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Crowther, Karen |
Effective Spacetime |
I10281 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Kuehn, Kerry |
A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts |
I10276 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Primas, Hans |
Knowledge and Time |
I10262 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Orchiston, Wayne |
John Tebbutt |
I10258 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Cramer, John G |
The Quantum Handshake |
I10248 |
2016 |
eBook |
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| 26 |
Magli, Giulio |
Archaeoastronomy |
I10246 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Franklin, Allan |
The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force |
I10212 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Fano, Guido |
Twenty-First Century Quantum Mechanics: Hilbert Space to Quantum Computers |
I10206 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Wuppuluri, Shyam |
Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding |
I10204 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Elbers, Astrid |
The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands |
I10198 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| Title | Effective Spacetime : Understanding Emergence in Effective Field Theory and Quantum Gravity |
| Author(s) | Crowther, Karen |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | IX, 205 p. 21 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book??discusses??the notion that??quantum gravity may represent the "breakdown" of spacetime at extremely high energy scales. If spacetime does not exist at the fundamental level, then it??has to??be considered??"emergent", in other words an effective structure, valid at low energy scales. The author develops??a conception of emergence appropriate to effective theories in physics, and shows how it applies (or could apply) in various approaches to quantum gravity, including condensed matter approaches, discrete approaches, and loop quantum gravity |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319395081 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. PHYSICS
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| Title | A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts : Volume III: Electricity, Magnetism and Light |
| Author(s) | Kuehn, Kerry |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XXVI, 471 p. 176 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a chronological introduction to the electromagnetic theory of light, using selected extracts from classic texts such as Gilbert???s De Magnete, Franklin???s Experiments and Observations on Electricity, and Huygens??? Treatise on Light. Particular attention is given to the works of Faraday, Maxwell and Heaviside, scientists who unified the formerly separate disciplines of electricity, magnetism and light. Their electromagnetic theory???developed during the 19th century???would lead to the invention of modern radar, electrical power grids, and telecommunication networks. Each chapter of this book 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. Electricity, Magnetism and Light is the third 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 can also serve as a textbook for advanced high-school or home-schooled 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 | 9783319218168 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2. ATOMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. LASERS
7. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
8. Philosophy and science
9. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10. PHOTONICS
11. PHYSICS
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| I10276 |
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| Title | Knowledge and Time |
| Author(s) | Primas, Hans;Atmanspacher, Harald |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XV, 427 p. 38 illus., 10 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This is a unique volume by a unique scientist, which combines conceptual, formal, and engineering approaches in a way that is rarely seen. Its core is the relation between ways of learning and knowing on the one hand and different modes of time on the other. Partial Boolean logic and the associated notion of complementarity are used to express this relation, and mathematical tools of fundamental physics are used to formalize it. Along the way many central philosophical problems are touched and addressed, above all the mind-body problem. Completed only shortly before the death of the author, the text has been edited and annotated by the author's close collaborator Harald Atmanspacher |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319473703 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Cognitive psychology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. EPISTEMOLOGY
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. Philosophy and science
7. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
8. PHYSICS
9. PROBABILITIES
10. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
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| I10262 |
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| Title | John Tebbutt : Rebuilding and Strengthening the Foundations of Australian Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Orchiston, Wayne |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XLVII, 555 p. 262 illus., 111 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account surveying his scientific contributions to astronomy, prefaced with a foreword by Sir Patrick Moore. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Tebbutt was Australia's foremost astronomer. He devoted his time and funds to astronomy, and built a truly international reputation that far surpassed Australia's leading professional astronomers of the day. This book marks the centennial of Tebbutt's death with a major biographical account. Tebbutt's remarkable record of achievement extends over more than half a century. Orchiston's book covers the whole of Tebbutt's career, from his yearly observatory reports and comet discoveries to his time as the first president of Sydney's branch of the British Astronomical Association |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319445212 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Australasian History
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. Islands of the Pacific???History
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. PHYSICS
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| I10258 |
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| Title | The Quantum Handshake : Entanglement, Nonlocality and Transactions |
| Author(s) | Cramer, John G |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XXV, 218 p. 90 illus., 34 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book shines bright light into the dim recesses of quantum theory, where the mysteries of entanglement, nonlocality, and wave collapse have motivated some to conjure up multiple universes, and others to adopt a "shut up and calculate" mentality. After an extensive and accessible introduction to quantum mechanics and its history, the author turns attention to his transactional model. Using a quantum handshake between normal and time-reversed waves, this model provides a clear visual picture explaining the baffling experimental results that flow daily from the quantum physics laboratories of the world. To demonstrate its powerful simplicity, the transactional model is applied to a collection of counter-intuitive experiments and conceptual problems |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319246420 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. PHYSICS
5. Popular Science in Physics
6. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| I10248 |
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| Title | Archaeoastronomy : Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones |
| Author(s) | Magli, Giulio |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XIII, 246 p. 164 illus., 111 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides the first complete, easy to read, up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their religious and symbolic worlds. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which explores the past relations between astronomy and people, power, the afterworld, architecture, and landscape. The fundamentals of archaeoastronomy are then addressed in detail, with coverage of the celestial coordinates; the apparent motion of the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets; observation of celestial bodies at the horizon; the use of astronomical software in archaeoastronomy; and current methods for making and analyzing measurements. The final section reviews what archaeoastronomy can now tell us about the nature and purpose of such sites and structures as Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza, Chichen Itza, the Campus Martius, and the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento. In addition, a set of exercises is provided that can be performed using non-commercial free software, e.g., Google Earth or Stellarium, and will equip readers to conduct their own research. Readers will find the book an ideal introduction to what has become a wide-ranging multidisciplinary science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319228822 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Architectural History and Theory
2. ARCHITECTURE
3. ASTRONOMY
4. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
5. ASTROPHYSICS
6. Cultural heritage
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
10. PHYSICS
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| I10246 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force : Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics |
| Author(s) | Franklin, Allan;Fischbach, Ephraim |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XII, 249 p. 93 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides the reader with a detailed and captivating account of the story where, for the first time, physicists ventured into proposing a new force of nature beyond the four known ones - the electromagnetic, weak and strong forces, and gravitation - based entirely on the reanalysis of existing experimental data. Back in 1986, Ephraim Fischbach, Sam Aronson, Carrick Talmadge and their collaborators proposed a modification of Newton???s Law of universal gravitation. Underlying this proposal were three tantalizing pieces of evidence: 1) an energy dependence of the CP (particle-antiparticle and reflection symmetry) parameters, 2) differences between the measurements of G, the universal gravitational constant, in laboratories and in mineshafts, and 3) a reanalysis of the E??tvos experiment, which had previously been used to show that the gravitational mass of an object and its inertia mass were equal to approximately one part in a billion. The reanalysis revealed that, contrary to Galileo???s position, the force of gravity was in fact very slightly different for different substances. The resulting Fifth Force hypothesis included this composition dependence and also added a small distance dependence to the inverse-square gravitational force. Over the next four years numerous experiments were performed to test the hypothesis. By 1990 there was overwhelming evidence that the Fifth Force, as initially proposed, did not exist. This book discusses how the Fifth Force hypothesis came to be proposed and how it went on to become a showcase of discovery, pursuit and justification in modern physics, prior to its demise. In this new and significantly expanded edition, the material from the first edition is complemented by two essays, one containing Fischbach???s personal reminiscences of the proposal, and a second on the ongoing history and impact of the Fifth Force hypothesis from 1990 to the present. < |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319284125 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAVITATION
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
9. Measurement??????
10. Observations, Astronomical
11. Philosophy and science
12. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
13. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
14. PHYSICS
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| Title | Twenty-First Century Quantum Mechanics: Hilbert Space to Quantum Computers : Mathematical Methods and Conceptual Foundations |
| Author(s) | Fano, Guido;Blinder, S M |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVI, 271 p. 142 illus., 12 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is designed to make accessible to nonspecialists the still evolving concepts of quantum mechanics and the terminology in which these are expressed. The opening chapters summarize elementary concepts of twentieth century quantum mechanics and describe the mathematical methods employed in the field, with clear explanation of, for example, Hilbert space, complex variables, complex vector spaces and Dirac notation, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. After detailed discussion of the Schr??dinger equation, subsequent chapters focus on isotropic vectors, used to construct spinors, and on conceptual problems associated with measurement, superposition, and decoherence in quantum systems. Here, due attention is paid to Bell???s inequality and the possible existence of hidden variables. Finally, progression toward quantum computation is examined in detail: if quantum computers can be made practicable, enormous enhancements in computing power, artificial intelligence, and secure communication will result. This book will be of interest to a wide readership seeking to understand modern quantum mechanics and its potential applications |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319587325 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
4. Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences
5. Mathematical Methods in Physics
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. PHYSICS
8. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
9. Quantum computing
10. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding |
| Author(s) | Wuppuluri, Shyam;Ghirardi, Giancarlo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXIII, 530 p. 51 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this compendium of essays, some of the world???s leading thinkers discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the lens of their own discipline. With an epilogue on the limits of human understanding, this volume hosts contributions from six or more diverse fields. It presumes only rudimentary background knowledge on the part of the reader. Time and again, through the prism of intellect, humans have tried to diffract reality into various distinct, yet seamless, atomic, yet holistic, independent, yet interrelated disciplines and have attempted to study it contextually. Philosophers debate the paradoxes, or engage in meditations, dialogues and reflections on the content and nature of space and time. Physicists, too, have been trying to mold space and time to fit their notions concerning micro- and macro-worlds. Mathematicians focus on the abstract aspects of space, time and measurement. While cognitive scientists ponder over the perceptual and experiential facets of our consciousness of space and time, computer scientists theoretically and practically try to optimize the space-time complexities in storing and retrieving data/information. The list is never-ending. Linguists, logicians, artists, evolutionary biologists, geographers etc., all are trying to weave a web of understanding around the same duo. However, our endeavour into a world of such endless imagination is restrained by intellectual dilemmas such as: Can humans comprehend everything? Are there any limits? Can finite thought fathom infinity? We have sought far and wide among the best minds to furnish articles that provide an overview of the above topics. We hope that, through this journey, a symphony of patterns and tapestry of intuitions will emerge, providing the reader with insights into the questions: What is Space? What is Time? Chapter [15] of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319444185 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. GRAVITATION
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. METAPHYSICS
9. PHYSICS
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| Title | The Rise of Radio Astronomy in the Netherlands : The People and the Politics |
| Author(s) | Elbers, Astrid |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIV, 240 p. 40 illus., 8 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Radio astronomy was born during the Second World War, but as this book explains, the history of early Dutch radio astronomy is in several respects rather anomalous in comparison to the development of radio astronomy in other countries. The author describes how these very differences led the Netherlands to become one of the world leaders in radio astronomy. Dominated by the Leiden astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, the field embarked on an era of success, and to this day, the country still holds this leading position. To tell this story, the book focuses on three key events in the period 1940-1970, namely the construction of the radio telescopes in Kootwijk (1948), in Dwingeloo (1956), and in Westerbork (1970). These projects show that Dutch radio astronomers must not be seen as merely scientists, but also as strategic lobbyists, networkers and organizers in a specific political and economic context. It was in the process of planning, designing and constructing these instruments that the interests of the astronomers, industrial partners, politicians and lobby groups merged to create today's existing research centers for radio astronomy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319490793 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. HISTORY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. PHYSICS
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