Archive for June, 2008

Ultrasonic Methods for Materials and Structure Inspection (Instrumentation & Measurement Series (ISTE)) - Tribikram Kundu

Title: Ultrasonic Methods for Materials and Structure Inspection (Instrumentation & Measurement Series (ISTE))
Author: Tribikram Kundu
Pages: 432 pages
Publisher: ISTE Publishing Company (January 29, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 190520969X
ISBN-13: 978-1905209699

Book Description
Leading experts weigh in on new developments in ultrasonic research—including ultrasonic NDE and other areas that go beyond traditional imaging techniques of internal defects—in this informative study. From examining [...]

Ultrasonic and Advanced Methods for Nondestructive Testing and Material Characterization - C. H. Chen

Title: Ultrasonic and Advanced Methods for Nondestructive Testing and Material Characterization
Editor: C. H. Chen
Pages: 684 pages
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 1 edition (May 24, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9812704094
ISBN-13: 978-9812704092

Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces And Membranes - Samuel Safran

Title: Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces And Membranes
Author: Samuel Safran
Pages: 288 pages
Publisher: Westview Press (April 20, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201626330
ISBN-13: 978-0201626339

Book Description
Understanding the structural and thermodynamic properties of surfaces, interfaces, and membranes is important for both fundamental and practical reasons. Complex fluids and solids, important in the development of new materials, cannot be designed using trial [...]

Soft Matter Physics: An Introduction - Maurice Kleman, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Title: Soft Matter Physics: An Introduction
Authors: Maurice Kleman, Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Pages: 648 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387952675
ISBN-13: 978-0387952673

Book Description
Many materials have complex structural and dynamic properties intermediate between those of crystals and fluids. Among these are liquid crystals, with their well-known orientational order; colloids; polymer solutions and melts; foams; and gels; [...]

Polymer Solutions: An Introduction to Physical Properties - Iwao Teraoka

Title: Polymer Solutions: An Introduction to Physical Properties
Author: Iwao Teraoka
Pages: 360 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 1st edition (March 7, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471389293
ISBN-13: 978-0471389293

Book Description
Polymer Solutions: An Introduction to Physical Properties offers a fresh, inclusive approach to teaching the fundamentals of physical polymer science. Students, instructors, and professionals in polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, engineering, materials, and [...]

Photons and Atoms: Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jacques Dupont-Roc, Gilbert Grynberg

Title: Photons and Atoms - Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics
Authors: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jacques Dupont-Roc, Gilbert Grynberg
Pages: 486 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (February 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471184330
ISBN-13: 978-0471184331

Book Description
Photons and Atoms: Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics provides the necessary background to understand the various physical processes associated with photon-atom interactions. It starts with elementary quantum theory and classical electrodynamics and progresses [...]

New Algorithms for Macromolecular Simulation (Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering) - Benedict Leimkuhler, Christophe Chipot, Ron Elber, Aatto Laaksonen, Alan Mark, Tamar Schlick, Christoph Schütte, Robert Skeel

Title: New Algorithms for Macromolecular Simulation (Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering)
Editors: Benedict Leimkuhler, Christophe Chipot, Ron Elber, Aatto Laaksonen, Alan Mark, Tamar Schlick, Christoph Schütte, Robert Skeel
Pages: 367 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 10, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540255427
ISBN-13: 978-3540255420

Book Description
Molecular simulation is a widely used tool in biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. This book [...]

Introduction to Nondestructive Testing: A Training Guide - Paul E. Mix

Title: Introduction to Nondestructive Testing: A Training Guide
Author: Paul E. Mix
Pages: 681 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience; 2 edition (June 3, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471420298
ISBN-13: 978-0471420293

Book Description
This updated Second Edition covers current state-of-the-art technology and instrumentation
The Second Edition of this well-respected publication provides updated coverage of basic nondestructive testing (NDT) principles for currently recognized NDT methods. The book provides [...]

Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond - Max Jammer

Title: Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond
Author: Max Jammer
Pages: 320 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (September 12, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801884225
ISBN-13: 978-0801884221

Book Description
Max Jammer’s Concepts of Simultaneity presents a comprehensive, accessible account of the historical development of an important and controversial concept — which played a critical role in initiating modern theoretical [...]

Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy - Max Jammer

Title: Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy
Author: Max Jammer
Pages: 176 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (December 14, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 069101017X
ISBN-13: 978-0691010175

Book Description
The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject [...]

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