Physics and Astronomy

The book contains a variety of problems, selected from the books by renowned authorities on the subject and also from different engineering entranc...

The world would be a very different place if it were not for Albert Einstein. Like Newton and Galileo before him, this remarkable scientist changed...

The book contains a variety of problems, selected from the books by renowned authorities on the subject and also from different engineering entranc...

This book is a gentle introduction for all those wishing to learn about modern views of the cosmos. Our universe originated in a great explosion – ...

About the Book What is the smallest thing we can see? The fundamental limit on the size of an object that can be visualized with a light microscope...

About the Book What is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and futu...

This textbook summarizes the course of engineering mechanics, designed for one or two semesters, at the undergraduate or graduate level for a range...

About the Book The Universal Force conveys the excitement of science and nature's mysteries. It describes gravitation as seen by examining the achi...

About the Book The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth - providing the warm radiation and light which allowed com...

About the Book Kepler's essay, On the Six-Cornered Snowflake, provides the first published evidence of the ideas of regular arrangements and close-...

About the Book The Origins of Life and the Universe is the culmination of a university science professor's search for understanding and is based on...

About the Book The fifth edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion's famous guide to the night sky is updated for planet positions and forthcoming ecli...

About the Book A thorough introduction to modern classical and quantum optics, appropriate for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduates. The ...

About the Book This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the...

About the Book Meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession that it was impossible to count them; at times the sky seemed full of them, and the...

About the Book This course-tested primer provides graduate students and non-specialists with a basic understanding of the concepts and methods of s...

About the Book This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way and offers the unique feature of having more than 200 problems with de...

About the Book Soft matter science is concerned with soft materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams, and has emerged as a ri...

About the Book * pick a project you'll enjoy * create a great experiment * organize your data * design a winning backboard * and more Your all-in...

About the Book The wide media coverage of the Voyager spaceprobe's 1989 encounter with the moons of Neptune confirmed once again the keen public in...

The plain-English guide to understanding quantum physics Mastering quantum physics is no easy feat, but with the help of Quantum Physics For Dummi...

About the Book Quantum and Classical Connections in Modeling Atomic, Molecular and Electrodynamic Systems is intended for scientists and graduate s...

About the Book What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Which properties give you the best chance of winning at Monopoly? And why is it alw...

This textbook introduces the theories and practical procedures used in planetary spacecraft navigation. Written by a former member of NASA's Jet Pr...

About the Book Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment examines the processes whereby plants monitor environmental condi...

This well-known introductory textbook gives a uniform presentation of nuclear and particle physics from an experimental point of view. The first p...

About the Book Our Worlds provides a rare insider look into the universe and planetary science during the current golden age of space exploration. ...

About the Book Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health c...

About the Book Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the...

About the Book An insider's look at the science of near-Earth comets and asteroids Of all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth...

About the Book Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profou...

About the Book In recent years an enormous amount of cosmological data has come from well known projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) a...

About the Book The Minority Game is a physicist's attempt to explain market behaviour by the interaction between traders. With a minimal set of ing...

About the Book MECHANICS OF FLUIDS presents fluid mechanics so that students gain an understanding of and an ability to analyze the important pheno...

About the Book Kimchi's characters talk about themselves in an idiomatic, uninhibited language, sometimes coarse, sometimes violent. The rough forc...

About the Book What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of u...

About the Book An isotope is a variant form of a chemical element, containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Most elements exist as...

Written by a highly experienced author, this book fills the need for an accessible approach to grasping and working with the concepts of quantum th...

About the Book 1 Introductory concepts 1.1 Basic ingredients 1.1.1 Typical scales 1.1.2 Perspectives on the structure of matter (contains spoilers)...

About the Book Provides a balanced, university-level introduction to both particle physics and astroparticle physics Updated to reflect the most re...

This textbook provides the basic theoretical and practical knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics. It provides an overview from classical astronom...

About the Book In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, popular science writer John Gribben tells the story of our growing understanding of gal...

Fundamentals Of Mechanics by Chandra, Cambridge University Press, 2013, Paperback, 9789382993407

This book is dedicated to readers who want to learn fluid dynamics from the beginning. It assumes a basic level of mathematics knowledge that would...

About the Book Eyes on the Universe is an illustrated history of the telescope, beginning with pre-telescopic observatories and the refractors of G...