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Evans, Ben |
The Spacelab Story |
I13017 |
2024 |
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Ginoux, Jean-Marc |
Poincar??, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity |
I13006 |
2024 |
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Moser, Tijmen Jan |
Walking with Christiaan Huygens |
I12994 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Favalli, Tommaso |
On the Emergence of Time and Space in Closed Quantum Systems |
I12967 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Bassi, Angelo |
Physics and the Nature of Reality |
I12964 |
2024 |
eBook |
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Determann, J??rg Matthias |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy |
I12896 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Hunter, Tim B |
The Barnard Objects: Then and Now |
I12876 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Navarro Veguillas, Luis |
The Lesser-Known Albert Einstein |
I12861 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Weisend II, J. G |
Superfluid |
I12840 |
2023 |
eBook |
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Bargue??o, Pedro |
The Geroch-Held-Penrose Calculus |
I12839 |
2023 |
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| Title | The Spacelab Story : Science Aboard the Shuttle |
| Author(s) | Evans, Ben |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2024. |
| Description | XXII, 433 p. 126 illus., 122 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen missions, Spacelab???s pressurized research modules and science pallets supported hundreds of experiments from the life to microgravity sciences, from Earth science to astrophysics and from materials processing to fluid dynamics. For the first time, The Spacelab Story sheds light on all the Spacelab missions that served as pathfinders for the eventual International Space Station, along with all the flights that never came to be. The book chronicles over two decades of service and international partnership with Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, the member-states of the European Space Agency and others. The very same international co-operation that led to Spacelab???s genesis also conspired to create its end. Science writer Ben Evans chronicles this tumultuous history, showing how, as tensions between the superpowers cooled in the 1990s and the Shuttle came to be increasingly used to fly joint missions to Mir, many Spacelab missions were delayed and eventually cancelled. This book is a must-read for anybody interested in the science conducted aboard the Shuttle, the experimental precursors of the ISS, and the international politics surrounding NASA???s pioneering space endeavors |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031534492 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
7. OUTER SPACE
8. SCIENCE
9. Space Exploration and Astronautics
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| Title | Poincar??, Einstein and the Discovery of Special Relativity : An End to the Controversy |
| Author(s) | Ginoux, Jean-Marc |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XV, 143 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | 1905 is probably the best-known year in physics, since it was the year of the discovery of the special theory of relativity. For decades, historiography has told us that Albert Einstein, then a patent examiner in Bern, succeeded in developing this theory on his own, overcoming all the difficulties that the greatest scientists of his time had not been able to solve. However, some have pointed out that, before Einstein???s first publication in this field, the French mathematician and physicist Henri Poincar?? had obtained the same results, which he had published several months before Einstein. Yet today, this theory is known as Einstein???s special theory of relativity. Thus, considering the indisputable anteriority of Poincar?????s contributions, there is only one real question that needs to be answered: Why didn???t Poincar?? claim the authorship of special theory of relativity? After recapping on the ideas and concepts of the special theory of relativity in a manner accessible to non-specialists and recalling the historical context of the discovery of this theory, we will answer this question and thus put finally an end to this long-running controversy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031513879 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History of Physics and Astronomy
4. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
5. PHYSICS
6. SCIENCE
7. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
8. Special relativity (Physics)
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| Title | Walking with Christiaan Huygens : From Archimedes' Influence to Unsung Contributions in Modern Science |
| Author(s) | Moser, Tijmen Jan;Robinson, Enders Anthony |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XXXI, 315 p. 158 illus., 56 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) left an indelible mark on the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, and geophysics. Despite his groundbreaking contributions, history has often overlooked his pivotal role. While two of the most famous achievements in physics are Newton???s theory of gravity and Einstein???s general theory of relativity, less well-known is that Huygens provided central elements to these theories. This book stands to correct that deficit. For example, we show how Huygens used symmetry arguments to derive conservation laws for momentum and for energy, and what Einstein later called the principle of equivalence to derive the formula for centrifugal force. In 1689, Huygens visited Newton. Together, they walked the streets of London. Newton had recently finished his masterpiece, Principia, expounding his laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Huygens had essentially completed his life???s work by then, building on Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal and his own ingenuity. He had established fame as an instrument maker (telescope, pendulum clock, planetarium). He had invented the 31 tone system. He had pioneered the first principles of remote sensing. He had discovered the rings of Saturn. He had formulated the wave theory of light. What would walking with Christiaan reveal? This book gives the result in nine chapters, namely: spontaneous order, the speed of light, Huygens??? principle, the telescope, the pendulum clock, Huygens-Fresnel principle, special relativity, centrifugal force, and curvature. In addition, there is a chapter titled What Huygens could have written on diffraction, and a chapter titled Huygens and Geophysics. Mentally walking with Christiaan, browsing his collected works ??? a true treasure trove for puzzle enthusiasts ??? and rethinking his ideas creates a vivid impression of scientific life in the 17th century, an appreciation that it is remarkably similar to ours, and an understanding of Huygens' significant and lasting contributions to science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031461583 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Mathematics
2. Astronomers
3. ASTRONOMY
4. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. History of Physics and Astronomy
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. MATHEMATICS
10. Physicists
11. PHYSICS
12. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
13. SCIENCE
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| Title | On the Emergence of Time and Space in Closed Quantum Systems |
| Author(s) | Favalli, Tommaso |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. |
| Description | XXI, 163 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Time, space and entanglement are the main characters in this book. Their nature is still a great mystery in physics and we study here the possibility that these three phenomena are closely connected, showing how entanglement can be at the basis of the emergence of time and space within closed quantum systems. We revisit and extend the Page and Wootters theory that was originally introduced in order to describe the emergence of time through entanglement between subsystems in a globally static, quantum Universe. In the book, after providing a complete review of the salient aspects of the theory, we establish a connection with recent research on the foundations of statistical mechanics and we provide a new understanding of the thermalization process. Furthermore, we generalize the framework in order describe the spatial degree of freedom and we provide a model of 3+1 dimensional, quantum spacetime emerging from entanglement among different subsystems in a globally "timeless" and "positionless" Universe. Finally, via the Page and Wootters theory, the evolution of quantum clocks within a gravitational field is treated and a time dilation effect is obtained in agreement with the Schwarzschild solution |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031523526 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
5. GRAVITATION
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. QUANTUM PHYSICS
8. SCIENCE
9. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Physics and the Nature of Reality : Essays in Memory of Detlef D??rr |
| Author(s) | Bassi, Angelo;Goldstein, Sheldon;Tumulka, Roderich;Zangh??, Nino |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2024. |
| Description | XV, 450 p. 47 illus., 24 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume commemorates the scientific contributions of Detlef D??rr (1951???2021) to foundational questions of physics. It presents new contributions from his former students, collaborators, and colleagues about their current research on topics inspired or influenced by D??rr. These topics are drawn from physics, mathematics, and philosophy of nature, and concern interpretations of quantum theory, new developments of Bohmian mechanics, the role of typicality, quantum physics in relativistic space-time, classical and quantum electrodynamics, and statistical mechanics. The volume thus also gives a snapshot of present research in the foundations of physics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031454349 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
4. PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
5. PHYSICS
6. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
7. Quantum Electrodynamics, Relativistic and Many-body Calculations
8. QUANTUM PHYSICS
9. SCIENCE
10. STATISTICAL MECHANICS
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| Title | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy : A Modern History |
| Author(s) | Determann, J??rg Matthias |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XIV, 184 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Astronomy is a field concerned with matters very distant from Earth. Most phenomena, whether observed or theorized, transcend human spaces and timescales by orders of magnitude. Yet, many scientists have been interested not just in the events that have occurred millennia before Earth's inception, but also in their very own society here and now. Since the first half of the twentieth century, an increasing number of them have pursued parallel careers as both academics and activists. Besides publishing peer-reviewed papers, they have promoted a great variety of underrepresented groups within their discipline. Through conferences, newsletters and social media, they have sought to advance the interests of women, members of racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, and disabled people. While these activists have differed in the identities they focus on, they have come to share a conviction that diversity and inclusion are crucial for scientific excellence as well as social justice. In this book, you will read of the biographies and institutional contexts of key agents in the diversification of modern astronomy. As most are recent figures whose discoveries have not been commemorated by Nobel Prizes, they are relatively unknown among historians of science. They have, however, been central to discussions about who has privileged access to the tools of astronomical inquiry, including powerful telescopes and extensive databases. As such, they have also significantly shaped views of our universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031461132 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK - SPRINGER
2. History of Physics and Astronomy
3. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
4. PHYSICS
5. SCIENCE
6. SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE
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| Title | The Barnard Objects: Then and Now |
| Author(s) | Hunter, Tim B;Dobek, Gerald O;McGaha, James E |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2023. |
| Description | XL, 343 p. 108 illus., 91 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Barnard Objects have fascinated professional and amateur astronomers for over one hundred years. Many of those objects first imaged by E.E. Barnard on black-and-white photographic plates are now being captured daily in thousands of color astrophotographs. This book tells of Barnard???s story; describing his life and work as well as how the fields of astronomy and astrophotography have transformed ever since. The chapters in this book are equal parts history and science. It will provide readers with an introduction to nebula science and the incredible discoveries made in this field over the decades; including an overview of popular astronomical catalogues and a detailed look at how astronomical imaging has advanced since Barnard???s time, from early plates to digital imaging and chips. In addition, the book features a comprehensive guide to viewing and imaging these objects yourself. A glossary of astronomical and photographic terms is provided, along with detailed references.And, an updated table displaying the locations of these Barnard Objects; including the missing twenty-five objects from E.E. Barnard???s original catalogue. Richly researched and illustrated, this fascinating reference will attract astronomers of all skill levels interested in astrophotography and how it has changed over the past hundred years |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031314858 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History of Physics and Astronomy
5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
6. PHOTOGRAPHY
7. PHYSICS
8. SCIENCE
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| Title | The Lesser-Known Albert Einstein : Without a Trace of Relativity |
| Author(s) | Navarro Veguillas, Luis |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XXII, 362 p. 19 illus., 4 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book highlights the numerous important contributions that Einstein made to physics???aside from his relativity theories???and places each of his achievements in the corresponding context, referring en route to the original sources. There are very few publications devoted to Einstein's work outside of relativity. This book aims to fill the gap by exploring the scope of Einstein's contributions on topics including molecular forces, thermostatistics, the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, molecular currents, critical opalescence, energy quanta, dual structure of radiation, introduction of the photon, and the formulation of the first quantum statistics. The book pays special attention to Einstein's scepticism toward certain ideas that came to light alongside Schr??dinger's first formulation of wave mechanics in 1926, also addressing his doubts regarding the probabilistic interpretation of the quantum formalism, an issue closely connected with the hidden variable theories and their implications. The author discusses the early hidden variable theories, whose appearance was largely a result of Einstein's criticism of the orthodox interpretation of quantum formalism. Finally, in an appendix, the author explores the controversy about the possible contribution that Mileva Mari?, Albert Einstein's first wife, may have made to some of her husband's main scientific achievements |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031355684 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomers
2. Biographies of Physicists and Astronomers
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
5. History of Physics and Astronomy
6. Physicists
7. PHYSICS
8. QUANTUM PHYSICS
9. SCIENCE
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| Title | Superfluid : How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern Science |
| Author(s) | Weisend II, J. G |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2023. |
| Description | XI, 150 p. 82 illus., 52 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Unless you are a specialist or watch a lot of obscure YouTube videos you have probably never heard of He II or superfluid helium. This substance, a unique liquid form of the element helium, is produced and used in multi-ton quantities to enable much of modern science. Altogether, He II is at the heart of more than a dozen large scale scientific facilities world-wide representing an investment of tens of billions of dollars. It cools the magnets and cavities that contain and accelerate the particle beams at the Large Hadron Collider and is also used in accelerators for the study of rare isotopes and nuclear astrophysics. This little known liquid is, in reality, one of the enabling technologies of the future.A manifestation of quantum mechanics, He II exhibits amazing behaviors. It can flow up the side of a container against gravity, it can move through small openings without friction, and it can transfer heat extremely efficiently via a mechanism not seen elsewhere in nature. This book tells the story of He II. It describes the discovery of the fluid, the observation and understanding of its behavior, the development of underlying theory and the evolution of He II from a laboratory curiosity to an industrial-scale coolant. The current and possible future applications of He II are described. Like all science and engineering, the story of He II is a human story and the role that personalities, politics, communication, cooperation and competition play in the development of He II is captured here as well. World-famous physicists such as Lev Landau, Richard Feynman, Peter Kapitza and Kurt Mendelssohn are key players in the story, while secret police from two different countries have a walk-on role. This work is meant for the general reader. Without assuming any expertise in physics, engineering or mathematics, it illuminates for the general public a little-known area of science and engineering and shows why it matters. As it turns out, it???s also a good story |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031426520 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied and Technical Physics
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer
4. Heat engineering
5. HEAT TRANSFER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
9. MASS TRANSFER
10. PHYSICS
11. Quantum Fluids and Solids
12. QUANTUM STATISTICS
13. SCIENCE
14. TECHNOLOGY
15. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | The Geroch-Held-Penrose Calculus : Fundamentals and Applications |
| Author(s) | Bargue??o, Pedro;Contreras, Ernesto |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. |
| Description | XVI, 70 p. 2 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book offers a primer on the fundamentals and applications of the Geroch-Held-Penrose (GHP) calculus, a powerful formalism designed for spacetimes that occur frequently in the teaching of General Relativity. Specifically, the book shows in detail the power of the calculus when dealing with spherically symmetric spacetimes. After introducing the basics, a new look at all the classical spherically symmetric black hole solutions is given within the GHP formalism. This is then employed to give new insights into the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations for stellar structure, including a derivation of new exact anisotropic fluid solutions. Finally, a re-writing of some essential features of black hole thermodynamics within the GHP formalism is performed. The book is based on the authors' lecture notes, used in their undergraduate and graduate lectures and while supervising their upper undergraduate and graduate students. To fully benefit from this concise primer, readers only need an undergraduate background in general relativity |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031429484 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK - SPRINGER
2. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
3. GENERAL RELATIVITY
4. GENERAL RELATIVITY (PHYSICS)
5. GLOBAL ANALYSIS (MATHEMATICS)
6. Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds
7. Integral Transforms and Operational Calculus
8. Manifolds (Mathematics)
9. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
10. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
11. SCIENCE
12. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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