Physics Books

New and Published Books

1. Ultra-Realistic Imaging

   Advanced Techniques in Analogue and Digital Colour Holography

   By Hans Bjelkhagen, David Brotherton-Ratcliffe

   Ultra-high resolution holograms are now finding commercial and industrial applications in such areas as holographic maps, 3D medical imaging, and consumer devices. Ultra-Realistic Imaging: Advanced Techniques in Analogue and Digital Colour Holography brings together a comprehensive discussion of...

   Published May 19th 2013 by CRC Press
2. XAFS for Everyone

   By Scott Calvin

   XAFS for Everyone provides a practical, thorough guide to x-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) spectroscopy for both novices and seasoned practitioners from a range of disciplines. The text is enhanced with more than 200 figures as well as cartoon characters who offer informative commentary on...

   Published May 19th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Schrödinger's Killer App

   Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer

   By Jonathan P. Dowling

   The race is on to construct the first quantum code breaker, as the winner will hold the key to the entire Internet. From international, multibillion-dollar financial transactions to top-secret government communications, all would be vulnerable to the secret-code-breaking ability of the quantum...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Taylor & Francis
4. Classical Mechanics, Second Edition

   By Tai L. Chow

   Classical Mechanics, Second Edition presents a complete account of the classical mechanics of particles and systems for physics students at the advanced undergraduate level. The book evolved from a set of lecture notes for a course on the subject taught by the author at California State University,...

   Published April 30th 2013 by CRC Press
5. Nanoscale Liquid Interfaces

   Wetting, Patterning and Force Microscopy at the Molecular Scale

   Edited by Thierry Ondarçuhu, Jean-Pierre Aimé

   This book addresses the recent developments in the investigation and manipulation of liquids at the nanoscale. This new field has shown important breakthroughs on the basic understanding of physical mechanisms involving liquid interfaces, which led to applications in nanopatterning. It has also...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
6. Single-Atom Nanoelectronics

   Edited by Enrico Prati, Takahiro Shinada

   Single-Atom Nanoelectronics covers the fabrication of single-atom devices and related technology, as well as the relevant electronic equipment and the intriguing new phenomena related to single-atom and single-electron effects in quantum devices. It also covers the alternative approaches related to...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
7. Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in Chemical Physics

   By Hiroki Nakamura, Gennady Mil'nikov

   Quantum mechanical tunneling plays important roles in a wide range of natural sciences, from nuclear and solid-state physics to proton transfer and chemical reactions in chemistry and biology. Responding to the need for further understanding of multidimensional tunneling, the authors have recently...

   Published April 11th 2013 by CRC Press
8. Mathematics and Music

   Composition, Perception, and Performance

   By James S. Walker, Gary Don

   At first glance, mathematics and music seem to be from separate worlds—one from science, one from art. But in fact, the connections between the two go back thousands of years, such as Pythagoras’s ideas about how to quantify changes of pitch for musical tones (musical intervals). Mathematics and...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
9. Method in the Physical Sciences

   By G Schlesinger

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   Originally published in 1963. Can one discern certain regularities in the manoeuvrings and techniques employed by scientists and can these be formulated into the methodological principles of science? What is the origin and basis of such principles? Are they imposed by objective realities, do they...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
10. Handbook of Micromechanics and Nanomechanics

    Edited by Shaofan Li, Xin-Lin Gao

    This book presents the latest developments and applications of micromechanics and nanomechanics. It particularly focuses on some recent applications and impact areas of micromechanics and nanomechanics that have not been discussed in traditional micromechanics and nanomechanics books on...

    Published April 7th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing