Physics category: 13946 books
by Ajith Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
One of the prominent research areas in science that have gained a lot of attention of the scientific community as well as that of the general public is the study of the basic structure of matter.‘Elementary particle physics’ as it is called is a balancing act of theoretical predictions and experimental...
Statistical Physics
An Advanced Approach with Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The application of statistical methods to physics is essential. This unique book on statistical physics offers an advanced approach with numerous applications to the modern problems students are confronted with. Therefore the text contains more concepts and methods in statistics than the student would...
Physics
Investigate the Forces of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Have you ever noticed that the physical world works in certain ways? Skateboarders use force and motion to perform tricks. If you jump up as high as you can, you'll quickly fall back to the ground. Baseball players use gravity to bring the ball back down when they throw it. When you flip a switch,...
by Jim Breithaupt
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Understand Physics gives you a solid understanding of the key skills and ideas that run through the subject. You will explore the important concepts of force and motion, electricity, light, molecules, matter and space and discover the frontiers of physics. With numerous questions, answers and worked...
by Nick England, Steve Witney
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE
Subject: Physics
First Teaching: September 2016
First Exam: June 2018
AQA approved.
Apply and develop your students' knowledge and understanding of Physics with this textbook that builds mathematical skills, provides practical assessment guidance and supports all...
by Arthur Baillie
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
A full course textbook for the new National 5 Physics syllabus, endorsed by SQA!
This book is designed to act as a valuable resource for pupils studying National 5
Physics. It provides a core text which adheres closely to the SQA syllabus, with
each section of the book matching a unit of the...
Starlight
An Introduction to Stellar Physics for Amateurs
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal the temperatures, masses, luminosities...
Physics of the Soul
The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation, and Immortality
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
At last, science and the soul shake hands. Writing in a style that is both lucid and charming, mischievous and profound, Dr. Amit Goswami uses the language and concepts of quantum physics to explore and scientifically prove metaphysical theories of reincarnation and immortality.
In Physics...
Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt
And Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
What does quilting have to do with electric circuit theory? The answer is just one of the fascinating ways that best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin illustrates the deep interplay of math and physics in the world around us in his latest book of challenging mathematical puzzles, Mrs. Perkins's...
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II
The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic...
by Albert Einstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no formal introduction, as he is known around the world as one of historys most brilliant geniuses and one of its most influential scientists. Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to...
by Albert Einstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) needs no formal introduction, as he is known around the world as one of historys most brilliant geniuses and one of its most influential scientists. Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to...
Quantum Physics: A First Encounter : Interference, Entanglement, and Reality
Interference, Entanglement, and Reality
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2006
Quantum physics is often perceived as a weird and abstract theory, which physicists must use in order to make correct predictions. But many recent experiments have shown that the weirdness of the theory simply mirrors the weirdness of phenomena: it is Nature itself, and not only our description of...
by Max Planck
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
In 1909 the great German physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Planck (1858–1947) delivered a series of eight lectures at Columbia University giving a fascinating overview of the new state of physics, which he had played a crucial role in bringing about.
The first, third, fifth, and sixth lectures...