| |
| |
Click the serial number on the left to view the details of the item. |
| # |
Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
| 81 |
Capek, Vladislav |
Challenges to The Second Law of Thermodynamics |
I06901 |
2005 |
eBook |
|
| 82 |
Kox, A.J |
The Universe of General Relativity |
I06895 |
2005 |
eBook |
|
| 83 |
Satz, Helmut |
Ultimate Horizons |
I06590 |
2013 |
eBook |
|
| 84 |
Falkenburg, Brigitte |
Why More Is Different |
I06504 |
2015 |
eBook |
|
| 85 |
Kuehn, Kerry |
A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts |
I06498 |
2015 |
eBook |
|
| 86 |
Figari, Rodolfo |
Quantum Dynamics of a Particle in a Tracking Chamber |
I06447 |
2014 |
eBook |
|
| 87 |
Plotnitsky, Arkady |
Niels Bohr and Complementarity |
I06339 |
2012 |
eBook |
|
| 88 |
Jaeger, Gregg |
Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics |
I06253 |
2009 |
eBook |
|
| 89 |
Mittelstaedt, Peter |
Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics |
I06243 |
2011 |
eBook |
|
| 90 |
DeWitt-Morette, C??cile |
The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity |
I06227 |
2011 |
eBook |
|
|
|
81.
  |
 |
| Title | Challenges to The Second Law of Thermodynamics : Theory and Experiment |
| Author(s) | Capek, Vladislav;Sheehan, Daniel P |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2005. |
| Description | XVI, 356 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The second law of thermodynamics is considered one of the central laws of science, engineering and technology. For over a century it has been assumed to be inviolable by the scientific community. Over the last 10-20 years, however, more than two dozen challenges to it have appeared in the physical literature - more than during any other period in its 150-year history. The number and variety of these represent a cogent threat to its absolute status. This is the first book to document and critique these modern challenges. Written by two leading exponents of this rapidly emerging field, it covers the theoretical and experimental aspects of principal challenges. In addition, unresolved foundational issues concerning entropy and the second law are explored. This book should be of interest to anyone whose work or research is touched by the second law |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402030161 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Physics, general
9. QUANTUM OPTICS
10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06901 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
82.
 |
|
| Title | The Universe of General Relativity |
| Author(s) | Kox, A.J;Eisenstaedt, Jean |
| Publication | Boston, MA, 1. Birkh??user Boston
2. Imprint: Birkh??user, 2005. |
| Description | X, 383 p. 17 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume from the Einstein Studies Series is based largely on papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002. These contributions from notable experts offer both new and historical insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science. Topics discussed include the prehistory of special relativity, early attempts at a relativistic theory of gravitation, the beginnings of general relativity, the problem of motion in the context of relativity, conservation laws, the axiomatization of relativity, classical and contemporary cosmology, gravitation and electromagnetism, quantum gravity, and relativity as seen through the eyes of the public and renowned relativists. Contributors: K. Brading; G. Gale; H.F.M. Goenner; J. Goldberg; S. Katzir; D. Kennefick; H. Kragh; C. Lehner; U. Majer; J. Mattingly; E.T. Newman; J.D. Norton; J. Renn; R. Rynasiewicz; J.M. S??nchez-Ron; T. Sauer; C. Smeenk; J. Stachel; M. Wazeck; and D. W??nsch |
| ISBN,Price | 9780817644543 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Elementary particles (Physics)
5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
6. GRAVITATION
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. PHILOSOPHY
9. Philosophy and science
10. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
11. Philosophy, general
12. PHYSICS
13. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
14. QUANTUM PHYSICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06895 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
83.
|
|
| Title | Ultimate Horizons : Probing the Limits of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Satz, Helmut |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | XII, 172 p. 68 illus., 53 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever beyond our reach, hidden by truly ultimate horizons. Such regions exist in those remote parts of the universe where, from our point of view, space expands faster than the speed of light. They are found in black holes, where the gravity is strong enough to retain even light within its field of attraction. And in the realm of the very small, quarks must remain forever confined to their world of extreme density and can never be removed from it. The aim of this book is to describe these ultimate horizons, how they were discovered, how they shape our view of the world, and what clues we have about a world beyond them |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642416576 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Elementary particles (Physics)
7. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
8. EPISTEMOLOGY
9. Philosophy and science
10. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06590 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
84.
|
|
| Title | Why More Is Different : Philosophical Issues in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems |
| Author(s) | Falkenburg, Brigitte;Morrison, Margaret |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. |
| Description | X, 280 p. 21 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The physics of condensed matter, in contrast to quantum physics or cosmology, is not traditionally associated with deep philosophical questions. However, as science - largely thanks to more powerful computers - becomes capable of analysing and modelling ever more complex many-body systems, basic questions of philosophical relevance arise. Questions about the emergence of structure, the nature of cooperative behaviour, the implications of the second law,?? the quantum-classical transition and many other issues. This book is a collection of essays by leading physicists and philosophers. Each investigates one or more of these issues, making use of examples from modern condensed matter research.?? Physicists and philosophers alike will find surprising and stimulating ideas in these pages |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662439111 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. CONDENSED MATTER
3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. Philosophy and science
9. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10. PHYSICS
11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
12. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06504 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
85.
|
|
| Title | A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume II: Space, Time and Motion |
| Author(s) | Kuehn, Kerry |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2015. |
| Description | XXVI, 380 p. 79 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a chronological introduction to the science of motion and rest based on the reading and analysis of significant portions of Galileo???s Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Pascal???s Treatise on the Equilibrium of Fluids and the Weight of the Mass of Air, Newton???s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, and Einstein???s Relativity. Each chapter begins with a short introduction followed by a reading selection. Carefully crafted study questions draw out key points in the text and focus the reader???s attention on the author???s methods, analysis and conclusions. Numerical and laboratory exercises at the end of each chapter test the reader???s ability to understand and apply key concepts from the text.?? Space, Time and Motion is the second of four volumes in A Student???s Guide through the Great Physics Texts. This book grew out of a four-semester undergraduate physics curriculum designed to encourage a critical and circumspect approach to natural science, while at the same time preparing students for advanced coursework in physics.???? This book is particularly suitable as a college-level textbook for students of the natural sciences, history or philosophy. It also serves as a textbook for advanced high-school students, or as a thematically-organized source-book for scholars and motivated lay-readers. In studying the classic scientific texts included herein, the reader will be drawn toward a lifetime of contemplation |
| ISBN,Price | 9781493913664 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. SCIENCE EDUCATION
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06498 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
86.
|
|
| Title | Quantum Dynamics of a Particle in a Tracking Chamber |
| Author(s) | Figari, Rodolfo;Teta, Alessandro |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. |
| Description | IX, 101 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the original formulation of quantum mechanics the existence of a precise border between a microscopic world, governed by quantum mechanics, and a macroscopic world, described by classical mechanics was assumed. Modern theoretical and experimental physics has moved that border several times, carefully investigating its definition and making available to observation larger and larger quantum systems. The present??book examines a paradigmatic case of the transition from quantum to classical behavior:??A quantum particle is revealed in a tracking??chamber as a trajectory obeying the laws of classical mechanics. The authors??provide here??a purely quantum-mechanical description of??this behavior, thus helping to illuminate the nature of the border between the quantum and the classical |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642409165 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. Particle acceleration
5. Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
6. Philosophy and science
7. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
8. PHYSICS
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06447 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
87.
|
|
| Title | Niels Bohr and Complementarity : An Introduction |
| Author(s) | Plotnitsky, Arkady |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XXI, 199 p. 2 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book offers a discussion of Niels Bohr???s conception of ???complementarity,??? arguably his greatest contribution to physics and philosophy. By tracing Bohr???s work from his 1913 atomic theory to the introduction and then refinement of the idea of complementarity, and by explicating different meanings of ???complementarity??? in Bohr and the relationships between it and Bohr???s other concepts, the book aims to offer a contained and accessible, and yet sufficiently comprehensive account of Bohr???s work on complementarity and its significance |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461445173 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. Philosophy and science
5. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
6. PHYSICS
7. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory
8. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
10. STRING THEORY
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06339 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
88.
|
|
| Title | Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Jaeger, Gregg |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XIV, 307 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book explores the nature of quantum entanglement and quantum information and their role in the quantum world. Their relations to a number of key experiments and thought experiments in the history of quantum physics are considered, as is a range of interpretations of quantum mechanics that have been put forward as a means of understanding the fundamental nature of microphysics - the traditionally accepted domain of quantum mechanics - and in some cases, the universe as a whole. In this way, the book reveals the deep significance of entanglement and quantum information for our understanding of the physical world. This book is a major accomplishment and invaluable contribution -- Arkady Plotnitsky An encyclopedic treatment of conceptual quantum mechanics as seen from a very up-to-date point of view --Tom Toffoli A mine of ideas for physicists, philosophers, and all intellectuals interested in this scientific revolution -- Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540921288 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Elementary particles (Physics)
4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
8. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
9. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics
10. QUANTUM PHYSICS
11. SPINTRONICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06253 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
89.
|
|
| Title | Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics |
| Author(s) | Mittelstaedt, Peter |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2011. |
| Description | XII, 126 p. 22 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Newton???s classical physics and its underlying ontology are loaded with several metaphysical hypotheses that cannot be justified by rational reasoning nor by experimental evidence. Furthermore, it is well known that some of these hypotheses are not contained in the great theories of modern physics, such as the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. This book shows that, on the basis of Newton???s classical physics and by rational reconstruction, the theory of relativity as well as quantum mechanics can be obtained by partly eliminating or attenuating the metaphysical hypotheses. Moreover, it is shown that these reconstructions do not require additional hypotheses or new experimental results |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400700772 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06243 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
90.
| |
| Title | The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity : Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004 |
| Author(s) | DeWitt-Morette, C??cile |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
| Description | XII, 151 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | 1946 is the year Bryce DeWitt entered Harvard graduate school. Quantum Gravity was his goal and remained his goal throughout his lifetime until the very end. The pursuit of Quantum Gravity requires a profound understanding of Quantum Physics and Gravitation Physics. As G. A. Vilkovisky commented , "Quantum Gravity is a combination of two words, and one should know both. Bryce understood this as nobody else, and this wisdom is completely unknown to many authors of the flux of papers that we see nowadays." Distingished physicist Cecile DeWitt-Morette skillfully blends her personal and scientific account with a wealth of her late husband's often unpublished writings on the subject matter. This volume, through the perspective of the leading researcher on quantum gravity of his generation, will provide an invaluable source of reference for anyone working in the field. "I found the book both instructive and fascinating. Bryce DeWitt and C??cile DeWitt-Morette formed the most creative couple in physics that I have ever read about, heard about or, in this case, been privileged to know. Bryce started work on the problem of quantum gravity in the late 1940s, long before it became fashionable, and continued to make trail-blazing contributions until his death. C??cile, superbly trained and gifted in mathematics as well as physics, made many contributions to other fields of physics and also collaborated with Bryce from time to time. Now she has memorialized him in a way that only she could, framing the documented story of his lifelong quest with an account from her unique vantage point. Fortunately, this includes a discussion of functional integration, a field in which her work is of fundamental significance." John Stachel, Director, Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University These wonderful memoirs were produced by DeWitt???s partner-in-life-and-science, C??cile Morette (??pouse DeWitt).?? They contain extracts of DeWitt???s own writings, many of them gems, embedded in an expository matrix crafted by Morette that makes the gems shine more brightly.?????? We see Morette making the foundations of DeWitt???s physics (functional integrals) mathematically reliable, we catch brief glimpses of their life together, but mostly we see DeWitt???s seminal ideas and discoveries about the laws of nature, placed in a historical and philosophical context.?? Besides compelling pieces aimed at specialists, these memoirs also contain treasures that will delight and inform the more general reader:?? Why Physics? (a letter from DeWitt to?? his grandson about the nature of physics and mathematics, and physicists and mathematicians);?? documents in which DeWitt transforms a wealthy entrepreneur???s passion for anti-gravity aircraft into a passion for fundamental physics;?? the history of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for the wave function of the universe, the history of the Many Worlds (parallel-universes) interpretation of quantum mechanics, and a carefully crafted letter explaining DeWitt???s view of researchers whom the establishment labels ???crackpots???.?? When I picked up this book, I couldn???t put it down; I read it cover to cover with enjoyment and delight. Kip Thorne , The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology ?? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642142703 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GRAVITATION
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. Philosophy and science
7. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
8. PHYSICS
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I06227 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
| |