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• Author(s): A. J. Leggett • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralIs the universe infinite, or does it have an edge beyond which there is, quite literally, nothing? Do we live in the only possible univer...

• Author(s): W. D. McComb • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThis book provides an in-depth look at fluid turbulence: the archetypal non-linear, non-equilibrium problem of statistical physics which h...

• Author(s): David Sherrington | Paul Goldbart | Nigel Goldenfeld • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralOver the course of nearly half a century, Sam Edwards has led the field of condensed matter physic...

• Author(s): Gregory L. Baker | James A. Blackburn • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThe pendulum: a case study in physics is a unique book in several ways. Firstly, it is a comprehensive quantitati...

• Author(s): R. I. G. Hughes • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralR.I.G Hughes presents a series of eight philosophical essays on the theoretical practices of physics. The first two essays examine thes...

• Author(s): Hidetoshi Nishimori • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - Condensed MatterThe present book provides the reader with a general perspective of an interdisciplinary field between statistical physics ...

• Author(s): Jr. Brown Harvey R. • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - RelativityIt is not widely known that Einstein had doubts, increasing with time, about the way he formulated his special theory of relativ...

• Author(s): Ta-Pei Cheng | Ling-Fong Li • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - NuclearStudents of particle physics often find it difficult to locate resources to learn calculational techniques as intermediate ...

• Author(s): Dmitry Budker | Derek F. Kimball | David P. DeMille • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - NuclearThis book provides a bridge between the basic principles of physics learned as an undergraduate and...

• Author(s): S. A. Akhmanov | S. Yu Nikitin • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - Optics & LightBased on a course offered at Moscow State University, this text comprehensively presents the fundamentals of ...

• Author(s): Nancy Cartwright • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - GeneralIn this sequence of philosophical essays about natural science, Nancy Cartwright argues that fundamental explanatory laws, the deepest...

• Author(s): Klaus Wille | Jason McFall • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - NuclearThe complex technology of particle accelerators is based upon a series of simple physical concepts. This introduction to the...

• Author(s): Jeremy Gray • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - Mathematical & ComputationalPhysics was transformed between 1890 and 1930, and this volume provides a detailed history of the era and emphasiz...

• Author(s): Fl Stancu • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - NuclearThis book is a useful and accessible introduction to symmetry principles in particle physics. Concepts of group theory are clearly explained ...

• Author(s): M. J. Kelly | Michael J. Kelly • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - ElectricityOver the last 25 years, the performances of semiconductor devices have improved greatly; this book describes the sci...

• Author(s): J. M. Dixon | Tuszynski | Clarkson • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Waves & Wave MechanicsNonlinear physics has grown from a collection of exotic examples of nonstandard behavior to an all-embracin...

• Author(s): Aristotle | Daniel W. Graham • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThe eighth book of Aristotle's Physics is the culmination of his theory of nature. He discus...

• Author(s): Huw Price | Richard Corry | H. Price • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsIn philosophy as in ordinary life, cause and effect are twin pillars on which much of our thought se...

• Author(s): Victor F. Petrenko | Robert W. Whitworth • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyIce is one of the most abundant and environmentally important materials on Earth, and its unique and in...

• Author(s): Antonio M. Figueiredo Neto | Silvio R. a. Salinas | A. M. Figueiredo Neto • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Physics - CrystallographyThis book gives a comprehensive description of the physical propertie...

• Author(s): Aristotle | Lindsay Judson • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalThe Physics is one of Aristotle's masterpieces--a work of extraordinary intellectual power whi...

• Author(s): Daniel J. Povinelli | Daneil J. Povinelli • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionFrom an early age, humans know a surprising amount about basic physical principles, such a...

• Author(s): Agustin Rayo | Gabriel Uzquiano • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: LogicThe problem of absolute generality has attracted much attention in recent philosophy. Agustin Rayo and Gabriel Uzquiano have assemb...

• Author(s): Andrea Braides • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: CalculusThe theory of Gamma-convergence is commonly recognized as an ideal and flexible tool for the description of the asymptotic behaviour of variation...

• Author(s): Colin Hargreaves • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Mathematics and Statistics • BISAC: EconometricsThis collection of papers explores the major developments in the analysis of non-stationary time series...

• Author(s): Marcia Cavell • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: Mind & BodyMarcia Cavell draws on philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the sciences of the mind in a fascinating and original investigation of human subjec...

• Author(s): Peter Lamarque • Publisher: OUP Oxford • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford • BISAC: AestheticsWork and Object is a study of fundamental questions in the metaphysics of art, notably how works relate to the materials that constitute them. ...