General Physics category: 2746 books
George Placzek
A Nuclear Physicist's Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This book presents the first detailed biography of George Placzek — an outstanding physicist, a participant in the Manhattan Project who stood at the very inception of nuclear physics and the subsequent development of the nuclear bomb in the course of the WWII. In the 1930s, George Placzek was known...
Basic Physics of Nanoscience
Traditional Approaches and New Aspects at the Ultimate Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Basic Physics of Nanoscience: Traditional Approaches and New Aspects at the Ultimate Level deals with the description of properties at the Nano level and self-organizing quantum processes of Nano systems. The book presents the state of the art as well as theoretical discussions of future developments,...
Problems and Solutions in Medical Physics
Nuclear Medicine Physics
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The second in a three-volume set exploring Problems and Solutions in Medical Physics, this volume explores common questions and their solutions in Nuclear Medicine. This invaluable study guide should be used in conjunction with other key textbooks in the field to provide additional learning opportunities.
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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research
Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
This book offers a collection of texts by Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker (1912-2007), a major German universal scientist who was a pioneer in physics, philosophy, religion, politics and peace research. He started as an assistant to the physicist, Werner Heisenberg, held professorships in theoretical...
Book Review: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
A summary of humanity’s study of the universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2019
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As its name suggests, A Brief History of Time sets out the history of our understanding of time and the universe around us. In this bestselling...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book explains important theories in wave physics. However, facts presented here are child-friendly in order to encourage active learning. You can read this book for your child or you may allow your little one to read independently. Either way, there shouldn’t be any pressure involved so effective self-pace learning is achieved. Grab a copy now!
The Physics of Life
The Evolution of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
The Physics of Life explores the roots of the big question by examining the deepest urges and properties of living things, both animate and inanimate: how to live longer, with food, warmth, power, movement and free access to other people and surroundings. Bejan explores controversial and relevant...
Quantum Enigma : Physics Encounters Consciousness
Physics Encounters Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
In trying to understand the atom physicists built quantum mechanics the most successful theory in science and the basis of one-third of our economy. They found to their embarrassment that with their theory physics encounters consciousness. Authors Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner explain all this...
Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn
A Father, a Daughter, the Meaning of Nothing, and the Beginning of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
In a memoir of family bonding and cutting-edge physics for readers of Brian Greene’s The Hidden Reality and Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist?, Amanda Gefter tells the story of how she conned her way into a career as a science...
The Theoretical Minimum
What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
A master teacher presents the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics
"Beautifully clear explanations of famously 'difficult' things," --Wall Street Journal
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2013
If you ever regretted not...
Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Imagine, if you can, the world in the year 2100.
In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku—the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible—gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world’s...
by Daniel Fleisch
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
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 application of vectors and tensors is critically important to students of physics and engineering. Adopting...
Routledge Revivals: Easy Lessons in Einstein (1922)
A Discussion of the More Intelligible Features of the Theory of Relativity
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
First published in 1922, this book represents the first attempt to popularise the more accessible aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Eschewing the mathematical components that put the theory beyond many people’s grasp, the author employs metaphorical examples and thought...
Fear of Physics
A Guide for the Perplexed
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2007
Fear of Physics is a lively, irreverent, and informative look at everything from the physics of boiling water to cutting-edge research at the observable limits of the universe. Rich with anecdotes and accessible examples, it nimbly ranges over the tools and thought behind the world of modern physics, taking the mystery out of what is essentially a very human intellectual endeavor.