Physics and Astronomy

Quantum mechanics allows a remarkably accurate description of nature and powerful predictive capabilities. The analyses of quantum systems and thei...

The observational component of astronomy is an exciting and vital part of any astrophysics degree. With the advent of low-cost astronomical cameras...

Albert Einstein is often viewed as the icon of genius, and his theories are admired for their beauty and correctness. Yet the final judge of any th...

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Physics, the fundamental science of matter and energy, encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the...

This textbook examines the Hamiltonian formulation in classical mechanics with the basic mathematical tools of multivariate calculus. It explores t...

Universe by Robert M. Geller and Roger Freedman strikes the right balance between scientific rigor and student comprehension and excitement.

Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, g...

We live in a world of waves. The Earth shakes to its foundations, the seas and oceans tremble incessantly, sounds reverberate through land, sea, an...

How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origin...

Covering topics of radio astronomy, this book contains graduate-level problems with carefully presented solutions. The problems are arranged follow...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a scientific discipline which is found at the intersection of fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Linguist...

Gravity is one of the four fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It also has the distinction of being the oldest, weakest, and most diffic...

Physics World's 'Book of the Year' for 2016 An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory, now also available ...

Astrophysics is the physics of the stars, and more widely the physics of the Universe. It enables us to understand the structure and evolution of p...

This 6th edition of “Tools of Radio Astronomy”, the most used introductory text in radio astronomy, has been revised to reflect the current state o...

Popular science readers and students of the physical sciences, engineering, and associated fields of study.

This book emphasises both experimental and theoretical aspects of surface, interface and thin-film physics. As in previous editions the preparation...

The study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. Using modern scientific techniques, material...

This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history o...

Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiology is that it see...

Magnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as a great healer, ...

“Telescopes and Techniques” has proved itself in its first edition, having become probably one of the most widely used astronomy texts, both for nu...

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific ...

Among the many laws of science, there are four laws that direct and constrain everything that happens in the Universe. From the sudden expansion of...

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some ca...

This book is the most comprehensive publication on MWP technology and MWP-OES analytical spectrometry with an emphasis on practical issues.

Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime...

100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bi...

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition wa...

Physical Relativity explores the nature of the distinction at the heart of Einstein's 1905 formulation of his special theory of relativity: that be...

Exploring a principal means of understanding the Sun's atmosphere, its ultraviolet and soft X-ray emission, this book includes a list of emission l...

The introduction of innovative light sources, fibre laser sources and light emitting diodes, is opening unexpected perspectives into optical techni...

In this book we share our work with those who are faced with the challenging problem of studying the earth's atmosphere and the interactions betwee...

The concept of entropy arises in diverse branches of science, including physics, where it plays a crucial role. However, the nature of entropy as a...

Two questions guide this seven-year project: First, how can we approach the phenomenon, representation, and interpretation of total solar eclipses?...

Sir J.C. Bose has been resurrected in many fields recently, more than five decades after his death. In the late 1990s, Bose was acknowledged as one...

From nanobots to nanoswarms, the field of nanotechnology has been a staple of science fiction. As this Very Short Introduction shows, the science, ...

This book compactly provides the fundamentals of experimental physics for students of the natural sciences who are taking physics as a minor or maj...

This introduction to nuclear physics and particle physics provides an accessible and clear treatment of the fundamentals. The text is written from ...

A Modern Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is suitable for undergraduate students with some background knowledge of the subject and for gra...

This book provides a clear understanding of quantum mechanics (QM) by developing it from fundamental postulates in an axiomatic manner, as its cent...

This molecular dynamics textbook takes the reader from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics and vice versa, and from few-body systems to many-b...

Ever wonder why soap bubbles become invisible right before they pop? Or why lenses are so blue they look purple? How is it possible to image black ...

A systematic study of Physics at 10+2 level, premedical test, IIT (JEE), first year B.E./B.Tech. course, National Eligibility Test (NET) and civil ...

A systematic study of Physics at 10+2 level, premedical test, IIT (JEE), first year B.E./B.Tech. course, National Eligibility Test (NET) and civil ...

Nanotechnology is the design, fabrication and application of nanostructures or nanomaterials, and fundamental understanding of the relationships be...