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Hardback. Einstein's theories of relativity piqued public curiosity more than any other mathematical concepts since the time of Isaac Newton. This book addresses his other great theory, that of heat capacity and the Bose-Einstein condensate. It traces the history of radiation and heat capacity theory from the mid-19th century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 74 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118260
- ISBN
- 9780691118260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.20€ 63.58
€ 83.20
€ 63.58
Hardback. Focuses on heat equations associated with non self-adjoint uniformly elliptic operators. This book provides introductory materials for those unfamiliar with the underlying mathematics and background needed to understand the properties of heat equations. It then treats Lp properties of solutions to a wide class of heat equations. Series: London Mathematical Society Monographs. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120164
- ISBN
- 9780691120164
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Condition: New
€ 140.26€ 105.37
€ 140.26
€ 105.37
Paperback. Introduces plasma physics from the ground up, presenting it as a comprehensible field that can be grasped largely on the basis of physical intuition and qualitative reasoning, similar to other fields of physics. This book is intended for graduate students as well as for working astrophysicists. Num Pages: 496 pages, 140 line illus. BIC Classification: PHFP; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120737
- ISBN
- 9780691120737
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Condition: New
€ 109.35€ 82.56
€ 109.35
€ 82.56
Hardback. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals fresh facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Schulmann, Robert; Illy, Jozsef; Kennefick, Daniel J.; Sauer, Tilman. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 776 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120881
- ISBN
- 9780691120881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.36
€ 242.36
Hardback. Presents an understanding of semiconductor-electrolyte interfaces. This is a study of semiconductor-electrolyte interfacial effects, focusing on the physical and electrochemical foundations that affect surface charge, capacitance, conductance, quantum effects, and other properties, both from the point of view of theoretical modeling and metrology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 halftones. 109 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121765
- ISBN
- 9780691121765
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Condition: New
€ 120.53
€ 120.53
Paperback. Though the quarks that make science headlines are typically laboratory creations generated under extreme conditions, most quarks occur naturally. They reside in the protons and neutrons that make up almost all of the universe's known matter. This work explains what these quarks are, how they act, and why physicists believe in them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones. 43 line illus. BIC Classification: PHN; PHP; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122410
- ISBN
- 9780691122410
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Launched in 2001, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) reported its results two years later with a set of observations that added focus, detail, and insight to our fuzzy view of the cosmos. This work tells the story of WMAP and its revelations. It is both a personal and a scientific tale of discovery. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: PGK; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122427
- ISBN
- 9780691122427
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Places thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. This book suggests that many physicists and engineers who have developed the theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123271
- ISBN
- 9780691123271
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Condition: New
€ 92.71€ 70.74
€ 92.71
€ 70.74
Hardback. Explores geochemical kinetics - the application of chemical kinetics to geological problems. This book examines advanced theories developed by geochemists, such as nonisothermal kinetics and inverse theories, including geochronology (isotopic dating), thermochronology (temperature-time history), and geospeedometry (cooling rates). Num Pages: 664 pages, 5 halftones. 141 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: PHH; PNRW; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 187 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124322
- ISBN
- 9780691124322
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Condition: New
€ 136.74
€ 136.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 101 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: MBG; PHVD; PHVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 263 x 21. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125862
- ISBN
- 9780691125862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.15€ 67.89
€ 89.15
€ 67.89
Hardback. Develops a general analysis and synthesis framework for impulsive and hybrid dynamical systems. This book is written from a system-theoretic point of view and is intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners of engineering and applied mathematics as well as computer scientists, physicists, and other scientists. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 61 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PBW; PHH; PHS; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127156
- ISBN
- 9780691127156
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Condition: New
€ 129.56€ 97.24
€ 129.56
€ 97.24
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Presents letters written by Einstein's sons, the adolescent Hans Albert and little Eduard, and numerous letters written by Einstein to his cousin and future second wife Elsa Einstein. Combined with correspondence with his close friend Heinrich Zangger, this supplementary correspondence provides details of Einstein's private life. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Sauer, Tilman; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Illy, Jozsef; Holmes, Virginia Iris. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: GBC; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128252
- ISBN
- 9780691128252
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Condition: New
€ 243.81
€ 243.81
Paperback. Offers advanced graduate students and researchers with a text that discusses the dynamic electromagnetism of the cosmos - that is, the vast magnetic fields that are carried bodily in the swirling ionized gases of stars and galaxies and throughout intergalactic space. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 line illus. BIC Classification: PHK; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128412
- ISBN
- 9780691128412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.20€ 64.02
€ 83.20
€ 64.02
Hardback. The physics of neutrinos - uncharged elementary particles that are key to helping us better understand the nature of our universe. This title shows how studies of neutrinos produced by such phenomena as cosmic rays in the atmosphere and nuclear reactions in the solar interior to provide striking evidence that neutrinos have mass. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 halftones. 51 line illus. BIC Classification: PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128535
- ISBN
- 9780691128535
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Condition: New
€ 140.26€ 105.41
€ 140.26
€ 105.41
Hardback. Offers a unified treatment of wave propagation in electronic and electromagnetic systems and introduces readers to the essentials of the transfer matrix method, an analytical tool that can be used to model and study an array of problems pertaining to wave propagation in electrons and photons. Num Pages: 376 pages, 75 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130033
- ISBN
- 9780691130033
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Condition: New
€ 129.56€ 97.58
€ 129.56
€ 97.58
Paperback. Quantum mechanics describes the behavior of subatomic particles. Since its inception, physicists and philosophers have struggled to work out the meaning of quantum mechanics. This book sets out what we know about the quantum world, how we came to this understanding, where we disagree, and where we are heading in our quest to comprehend it. Translator(s): Malsbary, Gerald. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 halftones.135 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130378
- ISBN
- 9780691130378
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Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.00
€ 53.49
€ 42.00
Hardback. Presenting a survey of key topics in computational physics, this work includes discussions of visualization tools, wavelet analysis, molecular dynamics, and computational fluid dynamics. It also includes a CD-ROM with supplementary materials, including Java, Fortran, and C programs. Num Pages: 688 pages, 190 line illus. BIC Classification: PH; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131375
- ISBN
- 9780691131375
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Condition: New
€ 140.26€ 105.01
€ 140.26
€ 105.01
Hardback. Explains the origins and development of modern physical concepts about matter. This book examines two of the earliest known theories about matter - the atomic theory, which attributed all physical phenomena to atoms and their motion in the void, and the theory of the elements, which described matter as consisting of earth, air, fire, and water. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 halftones. 61 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: PHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135120
- ISBN
- 9780691135120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.15
€ 53.49
€ 42.15
Hardback. Introduces undergraduate students to engineering dynamics. Combining the strengths of both beginner and advanced dynamics texts, this book spans the full range of mechanics problems, from one-dimensional particle kinematics to three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics, including an introduction to Lagrange's and Kane's methods. Num Pages: 704 pages, 328 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PHV; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 184 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135373
- ISBN
- 9780691135373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.92€ 85.45
€ 112.92
€ 85.45