Physics
The Quantum Ten
A Story of Passion, Tragedy, Ambition, and Science
$29.95
Hardback,
May 2008
ISBN13: 9780195369090ISBN10: 0195369092
A gripping account of the creation of a troubled new science, arising out of a dramatic conflict that climaxed at the pivotal Solvay Conference of 1927
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Archimedes to Hawking
Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them
$27.95
Hardback,
Mar 2008
ISBN13: 9780195336115ISBN10: 0195336119
A fascinating account of some of the greatest ideas--and greatest thinkers--of history, recounted in an engaging blend of science and biography. List of scientist profiled include Edwin Hubble, Archimedes and Sir Isaac Newton.
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The Mental Aftermath
The Mentality of German Physicists 1945-1949
$60.00
Hardback,
Jul 2007
ISBN13: 9780199205660ISBN10: 0199205663
The perspective of emigré physicists, as reflected in their private letters and reports, embellish this portrait.
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Aperiodic Crystals
From Modulated Phases to Quasicrystals
$180.00
Hardback,
Jun 2007
ISBN13: 9780198567776ISBN10: 0198567774
This book has a prerequisite a knowledge of the fundamental properties of crystallography and the theory of condensed matter, and covers the literature at the forefront of the field.
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Strengthening Mechanisms in Crystal Plasticity
$99.00
Hardback,
Sep 2007
ISBN13: 9780198516002ISBN10: 0198516002
The form of coverage is intended to inspire students or professional practitioners in the field to develop their own models of similar or related phenomena and,finally, engage in more advanced computational simulations, guided by the book.
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Electrons and Ions in Liquid Helium
$165.00
Hardback,
Jul 2007
ISBN13: 9780199213603ISBN10: 0199213607
This book is a comprehensive review of experiments and theories about the transport properties of charge carriers in liquid helium. This is a subject about which no such other reviews are devoted.
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