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Jonh Chambers |
From dust to life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System |
025929 |
2014 |
Book |
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| 22 |
Joshua S. Bloom |
What are gamma-ray bursts? |
025536 |
2011 |
Book |
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| 23 |
A. Douglas Stone |
Einstein and the quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian |
025521 |
2013 |
Book |
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| 24 |
Eugene N. Parker |
Conversations on electric and magnetic fields in the cosmos |
025010 |
2007 |
Book |
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| 25 |
David Merritt |
Dynamics and evolution of galactic nuclei |
025136 |
2013 |
Book |
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| 26 |
W. Patrick McCray |
Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientsts Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a limitless Future |
024733 |
2013 |
Book |
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| 27 |
Benjamin Wardhaugh |
Wealth of numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing |
024728 |
2012 |
Book |
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| 28 |
Ronald Omnes |
Understanding quantum mechanics |
024442 |
1999 |
Book |
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| 29 |
Sebastein Balibar |
Atom and the apple: Twelve tales from contemporary physics |
024374 |
2008 |
Book |
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| 30 |
Roger G. Newton |
Thinking about physics |
024369 |
2000 |
Book |
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| Title | From dust to life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System |
| Author(s) | Jonh Chambers;Jacqueline Mitton |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xvi, 299p. |
| Abstract Note | The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed.
Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton offer the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. They examine how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. They explore how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular--our Earth--provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life.
From Dust to Life is a must-read for anyone who desires to know more about how the solar system came to be. This enticing book takes readers to the very frontiers of modern research, engaging with the latest controversies and debates. It reveals how ongoing discoveries of far-distant extrasolar planets and planetary systems are transforming our understanding of our own solar system's astonishing history and its possible fate. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691145228 : Rs. 1619.00(HB) |
| Classification | 523-52
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| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMIC ARCHAEOLOGY
2. COSMIC CHEMISTRY
3. EVOLUTION OF SOLAR SYSTEM
4. METEORITES
5. ORIGIN OF SOLAR SYSTEM
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| Title | Einstein and the quantum: The Quest of the Valiant Swabian |
| Author(s) | A. Douglas Stone |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2013. |
| Description | x, 332p. |
| Abstract Note | Einstein and the Quantum reveals for the first time the full significance of Albert Einstein's contributions to quantum theory. Einstein famously rejected quantum mechanics, observing that God does not play dice. But, in fact, he thought more about the nature of atoms, molecules, and the emission and absorption of light--the core of what we now know as quantum theory--than he did about relativity.
A compelling blend of physics, biography, and the history of science, Einstein and the Quantum shares the untold story of how Einstein--not Max Planck or Niels Bohr--was the driving force behind early quantum theory. It paints a vivid portrait of the iconic physicist as he grappled with the apparently contradictory nature of the atomic world, in which its invisible constituents defy the categories of classical physics, behaving simultaneously as both particle and wave. And it demonstrates how Einstein's later work on the emission and absorption of light, and on atomic gases, led directly to Erwin Schrödinger's breakthrough to the modern form of quantum mechanics. The book sheds light on why Einstein ultimately renounced his own brilliant work on quantum theory, due to his deep belief in science as something objective and eternal. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691139685 : US $29.95(HB) |
| Classification | 530.145
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| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOGRAPHY - ALBERT EINSTEIN
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. QUANTUM THEORY
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| Title | Conversations on electric and magnetic fields in the cosmos |
| Author(s) | Eugene N. Parker |
| Publication | 2007, Princeton University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xi, 179p. |
| Abstract Note | Todays standard textbooks treat the theoretical structure of electric and magnetic fields, but their emphasis is on electromagnetic radiation and static-electric and magnetic fields. In this book, Eugene Parker provides advanced graduate students and researchers with a much-needed complement to existing texts, one that discusses the dynamic electromagnetism of the cosmos--that is, the vast magnetic fields that are carried bodily in the swirling ionized gases of stars and galaxies and throughout intergalactic space.
Parker is arguably the world's leading authority on solar wind and the effects of magnetic fields in the heliosphere, and his originality of thought and distinctive approach to physics are very much in evidence here. Seeking to enrich discussions in standard texts and correct misconceptions about the dynamics of these large-scale fields, Parker engages readers in a series of "conversations" that are at times anecdotal and even entertaining without ever sacrificing theoretical rigor. The dynamics he describes represents the Maxwell stresses of the magnetic field working against the pressure and inertia of the bulk motion of ionized gases, characterized in terms of the magnetic field and gas velocity. Parker shows how this dynamic interaction cannot be fully expressed in terms of the electric current and electric field.
Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos goes back to basics to explain why classical hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics are inescapable, even in the deepest reaches of space. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691128413 : 4557.00 |
| Classification | 524.85:537.8
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| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
3. ELECTRIC FIELDS
4. HYDRODYMAMICS
5. MAGNETIC FIELDS
6. MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
7. MAXWELL STRESS TENSOR
8. MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
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| Title | Dynamics and evolution of galactic nuclei |
| Author(s) | David Merritt |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xi, 551p. |
| Series | (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) |
| Abstract Note | Deep within galaxies like the Milky Way, astronomers have found a fascinating legacy of Einstein's general theory of relativity: supermassive black holes. Connected to the evolution of the galaxies that contain these black holes, galactic nuclei are the sites of uniquely energetic events, including quasars, stellar tidal disruptions, and the generation of gravitational waves. This textbook is the first comprehensive introduction to dynamical processes occurring in the vicinity of supermassive black holes in their galactic environment. Filling a critical gap, it is an authoritative resource for astrophysics and physics graduate students, and researchers focusing on galactic nuclei, the astrophysics of massive black holes, galactic dynamics, and gravitational wave detection. It is an ideal text for an advanced graduate-level course on galactic nuclei and as supplementary reading in graduate-level courses on high-energy astrophysics and galactic dynamics. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691121017 : US $75.00(PB) |
| Classification | 524.64-54
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| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
3. Galactic nuclei
4. GALACTIC NUCLEI - EVOLUTION
5. SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
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| 025136 |
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| Title | Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientsts Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a limitless Future |
| Author(s) | W. Patrick McCray |
| Edition | eBook |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2013. |
| Description | xii, 351p. : Princeton Scholarship Online - Oxford University Press |
| Abstract Note | In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691139838 : US $29.95(HB) |
| Classification | 001.18
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| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
3. EBOOK - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. EXOPLANETS
5. NANOTECHNOLOGY
6. Princeton Scholarship Online
7. SPACE COLONIES
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| Title | Wealth of numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing |
| Author(s) | Benjamin Wardhaugh |
| Publication | Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xv, 370p. |
| Abstract Note | Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, A Wealth of Numbers includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; accounts of higher mathematics; explanations of mathematical instruments; discussions of how math should be taught and learned; reflections on the place of math in the world; and math in fiction and humor. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780691147758 : US $ 45.00(HB) |
| Classification | 51(091)
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| Keyword(s) | 1. HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
2. MATHEMATICS
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| Title | Thinking about physics |
| Author(s) | Roger G. Newton |
| Publication | Princetop, Princeton University Press, 2000. |
| Description | x, 198p. |
| Abstract Note | Newton's explanatory sweep is both broad and deep. He covers such topics as quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, field theory, thermodynamics, the role of mathematics in physics, and the concepts of probability and causality. For Newton the fundamental entity in quantum theory is the field, from which physicists can explain the particle-like and wave-like properties that are observed in experiments. He grounds his explanations in the quantum field.
Although this is not designed as a stand-alone textbook, it is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and researchers. This is a clear, concise, up-to-date book about the concepts and theories that underlie the study of contemporary physics. Readers will find that they will become better-informed physicists and, therefore, better thinkers and problem solvers too.
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| ISBN,Price | 9780691009209 : US $39.50(HB) |
| Classification | 53
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| Keyword(s) | 1. PHYSICS
2. PHYSICS - PHILOSOPHY
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