Archive for January, 2008
The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama - Zara Houshmand, Arthur Zajonc
Title: The New Physics and Cosmology Dialogues with the Dalai Lama
Authors: Zara Houshmand, Arthur Zajonc
Pages: 264 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 25, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195159942
ISBN-13: 978-0195159943
Book Description
What happens when the Dalai Lama meets with leading physicists and a historian? This book is the carefully edited record of the fascinating discussions at a Mind and [...]
Statistical Physics I: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
Title: Statistical Physics I: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)
Authors: Morikazu Toda, Ryogo Kubo, Nobuhiko Saito, M. Toda, N. Saito
Pages: 252 pages
Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. 1992. Corr. 3rd printing edition (March 18, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540536620
ISBN-13: 978-3540536628
Book Description
Statistical Physics I discusses the fundamentals of equilibrium statistical mechanics, focussing on basic physical aspects. No previous [...]
Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications (Optical Science and Engineering) - Mark G. Kuzyk
Title: Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications (Optical Science and Engineering) - Mark G. Kuzyk
Hardcover: 399 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (September 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1574447068
ISBN-13: 978-1574447064
Review
This book presents a lucid narrative on a broad range of topics pertaining to fundamental physics issues that [...]
Frontiers in Surface Nanophotonics: Principles and Applications (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) - David L. Andrews, Zeno Gaburro
Title: Frontiers in Surface Nanophotonics: Principles and Applications (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)
Authors: David L. Andrews, Zeno Gaburro
Pages: 176 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 19, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387489509
ISBN-13: 978-0387489506
Book Description
The book emphasizes the role of surface effects in optical phenomena in nanoscience from two [...]
Intermediate Quantum Theory of Crystalline Solids (Prentice-Hall physics series) - Alexander O.E. Animalu
Title: Intermediate Quantum Theory of Crystalline Solids (Prentice-Hall physics series)
Author: Alexander O.E. Animalu
Pages: 516 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall (April 1977)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0134707990
ISBN-13: 978-0134707990
Topology, Geometry, and Gauge Fields: Interactions (Applied Mathematical Sciences) - Gregory L. Naber
Title: Topology, Geometry, and Gauge Fields: Interactions (Applied Mathematical Sciences)
Author: Gregory L. Naber
Pages: 464 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (March 10, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387989471
ISBN-13: 978-0387989471
Book Description
This book covers topology and geometry beginning with an accessible account of the extraordinary and rather mysterious impact of mathematical physics, especially gauge theory, on the study of the geometry and [...]
Quantum Theory, Black Holes and Inflation - Ian G. Moss
Title: Quantum Theory, Black Holes and Inflation
Author: Ian G. Moss
Pages: 174 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 19, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471957364
ISBN-13: 978-0471957362
Book Description
Among the most fascinating and rapidly developing areas in modem physics is the study of cosmological phenomena such as black holes, the cosmic microwave background, and the inflationary nature of the universe. Recent theoretical [...]
Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions - Walter Greiner, B. Muller
Title: Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions
Authors: Walter Greiner, B. Muller
Pages: 402 pages
Publisher: Springer; 3rd rev. ed. edition (November 10, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540676724
ISBN-13: 978-3540676720
Book Description
Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions treats the unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions and considers related phenomena. First, the Fermi theory of beta decay is presented, followed by a discussion of parity [...]
An Elementary Primer for Gauge Theory - K. Moriyasu
Title: An Elementary Primer for Gauge Theory
Author: K. Moriyasu
Pages: 177 pages
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (October 31, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9971950839
ISBN-13: 978-9971950835
Review
Although published in 1983, this book predates the discoveries made at CERN of the intermediate vector bosons. This discovery coupled with the discovery of weak neutral currents more than a decade before, solidified the role [...]
A Gauge Theory of Dislocation and Disclinations: Lecture Notes in Physics 174
Title: A Gauge Theory of Dislocation and Disclinations: Lecture Notes in Physics
Authors: Aida Kadic, Dominic G. B. Edelen
Pages: 290 pages
Publisher: Springer-Verlag (March 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387119779
ISBN-13: 978-0387119779