Applied physics Books

The ability to arrange precisely designed patterns of nanoparticles into a desired spatial configuration is the key to creating novel nanoscale devices that take advantage of the unique properties of nanomaterials. While two-dimensional arrays of...

The study of dark matter, in both astrophysics and particle physics, has emerged as one of the most active and exciting topics of research in recent years. This book reviews the history behind the discovery of missing mass (or unseen mass) in the...

How does it happen that billions of stars can cooperate to produce the beautiful spirals that characterize so many galaxies, including ours? This book reviews the history behind the discovery of spiral galaxies and the problems faced when trying to...

Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere is intended for graduates with a numerical sciences background, particularly those who are heading towards postgraduate study or are generally interested in environmental physics. Conservation equations...

The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire...

Space curves around you, time slows down, particles are waves, a cat is both alive and dead. What's going on? It all starts to make sense when we untangle the universe with this clear and enlightening book. Day-dreamers and deep-thinkers, these are the...

Humans receive the vast majority of sensory perception through the eyes and ears. This non-technical book examines the everyday physics behind hearing and vision to help readers understand more about themselves and their physical environment. It begins...

Have you ever seen a comet? It is a marvelous experience, one that all humans can share, that spawns a deep yearning to understand the spectacle.Have you ever wondered what comets are and why astronomers spend so much time studying them? Now, a comet...

All living matter is comprised of cells, small compartments isolated from the environment by a cell membrane and filled with concentrated solutions of various organic and inorganic compounds. Some organisms are single-cell, where all life functions are...

Order from chaos is simultaneously a mantra of physics and a reality in biology. Physicist Norman Packard suggested that life developed and thrives at the edge of chaos. Questions remain, however, as to how much practical knowledge of biology can be...

This book explains biosensor development fundamentals. It also initiates awareness in engineers and scientists who would like to develop and implement novel biosensors for agriculture, biomedicine, homeland security,...

There are two main reasons for pursuing research in the Sports Sciences. Firstly, by studying responses to exercise, we learn about the normal function of the tissues and or­ gans whose function allows exercise to be performed...

This illustrated monograph explores the fundamentals, current practice, and theoretical perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The opening part covers basic principles and practical tools for understanding and working with...

This well-illustrated monograph is devoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The level of the book is designed mainly for professional researchers in astrophysics. The...

This book provides an understanding of the physics at work in sunspots and solar coronal loops, and offers a new approach to Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics (or Magneto-Hydro-Dynamics).The book stresses the use of electric currents in...

Makes connections between diseases, drugs and signaling in those chapters not specifically devoted to pathogens. Reviews background in first 5 chapters then offers chapters on cancers and apoptosis and on bacteria and viruses. ...

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- IBEX-Interstellar Boundary Explorer.- The IBEX Flight Segment.- The Interstellar Boundary Explorer High Energy (IBEX-Hi) Neutral Atom Imager.- The IBEX Background Monitor.- The IBEX-Lo Sensor.- Diagnosing the Neutral...

Provides an introduction to the structure and function of biomolecules --- especially proteins --- and the physical tools used to investigate them The discussion concentrates on physical tools and properties, emphasizing...

""Thoughts On Speculative Cosmology And The Principles Of Art"" is a book written by William Gawin Herdman in the year 1870. The book is a collection of essays that explore the relationship between speculative cosmology and the principles of art. Herdman...

Stories of robots, aliens, and surprising futures just around the corner. Enjoy this anthology of scifi stories from scientist Charlie Marino.Mutant Escape - A few years from now, the next evolutionary step in humans are discovered to be appearing...

Where did it all start? How does it all work? What is my place in this Universe?Presenting to you The Universe, But This Time You Understand It.From Stars to Galaxies, Comets to Planets, the Big Bang to Black holes, this book will take you on a witty and...

The events occurred in the last years have shown how the threat related to both intentional and natural disasters could bring the civil and the military worlds closer in the conceivement and deploypment of countermeasures as well as in the identification...

Main goal of the work was the development of a complete bronchial clearance model including a fast clearance phase represented by the mucociliary escalator as well as a slow clearance phase which describes long-term clearance mechanisms. The model was...

This reprint collects recent articles published on "Light Beams in Liquid Crystals", both research and review contributions, with specific emphasis on liquid crystals in the nematic mesophase. The editors, Prof. Gaetano Assanto (NooEL, University of Rome...

Atmospheric pressure plasma discharges have grown rapidly in importance in recent decades, due to the ease in handling and operation, plus their eco-friendly applications, for agriculture, food, medicine, materials and even the automotive and aerospace...

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) emerges as a possible new modality for cancer treatment. This book provides a comprehensive introduction into fundamentals of the CAP and plasma devices used in plasma medicine. An analysis of the mechanisms of plasma...

Of Clocks and Time takes readers on a five-stop journey through the physics and technology (and occasional bits of applications and history) of timekeeping. On the way, conceptual vistas and qualitative images abound, but since mathematics is spoken...

Egresado de la Universidad Michoacana como pasante en Ciencias Fisico-Matemáticas.Algo que marcó mi vida fue la impartición de la cátedra Fundamentos de la Ciencia en la Facultad de Filosofía en la misma Universidad, lo que me permitió la visualización...

This book is different from all other modern cosmology books in several ways. It introduces a cosmologic universe, which is orderly, logical, and systematic. It teaches and explains by illustrating how a variety of cosmic mysteries have been solved. It...

ENDEAVOR is FREA's quarterly publication. ENDEAVOR tells the story of Dr. Enzmann and his wife Joanna Enzmann - he a world-class geologist, historian, linguist, astronomer, engineer, and physicist, and she a skilled mathematician and programmer who...

Anschaulich und interessant vermittelt dieses Werk, das sowohl zur Aneignung von Wissen als auch zum Nachschlagen der wichtigsten Zusammenhänge dient, die großen Themen der Physik für Studierende aller medizinischer Fachrichtungen. Alle Kapitel bauen...

As the Earth`s surface deviates from its spherical shape by less than 0.4 percent of its radius and today's satellite missions collect their gravitational and magnetic data on nearly spherical orbits, sphere-oriented mathematical methods and tools play...

The book ""Five-Year Catalogue Of 258 Fundamental Stars: Deduced From Observations Extending From 1887 To 1891, Made At The Royal Observatory, Greenwich"" is written by William Henry Mahoney Christie and was published in 1893. The book presents a...

Our Universe is amazing. This is its story, told in simple language.The story tells how the Universe came to be what it is today. It starts with the Big Bang and describes how stars, black holes, and our solar system developed. It explores the evolution...

This book will help to uncover the astonishing and mind-blowing facts about the universe. And will give you a better understanding of particles which are believed to be the basis of large scale structure that formed much later. Different stages of the...

Defined as, "The science about the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage," embryology has been a mainstay at universities throughout the world for many years. Throughout the last century, embryology became...

Investigations On Microscopic Foams And On Protoplasm is a scientific book written by Otto Butschli and originally published in 1894. The book is an exploration of microscopic foams and protoplasm, which are both important substances in the field of...

Modern seismology has faced new challenges in the study of earthquakes and their physical characteristics. This volume is dedicated to the use of new approaches and presents a state-of-the-art in historical seismology. Selected...

The very first major reference text on this topic, this book provides a unique collection of articles reviewing the state of the art in the field. It gives particular emphasis to emerging technologies, from bioengineering and...

Dr. Louis Komzsik is an engineer and mathematician, a graduate of the Technical University and the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, both in Budapest Hungary. He immigrated to the US in 1981 and since then worked as engineer in the industry and...

In this book we will look at what planetary nebulae are, where they come from and where they go. We will discuss what mechanisms cause these beautiful markers of stellar demise as well as what causes them to form their variety of shapes. How we measure...

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation.Just like light (electromagnetic radiation), gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by...

The complexity and vulnerability of the human body has driven the development of a diverse range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in modern medicine. The Nuclear Medicine procedures of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single Photon Emission...

The invention of the semiconductor laser along with silica glass fiber has enabled an incredible revolution in global communication infrastructure of direct benefit to all. Development of devices and system concepts that exploit the same fundamental...

This book is the chronological histories and derivations of many of the important numbers involved in science.