Physics category: 13946 books
Relativistic Quantum Physics
From Advanced Quantum Mechanics to Introductory Quantum Field Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Quantum physics and special relativity theory were two of the greatest breakthroughs in physics during the twentieth century and contributed to paradigm shifts in physics. This book combines these two discoveries to provide a complete description of the fundamentals of relativistic quantum physics,...
Statistical Physics
An Introductory Course
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 1999
This invaluable textbook is an introduction to statistical physics that has been written primarily for self-study. It provides a comprehensive approach to the main ideas of statistical physics at the level of an introductory course, starting from the kinetic theory of gases and proceeding all the...
Breakfast with Einstein
The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Your alarm goes off, and you head to the kitchen to make yourself some toast and a cup of coffee. Little do you know, as you savor the aroma of the steam rising from your cup, that your ordinary morning routine depends on some of the weirdest phenomena ever discovered.
The world of quantum...
by Steven Holzner
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The fun and easy way to get up to speed on the basic concepts of physics
For high school and undergraduate students alike, physics classes are recommended or required courses for a wide variety of majors, and continue to be a challenging and often confusing course.
Physics I For Dummies...
by R.A. Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Physics for O.N.C. Courses is a textbook that aims to serve the specific needs of science and engineering students at Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) level in physics. Topics covered range from surface tension and viscosity to gas laws and the specific heats of gases, sources of sound and sound...
by Max Born
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
First published in English in 1935, this classic treatment is well known to students and teachers of physics around the world. Since its original publication, Professor Born (Nobel laureate, 1954) continually updated the book to incorporate new developments in all branches of physics, particularly...
by Aaron R. Dinner, Stuart A. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Examines the intersection of quantum information and chemical physics
The Advances in Chemical Physics series is dedicated to reviewing new and emerging topics as well as the latest developments in traditional areas of study in the field of chemical physics. Each volume features detailed comprehensive...
Journeys Through the Precision Frontier: Amplitudes for Colliders
TASI 2014Proceedings of the 2014 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
This volume is a compilation of the lectures at TASI 2014. The coverage focuses on modern calculational techniques for scattering amplitudes, and on the phenomenology of QCD in hadronic collisions. Introductions to flavor physics, dark matter, and physics beyond the Standard Model are also provided....
Feynman Lectures Simplified 1A
Basics of Physics & Newton's Laws
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014
As a Caltech undergraduate, I had the amazing opportunity to learn physics directly from the greatest scientist of our age. He had an uncanny ability to unravel the most complex mysteries, reveal the key underlying principles, and provide a profound understanding of nature. His style and enthusiasm...
Advances in Atomic Physics
An Overview
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the spectacular advances seen in atomic physics during the last 50 years. The authors explain how such progress was possible by highlighting connections between developments that occurred at different times. They discuss the new perspectives and the new...
by Walter D. van Suijlekom
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
This book provides an introduction to noncommutative geometry and presents a number of its recent applications to particle physics. It is intended for graduate students in mathematics/theoretical physics who are new to the field of noncommutative geometry, as well as for researchers in mathematics/theoretical...
by Victor F. Weisskopf, John M. Blatt
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
A classic work by two leading physicists and scientific educators endures as an uncommonly clear and cogent investigation and correlation of key aspects of theoretical nuclear physics. It is probably the most widely adopted book on the subject. The authors approach the subject as "the theoretical...
Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse
Debunking Common Misconceptions in Theoretical Physics
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
"Modern physics is rife with provocative and fascinating ideas, from quantum mechanics to the multiverse. But as interesting as these concepts are, they are also easy to understand. This book, written with deft hands by true experts in the field, helps to illuminate some of the most important...
Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics
Multimessenger Astronomy and its Particle Physics Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Starting from an experimental perspective, it provides a unified view of these fields that reflects the very rapid advances being made. This new edition has a number of improvements and has been updated to describe the recent discovery...