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  • Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe

    Edited by David Sloan, Rafael Alves Batista, Michael Townsen Hicks, Roger Davies ...
    Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contributions from leading researchers in their fields, sheds light on this often used but seldom understood topic. Each chapter reviews a specific subject in modern physics, such as dark energy, inflation, or solar system formation, and discusses whether any ... Read more

    $71.39 USD

  • Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development

    Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Lange Salvia, Rudi W. Pretorius, Luciana Londero Brandli, Evangelos Manolas, Fatima Alves, Ulisses Azeiteiro, Judy Rogers, Chris Shiel, Arminda Do Paco ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book fills an important gap in the literature, and presents contributions from scientists and researchers working in the field of sustainable development who have engaged in dynamic approaches to implementing sustainability in higher education. It is widely known that universities are key players in terms of the implementation and further development of sustainability, with some having the ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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  • Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics in Nanosystems

    by Isaak D. Mayergoyz, Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico ...
    Series series Elsevier Series in Electromagnetism
    As data transfer rates increase within the magnetic recording industry, improvements in device performance and reliability crucially depend on the thorough understanding of nonlinear magnetization dynamics at a sub-nanoscale level. This book offers a modern, stimulating approach to the subject of nonlinear magnetization dynamics by discussing important aspects such as the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Advances in Atomic Physics

    An Overview

    by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, David Guéry-Odelin ...
    “French Nobel Laureate Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is second to none in his understanding of the modern theory and application of atom-photon interactions. He is also known for his lucid and accessible writing style … Advances in Atomic Physics is an impressive and wonderful-to-read reference text … Certainly researchers in the fields of atom-photon interactions and atom traps will want it as a ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Astrophysics through Computation

    With Mathematica® Support

    by Brian Koberlein, David Meisel ...
    This new text surveys a series of fundamental problems in astrophysics, both analytically and computationally, for advanced students in physics and astrophysics. The contents are supported by more than 110 class-tested Mathematica® notebooks, allowing rigorous solutions to be explored in a visually engaging way. Topics covered include many classical and historically interesting problems, enabling ... Read more

    $78.79 USD

  • Advanced Solid State Physics

    by Philip Phillips ...
    Providing an up-to-date and lucid presentation of phenomena across modern advanced-level solid state physics, this new edition builds on an elementary understanding to introduce students to the key research topics with the minimum of mathematics. It covers cutting-edge topics, including electron transport and magnetism in solids. It is the first book to explain topological insulators and strongly ... Read more

    $99.29 USD

  • Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell

    by Carlos A. Bertulani ...
    Series series In a Nutshell
    Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell provides a clear, concise, and up-to-date overview of the atomic nucleus and the theories that seek to explain it. Bringing together a systematic explanation of hadrons, nuclei, and stars for the first time in one volume, Carlos A. Bertulani provides the core material needed by graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics to acquire a solid understanding of ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Structural Methods in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry

    by D. W. H. Rankin, Norbert Mitzel, Carole Morrison ...
    Series series Inorganic Chemistry: A Textbook Series
    Determining the structure of molecules is a fundamental skill that all chemists must learn. Structural Methods in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry is designed to help readers interpret experimental data, understand the material published in modern journals of inorganic chemistry, and make decisions about what techniques will be the most useful in solving particular structural problems.Following a ... Read more

    $62.00 USD

  • Dark Matter, Neutrinos, And Our Solar System

    by Nirmala Prakash ...
    Dark Matter, Neutrinos, and Our Solar System is a unique enterprise that should be viewed as an important contribution to our understanding of dark matter, neutrinos and the solar system. It describes these issues in terms of links, between cosmology, particle and nuclear physics, as well as between cosmology, atmospheric and terrestrial physics. It studies the constituents of dark matter ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Dark Energy

    Theory and Observations

    by Luca Amendola, Shinji Tsujikawa ...
    Dark energy, the mysterious cause of the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the most important fields of research in astrophysics and cosmology today. Introducing the theoretical ideas, observational methods and results, this textbook is ideally suited to graduate courses on dark energy, and will also supplement advanced cosmology courses. Providing a thorough introduction to this ... Read more

    $73.79 USD

  • Black Holes: An Introduction (2nd Edition)

    by Edwin Thomas, Derek J Raine ...
    This introduction to the fascinating subject of black holes fills a significant gap in the literature which exists between popular, non-mathematical expositions and advanced textbooks at the research level. It is designed for advanced undergraduates and first year postgraduates as a useful stepping-stone to the advanced literature.The book provides an accessible introduction to the exact solutions ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Thermodynamics

    by Patrick Jacobs ...
    This textbook on thermodynamics is intended primarily for honours and B. Sc students majoring in physical chemistry. However, students of physics, engineering and biochemistry will also find the book relevant to their studies.Its principal features are a much shorter presentation of the laws of thermodynamics than is customary, made possible by the definition of the thermodynamic scale of ... Read more

    $48.59 USD