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McLeod, Alexus |
Astronomy in the Ancient World |
I09838 |
2016 |
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Altshuler, Ernesto |
Guerrilla Science |
I09774 |
2017 |
eBook |
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May, Andrew |
Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War |
I09695 |
2018 |
eBook |
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English, Lars Q |
There Is No Theory of Everything |
I09657 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Dylla, H. Frederick |
Scientific Journeys |
I09595 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Forstner, Christian |
Biographies in the History of Physics |
I09512 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Frederic Abergel (ed.) |
New Perspectives and Challenges in Econophysics and Sociophysics |
I09462 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Sylos Labini, Francesco |
Science and the Economic Crisis |
I09439 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Garc??a-Ramos, Jos??-Enrique |
Basic Concepts in Nuclear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications |
I09436 |
2016 |
eBook |
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McLoughlin, Eilish |
Concepts, Strategies and Models to Enhance Physics Teaching and Learning |
I09393 |
2019 |
eBook |
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| Title | Astronomy in the Ancient World : Early and Modern Views on Celestial Events |
| Author(s) | McLeod, Alexus |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | VIII, 234 p. 41 illus., 34 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Alexus McLeod explores every aspect of the lesser-known history of astronomy in the Americas (Mesoamerica and North America), China and India, each through the frame of a particular astronomical phenomena.??Part One considers the development of astronomy in the Americas as a response, in part, to the Supernova of 1054, which may have led to a cultural renaissance in astronomy. He then goes on to explore the contemporary understanding of supernovae, contrasting it with that of the ancient Americas.?? Part Two is framed through the appearances of great comets, which had major divinatory significance in early China.??The author discusses the advancement of??observational astronomy in China, its influence on politics and its role in the survival or failure of empires.?? Furthermore, the??contemporary understanding of comets is also discussed for comparison.?? Part Three, on India, considers the magnificent observatories of the Rajput king Jai Singh II, and the question of their purpose.??The origins of Indian astronomy are examined in Vedic thought and its development is followed through the period of Jai Singh, including the role played by solar eclipses. The author also includes a modern explanation of our understanding of eclipses to date.??In the final section of the book, McLeod discusses how ancient traditions might help modern civilization better understand Earth???s place in the cosmos |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319236001 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANTHROPOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. PHYSICS
9. Science???Social aspects
10. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | Guerrilla Science : Survival Strategies of a Cuban Physicist |
| Author(s) | Altshuler, Ernesto |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | X, 147 p. 71 illus., 50 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Full of drama, dedication, and humor, this book narrates the author???s often frustrating experiences working as an experimental physicist in Cuba after the disintegration of the so-called socialist block. Lacking finance and infrastructure, faced with makeshift equipment, unpredictable supplies, and unreliable IT, Altshuler tells how he and his students overcame numerous challenges to make novel and interesting contributions to several fields of science. Along the way, he explains the science - from studies of ant colonies to superconductivity - either qualitatively or quantitatively, but always at a level fully understandable to an undergraduate student of natural sciences or engineering. An even wider audience, however, may skip the technical sections without missing the essence. With numerous anecdotes, photographs and the author???s own delightful cartoons, the book tells a remarkable, and often amusing story of how successful science can be performed against all odds |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319516240 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CONDENSED MATTER
2. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Entomology
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. LIFE SCIENCES
8. PHYSICS
9. Popular Life Sciences
10. Popular Science in Physics
11. Science???Social aspects
12. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War |
| Author(s) | May, Andrew |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | VI, 214 p. 55 illus., 36 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before. Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn???t. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly destructive as anything in fiction, while real-world lasers didn't come close to the promise of the classic SF ray gun. Nevertheless, when the scientific Cold War culminated in the Strategic Defence Initiative of the 1980s, it was so science-fictional in its aspirations that the media dubbed it ???Star Wars???. This entertaining account, offering a plethora of little known facts and insights from previously classified military projects, shows how the real-world science of the Cold War followed in the footsteps of SF ??? and how the two together changed our perception of both science and scientists, and paved the way to the world we live in today |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319898308 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. PHYSICS
4. Popular Science in Physics
5. Popular Science in Technology
6. Science???Social aspects
7. Security Science and Technology
8. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
9. System safety
10. TECHNOLOGY
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| Title | There Is No Theory of Everything : A Physics Perspective on Emergence |
| Author(s) | English, Lars Q |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIV, 224 p. 32 illus., 22 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it. In a nutshell, emergence asserts that non-reductive behavior arises at higher levels of organization and complexity. As physicist Philip Anderson put it, ???more is different.??? Along the text's conversational tour through the terrain of quantum physics, phase transitions, nonlinear and statistical physics, networks and complexity, the author highlights the various philosophical nuances that arise in encounters with emergence. The final part of the book zooms out to reflect on some larger lessons that emergence affords us. One of those larger lessons is the realization that the great diversity of theories and models, and the great variety of independent explanatory frameworks, will always be with us in the sciences and beyond. There is no ???Theory of Everything??? just around the corner waiting to be discovered. One of the main benefits of this book is that it will make a number of exciting scientific concepts that are not normally covered at this level accessible to a broader audience. The overall presentation, including the use of examples, analogies, metaphors, and biographical interludes, is geared for the educated non-specialist |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319591506 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Science???Social aspects
9. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Scientific Journeys : A Physicist Explores the Culture, History and Personalities of Science |
| Author(s) | Dylla, H. Frederick |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XXV, 222 p. 67 illus., 46 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This collection of essays traces a scientific journey bookmarked by remarkable mentors and milestones of science. It provides fascinating reading for everyone interested in the history, public appreciation, and value of science, as well as giving first-hand accounts of many key events and prominent figures. The author was one of the ???sputnik kids??? growing up in the US at the start of the space age. He built a working laser just two years after they were first invented, an experience that convinced him to become a physicist. During his 50-year career in physics, many personalities and notable events in science and technology helped to form his view of how science contributes to the modern world , including his conviction that the impact of science can be most effective when introduced within the context of the humanities - especially history, literature and the arts. From the Foreword by former U.S. Congressman, Rush D. Holt: In this volume, we have the wide-ranging thoughts and observations of Fred Dylla, an accomplished physicist with an engineer???s fascination for gadgets, a historian???s long perspective, an artist???s aesthetic eye, and a teacher???s passion for sharing ideas. Throughout his varied career [...] his curiosity has been his foremost characteristic and his ability to see the connection between apparently disparate things his greatest skill. [...] Here he examines the roots and growth of innovation in examples from Bell Laboratories, Edison Electric Light Company, and cubist painter Georges Braque. He considers the essential place of publishing in science, that epochal intellectual technique for learning how the world works. He shows the human enrichment and practical benefits that derive from wise investments in scientific research, as well as the waste resulting from a failure to embrace appropriate technologies |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030558000 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History, Modern
4. Modern History
5. PHYSICS
6. Popular Science in Physics
7. Popular Science in Technology
8. PRINTING
9. Printing and Publishing
10. Publishers and publishing
11. Science???Social aspects
12. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
13. TECHNOLOGY
14. United States???Politics and government
15. US Politics
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| Title | Biographies in the History of Physics : Actors, Objects, Institutions |
| Author(s) | Forstner, Christian;Walker, Mark |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | VI, 324 p. 38 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book sheds new light on the biographical approach in the history of physics by including the biographies of scientific objects, institutions, and concepts. What is a biography? Can biographies also be written for non-human subjects like scientific instruments, institutions or concepts? The respective chapters of this book discuss these controversial questions using examples from the history of physics. By approaching biography as metaphor, it transcends the boundaries between various perspectives on the history of physics, and enriches our grasp of the past. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030485092 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. HISTORY
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
6. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
7. Measurement??????
8. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
9. PHYSICS
10. Science???Social aspects
11. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | New Perspectives and Challenges in Econophysics and Sociophysics |
| Author(s) | Frederic Abergel (ed.);Bikas K. Chakrabarti (ed.);Anirban Chakraborti (ed.);Nivedita Deo (ed.);Sharma, Kiran |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | X, 272 p. 105 illus., 67 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents results on the latest perspectives and challenges within the interrelated fields of econophysics and sociophysics, which have emerged from the application of statistical physics to economics and sociology. Economic and financial markets appear to be in a permanent state of flux. Billions of agents interact with each other, giving rise to complex dynamics of economic quantities at the micro and macro levels. With the availability of huge data sets, researchers can address questions at a much more granular level than was previously possible. Fundamental questions regarding the aggregation of actions and information and the coordination, complexity, and evolution of economic and financial networks are currently receiving much attention in the econophysics research agenda. In parallel, the sociophysics literature has focused on large-scale social data and their interrelations. In this book, leading researchers from different communities economists, sociologists, financial analysts, mathematicians, physicists, statisticians, and others report on their recent work and their analyses of economic and social behavior. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030113643 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Big data
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Economics, Mathematical??
5. GAME THEORY
6. Quantitative Finance
7. Science???Social aspects
8. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Science and the Economic Crisis : Impact on Science, Lessons from Science |
| Author(s) | Sylos Labini, Francesco |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XV, 171 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book not only explores the ways in which the economic crisis and associated austerity policies have adversely impacted the physical and human infrastructure and conduct of scientific research, but also considers how science can help us to understand the crisis and provide original solutions. Starting with a detailed but accessible analysis of the scientific method and the nature of scientific prediction, the book proceeds to address the failure to forecast the economic crisis and the origins of the continuing inertia in economic policy and theory. Attention is drawn in particular to the shortcomings of neoclassical economics in terms of its description of the economic system as being mechanical in nature and characterized by equilibrium. This perspective mirrors the limitations and outdated ideas of nineteenth century physics, which the book contrasts with the insights offered by modern physics. The impact of neoliberal ideologies on scientific research is also discussed in detail, highlighting their stifling effect on innovation and diversification. In closing, the book emphasizes the need for state intervention to guide and support scientific research as the core engine of economic development that will deliver a sustainable future |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319295282 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ECONOMIC POLICY
5. ECONOMICS
6. ECONOPHYSICS
7. Popular Science in Economics
8. R & D/Technology Policy
9. Science???Social aspects
10. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
11. Sociophysics
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| Title | Basic Concepts in Nuclear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications : 2015 La R??bida International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics |
| Author(s) | Garc??a-Ramos, Jos??-Enrique;Alonso, Clara E;Andr??s, Mar??a Victoria;P??rez-Bernal, Francisco |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XXXI, 234 p. 148 illus., 119 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume covers invited papers presented during the La R??bida 2015 International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics, which can be considered heir of a well known series of triennial international summer schools on Nuclear Physics organized from 1982 till 2003 by the Basic Nuclear Physics group in the University of Sevilla. The La R??bida 2015 meeting offered to graduate students and young researchers a broad view of the field of Nuclear Physics. The first invited speaker presented the state-of-the-art of Relativistic Mean Field calculations. The second set of notes covers selected topics in gamma ray spectroscopy with exotic nuclei. The third speaker presented an introduction to the subject of severe accidents in nuclear power plants. In the forth set of notes, the author illustrated how to use laser spectroscopy to determine very important observables of atomic nuclei. The fifth speaker devoted its notes to explain several aspects of neutrino physics. Finally, the sixth speaker presented an overview of nuclear medicine and radiodiagnostic. In addition to this, the inclusion of the posters and seminars presented by the students gives a fresh and ample perspective on the many different problems of interest nowadays for the Nuclear Physics community |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319211916 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. MICROSCOPY
4. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
5. Particle and Nuclear Physics
6. Science???Social aspects
7. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
8. SPECTROSCOPY
9. Spectroscopy and Microscopy
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| Title | Concepts, Strategies and Models to Enhance Physics Teaching and Learning |
| Author(s) | McLoughlin, Eilish;van Kampen, Paul |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XXVI, 238 p. 76 illus., 49 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book discusses novel research on and practices in the field of physics teaching and learning. It gathers selected high-quality studies that were presented at the GIREP-ICPE-EPEC 2017 conference, which was jointly organised by the International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP); European Physical Society ??? Physics Education Division, and the Physics Education Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). The respective chapters address a wide variety of topics and approaches, pursued in various contexts and settings, all of which represent valuable contributions to the field of physics education research. Examples include the design of curricula and strategies to develop student competencies???including knowledge, skills, attitudes and values; workshop approaches to teacher education; and pedagogical strategies used to engage and motivate students. This book shares essential insights into current research on physics education and will be of interest to physics teachers, teacher educators and physics education researchers around the world who are working to combine research and practice in physics teaching and learning. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030181376 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Schools
4. Schools and Schooling
5. SCIENCE EDUCATION
6. Science???Social aspects
7. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
8. TEACHING
9. Teaching and Teacher Education
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