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Aaboe, Asger |
Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy |
I11508 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Lind, David A |
The Physics of Skiing |
I11487 |
2004 |
eBook |
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| 33 |
Taroudakis, Michael I |
Inverse Problems in Underwater Acoustics |
I11470 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Fortov, Vladimir E |
High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VII |
I11443 |
2004 |
eBook |
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| 35 |
Reichl, Linda |
The Transition to Chaos |
I11389 |
2004 |
eBook |
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| 36 |
Blackburn, James A |
Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers |
I11368 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Ida, Nathan |
Engineering Electromagnetics |
I11353 |
2000 |
eBook |
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| 38 |
Rossing, Thomas D |
Principles of Vibration and Sound |
I11317 |
2004 |
eBook |
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Mandelis, Andreas |
Diffusion-Wave Fields |
I11203 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Seaborn, James B |
Mathematics for the Physical Sciences |
I11155 |
2002 |
eBook |
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| Title | Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Aaboe, Asger |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2001. |
| Description | XV, 172 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Before streets were brightly illuminated at night, astronomy was accessible to everyone and was a matter of great importance: for divination; for setting appropriate dates for planting, harvest, and festivals; for regulating lives. Phenomena in the heavens are still of great importance to many, and much of the lore of astronomy and astrology dates back to the earliest days of civilization. The astronomy of the ancients is thus of interest not only as history but also as the basis for much of what is known or believed about the heavens today. Because phenomena in the heavens are less familiar today than in earlier eras, this book begins with a brief description of what one can see in the sky on dark nights with the naked eye. It then turns to the astronomy of the Babylonians, who named many of our constellations, who are responsible for many of the fundamental insights of early astronomy, and who married mathematics to astronomy to make it an exact science. A chapter on Greek astronomy discusses various models of planetary motion, showing that the cycles and epicycles used by the Greeks have their modern counterparts in the computations used to compute the ephemeredes listed in the Nautical Almanac. The book then turns to a detailed discussion of Ptolemy's cosmology, the first to include quantitative models in an integral way. Though the Ptolemaic system is now often dismissed as unsound and inefficient, it is in fact a logically pleasing structure which, for more than a millennium, provided a framework for educated people throughout the Christian and Moslem worlds to think about the universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461301097 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | The Physics of Skiing : Skiing at the Triple Point |
| Author(s) | Lind, David A;Sanders, Scott P |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2004. |
| Description | XVIII, 270 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Just over ten years ago when the first drafts of this book were being written, and even more so a few years after that as it was making its way through the publication process, alpine skiing was experiencing what eventually became a complete revolution in equipment and tech?? nique: "shaped" or "parabolic" skis completely took over the market, and even relatively beginning skiers expected to carve graceful turns as they schussed down the slopes. Re-reading our work with an eye to revision, we have been surprised to see how our focus on the physics of skiing in the first edition al?? lowed us to recognize the fundamental importance of what were then quite novel changes in equipment and technique. The essence of the enhancement offered by shaped skis is their greater sidecut radius. Our original discussion (then and now in Chapters 3 and 4) of the crucial role that a ski's sidecut plays in carving a turn caused us to write, for the most part, as if the shaped ski had always been in existence. Sim?? ilarly, our interest in the geometry ofthe sidecut allowed us to discuss snowboards in some detail as well, for the key to their ability to "shred" down the mountain is their deep sidecut |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475743456 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Human physiology
4. PHYSICS
5. Physics, general
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| Title | Inverse Problems in Underwater Acoustics |
| Author(s) | Taroudakis, Michael I;Makrakis, George |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2001. |
| Description | XII, 216 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Inverse problems have a long history in acoustics, optics, electromagnetics and geophysics, but only recently have the signals provided by ocean acoustic sensors become numerous and sophisticated enough to allow for realistic identification of the ocean parameters. Acoustic signals propagating for long distances in the water column and reflections of underwater sound from the ocean boundaries provide novel problems of interpretation and inversion. The chapters in this volume discuss some of the contemporary aspects of these problems. They provide recent and useful results for bottom recognition, inverse scattering in acoustic wave guides, and ocean acoustic tomography, as well as a discussion of some of the new algorithms, such as those related to matched-field processing, that have recently been used for inverting experimental data. Each chapter is by a noted expert in the field and represents the state of the art. The chapters have all been edited to provide a uniform format and level of presentation |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475735208 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Acoustical engineering
2. ACOUSTICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Engineering Acoustics
6. OCEANOGRAPHY
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| Title | High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VII : Shock Waves and Extreme States of Matter |
| Author(s) | Fortov, Vladimir E;Altshuler, L.V;Trunin, R.F;Funtikov, A.I |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2004. |
| Description | XXII, 534 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the mid-1950s, experimental studies of condensed matter at ultrahigh pressures (i.e., high energy densities) started to appear in the literature, made possible by use of strong shock waves to alter the state of the material studied. Since then, laboratory and underground nuclear test results have provided equation-of-state data for many chemical elements and compounds over a very wide range of thermodynamic states. They have also allowed scientists to determine high pressure melting curves, to discover previously unknown electronic transitions, to produce strongly non-ideal plasmas, and to study phenomena that occur at much higher values of physical parameters than are attainable by other methods. The data are of fundamental scientific value, and knowledge of shock-wave properties of materials and their equations of state over a wide range of the thermodynamic variables is necessary for the solution of many important scientific and technical problems. Shock Waves and Extreme States of Matter presents a detailed account of the development of Russian technology for conducting dynamic experiments to study material properties and behavior and some of the basic results so far obtained. The book consists of surveys prepared by the leading Russian scientists in the field. Experimental and theoretical results of the authors are presented and a generalization and systematization of the extensive material on the physics of shock waves and high-pressure phenomena is provided. Topics discussed include: Development of dynamic research techniques for studying high pressure Problems of detonation of condensed explosives and creation high-velocity-impact devices Shock compression data that reach a maximum pressure of 10 TPa in solid and highly porous metals. Computational models and descriptions of experimental data include wide-range Hugoniots for 80 substances Mechanisms, kinetics and thermodynamics of polymorphic transformations Experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations of the response of metals in the range of elastic???plastic deformation Optical temperature measurements on ionic crystals and liquid argon and xenon that permit development of improved equations of state of these materials and extend the melting curves of ionic crystals Quasi-isentropic compression data for molecular hydrogen and deuterium and the parameters of a new EOS for the solid and liquid phases Both a semiempirical extension of van der Waals??? model oriented toward experimental data description of dense states of matter and an a priori chemical model of highly non-ideal plasma produce wide-range EOSs Fracture of large structures subjected to the action of dynamic forces |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475740486 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Continuum Physics
2. CONDENSED MATTER
3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
4. Continuum physics
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. SPACE SCIENCES
8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Transition to Chaos : Conservative Classical Systems and Quantum Manifestations |
| Author(s) | Reichl, Linda |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2004. |
| Description | XVIII, 675 p. 154 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a thorough and comprehensive discussion of classical and quantum chaos theory for bounded systems and for scattering processes. Specific discussions include: ??? Noether???s theorem, integrability, KAM theory, and a definition of chaotic behavior. ??? Area-preserving maps, quantum billiards, semiclassical quantization, chaotic scattering, scaling in classical and quantum dynamics, dynamic localization, dynamic tunneling, effects of chaos in periodically driven systems and stochastic systems. ??? Random matrix theory and supersymmetry. The book is divided into several parts. Chapters 2 through 4 deal with the dynamics of nonlinear conservative classical systems. Chapter 5 and several appendices give a thorough grounding in random matrix theory and supersymmetry techniques. Chapters 6 and 7 discuss the manifestations of chaos in bounded quantum systems and open quantum systems respectively. Chapter 8 focuses on the semiclassical description of quantum systems with underlying classical chaos, and Chapter 9 discusses the quantum mechanics of systems driven by time-periodic forces. Chapter 10 reviews some recent work on the stochastic manifestations of chaos. The presentation is complete and self-contained; appendices provide much of the needed mathematical background, and there are extensive references to the current literature. End of chapter problems help students clarify their understanding. In this new edition, the presentation has been brought up to date throughout, and a new chapter on open quantum systems has been added. About the author: Linda E. Reichl, Ph.D., is a Professor of Physics at the University of Texas at Austin and has served as Acting Director of the Ilya Prigogine Center for Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems since 1974. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and currently is U.S. Editor of the journal Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475743500 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
6. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers |
| Author(s) | Blackburn, James A |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2001. |
| Description | XV, 319 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Knowledge of instrumentation is for experimentalists a kind of fluency in the language of measurement. But it is a fluency not so commonly possessed, and without which much of the experimental process remains hidden and mysterious. The basic goal in writing this book is to provide a treatment of useful depth of the basic elements of the instrumentation "language," namely electronics, sensors, and measurement. The present epoch is arguably a golden age for instrumentation. The crucial ingredient has been the exceptional development of semiconductor fabrication technology, and this has led to the present richness in both analog and digital inte?? grated circuits. The former provide relatively inexpensive but high-performance electronic modules (such as the operational amplifier) which can serve as build?? ing blocks for more complex circuits, whereas the latter have culminated in the desktop computer, which has permeated modem life generally and revolu?? tionized the instrumentation world with its capacity to act as a measurement controller and data storage center. Finally, silicon micromachining is creating a host of new sensors for such quantities as acceleration and pressure |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461301035 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
4. Measurement??????
5. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
6. Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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| Title | Engineering Electromagnetics |
| Author(s) | Ida, Nathan |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2000. |
| Description | DCXCI, 568 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The applications involving electromagnetic fields are so pervasive that it is difficult to estimate their contribution to the industrial output: generation of electricity, power transmission lines, electric motors, actuators, relays, radio, TV and microwave transmission and reception, magnetic storage, and even the mundane little magnet used to hold a paper note on the refrigerator are all electromagnetic in nature. One would be hard pressed to find a device that works without relaying on any electromagnetic principle or effect. This text provides a good theoretical understanding of the electromagnetic field equations but also treats a large number of applications. In fact, no topic is presented unless it is directly applicable to engineering design or unless it is needed for the understanding of another topic. In electrostatics, for example, the text includes discussions of photocopying, ink-jet printing, electrostatic separation and deposition, sandpaper production, paint spraying, and powder coating. In magnetics, the applications discussed include electric motors, implantable magnets, nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic stirring of molten materials, and electromagnetic braking and bearings. Electric motors and transformers are used to demonstrate the ideas of magnetic forces and torques and of induction; the applications discussed include the new super-efficient electric drives, linear induction motors, and implantable transformers to power life-sustaining devices. The discussion of wave-propagation phenomena will include applications of new materials to aerospace systems, such as the so-called stealth materials, as well as the use of electromagnetic weaves for materials processing, such as grain drying with microwaves, microwave detection of explosives, and remote sensing of the earth and its resources |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475732870 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied and Technical Physics
2. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
6. ELECTRODYNAMICS
7. ENGINEERING
8. Engineering, general
9. OPTICS
10. PHYSICS
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| Title | Principles of Vibration and Sound |
| Author(s) | Rossing, Thomas D;Fletcher, Neville H |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2004. |
| Description | XIV, 330 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | An ideal text for advanced undergraduates, Principles of Vibration and Sound, Second Edition provides the foundations needed to understand the acoustics of rooms and musical instruments, as well as the basics for scientists and engineers interested in noise and vibration. The Second Edition contains four new chapters devoted primarily to applications of acoustical principles in everyday life: Microphones and Other Transducers; Sound in Concert Halls and Studios; Sound and Noise Outdoors; and Underwater Sound. Rossing and Fletcher present the physics of mechanical vibrating systems, emphasizing normal modes of vibration. Beginning with the basics of free and forced motions of simple harmonic oscillator (with electrical analogs indicated where appropriate), they then proceed to vibrations in one-dimensional systems, such as strings and bars, and two-dimensional systems, such as membranes and plates. The discussion of coupled systems includes strong as well as weak coupling and presents both mechanical and electrical examples. The treatment includes a fairly detailed discussion of nonlinear systems and self-excited oscillators, as well as a brief explanation of modal analysis, including finite-element methods and modal testing. The second part of the book discusses the propagation of sound in air, including radiation, transmission, absorption, and diffraction. This treatment of radiation covers point, dipole, line, plane and other sources, both with and without baffles, and the propagation of sound in various kinds and shapes of pipes, horns and other acoustics components. About the authors: Thomas Rossing is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Northern Illinois University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Acoustical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has authored 10 other books. Neville Fletcher is Professor Emeritus of Physics of the University of New England in Australia and is now a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Acoustical Societies of both America and Australia, and the Institutes of Physics of both Australia and the UK. He has authored four other books |
| ISBN,Price | 9781475738223 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ACOUSTICS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
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| Title | Mathematics for the Physical Sciences |
| Author(s) | Seaborn, James B |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2002. |
| Description | XI, 245 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is intended to provide a mathematical bridge from a general physics course to intermediate-level courses in classical mechanics, electricity and mag?? netism, and quantum mechanics. The book begins with a short review of a few topics that should be familiar to the student from a general physics course. These examples will be used throughout the rest of the book to provide physical con?? texts for introducing the mathematical applications. The next two chapters are devoted to making the student familiar with vector operations in algebra and cal?? culus. Students will have already become acquainted with vectors in the general physics course. The notion of magnetic flux provides a physical connection with the integral theorems of vector calculus. A very short chapter on complex num?? bers is sufficient to supply the needed background for the minor role played by complex numbers in the remainder of the text. Mathematical applications in in?? termediate and advanced undergraduate courses in physics are often in the form of ordinary or partial differential equations. Ordinary differential equations are introduced in Chapter 5. The ubiquitous simple harmonic oscillator is used to il?? lustrate the series method of solving an ordinary, linear, second-order differential equation. The one-dimensional, time-dependent SchrOdinger equation provides an illus?? tration for solving a partial differential equation by the method of separation of variables in Chapter 6 |
| ISBN,Price | 9781468492798 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2. Chemometrics
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
6. Math. Applications in Chemistry
7. Mathematical and Computational Engineering
8. Mathematical Methods in Physics
9. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
10. PHYSICS
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