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Describes principles and phenomena at a down-to-earth level Fundamental principles are subjected to unusual searching scrutiny, which will enhance both the reader´s understanding and critical faculty ...

Broad coverage Physically intuitive arguments No advanced formal methods New perspectives on well-worn results Incorporates exciting recent topics (e.g."supersolids", the BEC- BCS crossover).

Offers a thorough and modern introduction to the physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and visualization methods of quantum mechanics. Extensive use of modern visualization methods to illustrate...

Written for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Emphasis on physical principles. Unified treatment of polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and amphiphiles. Applications of soft con...

This book is an attempt to explain hardness measurements of metals in terms of some of their more basic physical properties. It does not deal with the atomic and crystalline mechanism of elastic or pl...

Solutions manual available (PDF) from the OUP website All physics explained using mathematics in a clear way. Provides revision of the necessary mathematical concepts needed for a physical science or ...

Climate Physics is a modern subject based on a space-era understanding of the physical properties of the atmosphere and ocean, their planetary-scale history and evolution, new global measurement syste...

This book deals with nuclear and particle physics at an introductory level, giving an up-to-date description of nuclear and particle physics at a level suitable for undergraduates. Since the primary t...

Structure and Dynamics covers the wide range of general principles that govern the behavior of atoms in solids and applies them to the full range of material types known to man. It focuese on the stru...

This text on atomic structure is intermediate in level between purely introductory general texts on ´modern physics´ and advanced specialized treatises.

This is the only book that deals with solid state physics at an introductory level Integration of the problems and the text encourages students to tackle problem solving Includes a compete set of work...

A powerful and relatively new method for extracting detailed crystal structural information from X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data, the Rietveld method attracts a great deal of interest from r...

The second edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date account of the optical physics of solid state materials. The basic principles of absorption, reflection, luminescence, and light s...

Provides an overview of the fast-growing field of atomic physics. Enables readers to get a quick introduction to many important topics in the field. Serves as a gateway to advanced literature on cutti...

Quantum optics, i.e. the interaction of individual photons with matter, began with the discoveries of Planck and Einstein, but in recent years it has expanded beyond pure physics to become an importan...

This book comprises all of John Bell´s published and unpublished papers in the field of quantum mechanics, including two papers that appeared after the first edition was published. It also contains a ...

Recent advances in semiconductor technology have made possible the fabrication of structures whose dimensions are much smaller than the mean free path of an electron. This book gives the first thoroug...

Statistical Physics of Particles - CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Mehran Kardar Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Physics of Foraging An Introduction to Random Searches and Biological Encounters Gandhimohan. M. Viswanathan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Marcos G. E. da Luz, Universidade ...

In The Quantum Theory of Fields, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg combines his exceptional physical insight with his gift for clear exposition to provide a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date ...

The third edition of this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook is suitable for teaching all the mathematics for an undergraduate course in any of the physical sciences. As well as lucid description...

Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past 40 years. The new edition is the first ever th...

This book will strengthen a student’s grasp of the laws of physics by applying them to practical problems that yield more easily to intuitive insight than brute-force methods or complex mathematics. T...

Now in paperback, this book provides an overview of the physics of condensed matter systems. Assuming a familiarity with the basics of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, the book establishes...

Table of contents - Preface; 1. Gauss’s law for electric fields; 2. Gauss’s law for magnetic fields; 3. Faraday’s law; 4. The Ampere-Maxwell law; 5. From Maxwell’s equations to the wave equation; Appe...

Aimed at advanced undergraduates with background knowledge of classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, this textbook presents both the particle dynamics relevant to general relativity, and t...

The study of the electronic structure of materials is at a momentous stage, with new algorithms and computational methods and rapid advances in basic theory. Many properties of materials can now be de...

Vectors and tensors are among the most powerful problem-solving tools available, with applications ranging from mechanics and electromagnetics to general relativity. Understanding the nature and appli...