is often associated with the transportation of Jews to labor and death…
camps, Todd Presner looks instead to the completion of the first German railway lines and their role in remapping the cultural geography and intellectual history of Germany's Jews. Treating the German railway as both an iconic symbol of modernity and a crucial social, technological, and political force, Presner advances a groundbreaking interpretation of the ways in which mobility is inextricably linked to German and Jewish visions of modernity. Moving beyond the tired model of a failed German-Jewish dialogue, Presner emphasizes the mutual entanglement of the very categories of German and Jewish and the many sites of contact and exchange that occurred between German and Jewish thinkers.Turning to philosophy, literature, and the history of technology, and drawing on transnational cultural and diaspora studies, Presner charts the influence of increased mobility on interactions between Germans and Jews. He considers such major figures as Kafka, Heidegger, Arendt, Freud, Sebald, Hegel, and Heine, reading poetry next to philosophy, architecture next to literature, and railway maps next to cultural history. Rather than a conventional, linear history that culminates in the tragedy of the Holocaust, Presner produces a cultural mapping that articulates a much more complex story of the hopes and catastrophes of mobile modernity. By focusing on the spaces of encounter emblematically represented by the overdetermined triangulation of Germans, Jews, and trains, he introduces a new genealogy for the study of European and German-Jewish modernity.This book is a rich source of information on design research and solutions for the support and development of space…
missions. International experiences and researches are presented in order to cast light on the role of space design in improving living and working conditions in outer space and to highlight the particularities of the necessary design skills, taking into account specific requirements and constraints. The challenge facing designers is how to approach environmentally extreme conditions in such a way that they are transformed from limitations into opportunities. The author has herself developed products that have been tested during on-orbit experiments on the International Space Station. Drawing on this unique experience and other case studies, the author proposes a new design methodology for space and demonstrates how the discipline of design is able to generate innovation thanks to the strong capacity of visioning. Ultimately this will lead to the development of further new equipment for astronauts that will facilitate space travel. While the book is intended primarily for students and researchers, it is also of interest for a broad readership attracted by space, innovation, and future scenarios.By Robert Conte, Micheline Musette. 2020
This book, now in its second edition, introduces the singularity analysis of differential and difference equations via the Painlevé test…
and shows how Painlevé analysis provides a powerful algorithmic approach to building explicit solutions to nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations. It is illustrated with integrable equations such as the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the Korteweg-de Vries equation, Hénon-Heiles type Hamiltonians, and numerous physically relevant examples such as the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, the Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piskunov equation, and mainly the cubic and quintic Ginzburg-Landau equations. Extensively revised, updated, and expanded, this new edition includes: recent insights from Nevanlinna theory and analysis on both the cubic and quintic Ginzburg-Landau equations; a close look at physical problems involving the sixth Painlevé function; and an overview of new results since the book’s original publication with special focus on finite difference equations. The book features tutorials, appendices, and comprehensive references, and will appeal to graduate students and researchers in both mathematics and the physical sciences.By Thomas F. George, Wolfgang Hübner, Guo-Ping Zhang, Georgios Lefkidis, Mitsuko Murakami. 2021
This book, the first of this kind, provides a comprehensive introduction to ultrafast phenomena, covering the fundamentals of ultrafast spin…
and charge dynamics, femtosecond magnetism, all-optical spin switching, and high-harmonic generation. It covers the experimental tools, including ultrafast pump-probe experiments, and theoretical methods including quantum chemistry and density functional theory, both time-independent and time-dependent. The authors explain in clear language how an ultrafast laser pulse is generated experimentally, how it can induce rapid responses in electrons and spins in molecules, nanostructures and solids (magnetic materials and superconductors), and how it can create high-harmonic generation from atoms and solids on the attosecond timescale. They also show how this field is driving the next generation of magnetic storage devices through femtomagnetism, all-optical spin switching in ferrimagnets and beyond, magnetic logic in magnetic molecules, and ultrafast intense light sources, incorporating numerous computer programs, examples, and problems throughout, to show how the beautiful research can be done behind the scene. Key features: · Provides a clear introduction to modern ultrafast phenomena and their applications in physics, chemistry, materials sciences, and engineering. · Presents in detail how high-harmonic generation occurs in atoms and solids. · Explains ultrafast demagnetization and spin switching, a new frontier for development of faster magnetic storage devices. · Includes numerous worked-out examples and problems in each chapter, with real research codes in density functional theory and quantum chemical calculations provided in the chapters and in the Appendices. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers in physics, chemistry, biology, materials sciences, and engineering.By Volker Hahn. 2020
Nicht zu kommunizieren ist nicht möglich, und gut zu kommunizieren ist nicht einfach. Fachexpertise allein reicht jedenfalls nicht aus, um…
verständlich zu erklären, souverän vorzutragen und erfolgreich in den Medien aufzutreten. Dabei bergen wissenschaftliche Themen ganz spezifische Herausforderungen. Verbale Wissenschaftskommunikation ist eine Querschnittsaufgabe aus den Bereichen Strategie, Formulieren (Erklären und Erzählen), Rhetorik und Körpersprache. Für alle diese Bereiche vermittelt das Buch praktische Tipps mit zahlreichen Beispielen aus der Praxis. Es hilft Ihnen, zur „souveränen Expertin“ oder zum souveränen Experten zu werden – in (Medien-)Interviews, in Vorträgen, Gesprächen und Diskussionsrunden. 77 kurze und voneinander unabhängige Tipps machen das Buch ideal für die Lektüre zwischendurch.