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  • Practical Alchemy: A Memoir

    by Walter A Harrison ...
    Writing a memoir was not only an interesting experience for this Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University, but it also provided him an opportunity to revisit his past with his sons. The author graduated from Cornell in 1953 in Engineering Physics and received his PhD in Physics in 1956 at the University of Illinois. He was then at the General Electric Research Laboratory until 1965, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Applied Quantum Mechanics

    by Walter A Harrison ...
    Quantum mechanics is widely recognized as the basic law which governs all of nature, including all materials and devices. It has always been essential to the understanding of material properties, and as devices become smaller it is also essential for studying their behavior. Nevertheless, only a small fraction of graduate engineers and materials scientists take a course giving a systematic ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Solid State Theory

    by Walter A. Harrison ...
    Series series Dover Books on Physics
    "A well-written text . . . should find a wide readership, especially among graduate students." — Dr. J. I. Pankove, RCA.The field of solid state theory, including crystallography, semi-conductor physics, and various applications in chemistry and electrical engineering, is highly relevant to many areas of modern science and industry. Professor Harrison's well-known text offers an excellent one-year ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids

    The Physics of the Chemical Bond

    by Walter A. Harrison ...
    Series series Dover Books on Physics
    "Should be widely read by practicing physicists, chemists and materials scientists." — Philosophical MagazineIn this comprehensive and innovative text, Professor Harrison (Stanford University) offers a basic understanding of the electronic structure of covalent and ionic solids, simple metals, transition metals, and their compounds. The book illuminates the relationships of the electronic ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Bose–Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases

    by C. J. Pethick, H. Smith ...
    Since an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, predicted by Einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold Bose and Fermi gases has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. This book explains phenomena in ultracold gases from basic principles, without assuming a detailed knowledge of atomic, condensed matter, and nuclear physics. This new ... Read more

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  • Gravitation and Spacetime

    by Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini ...
    The third edition of this classic textbook is a quantitative introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It gently guides students from Newton's gravitational theory to special relativity, and then to the relativistic theory of gravitation. General relativity is approached from several perspectives: as a theory constructed by analogy with Maxwell's electrodynamics, as a ... Read more

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  • Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure - Vol I

    by Gerhard Herzberg ...
    “I have endeavoured to give a presentation which is readable by the beginner in the field and also will be useful to those who do or want to do research work in this field. In order to assist the former, I have frequently made use of small type for those sections that are not necessary for an understanding of the fundamentals. For the benefit of those working in the field, numerous references to ... Read more

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  • Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell

    by Gerald D. Mahan ...
    Series series In a Nutshell
    Covering the fundamentals as well as many special topics of current interest, this is the most concise, up-to-date, and accessible graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics available. Written by Gerald Mahan, a distinguished research physicist and author of an acclaimed textbook on many-particle physics, Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell is the distillation of many years' teaching experience ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Elements of Modern X-ray Physics

    by Jens Als-Nielsen, Des McMorrow ...
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  • Quantum Field Theory

    by Franz Mandl, Graham Shaw ...
    Following on from the successful first (1984) and revised (1993) editions, this extended and revised text is designed as a short and simple introduction to quantum field theory for final year physics students and for postgraduate students beginning research in theoretical and experimental particle physics.The three main objectives of the book are to:Explain the basic physics and formalism of ... Read more

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  • Electrons, Atoms, and Molecules in Inorganic Chemistry

    A Worked Examples Approach

    by Joseph J. Stephanos, Anthony W. Addison ...
    Electrons, Atoms, and Molecules in Inorganic Chemistry: A Worked Examples Approach builds from fundamental units into molecules, to provide the reader with a full understanding of inorganic chemistry concepts through worked examples and full color illustrations. The book uniquely discusses failures as well as research success stories. Worked problems include a variety of types of chemical and ... Read more

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