General Physics

In a series of essays by scientists who have been closely involved in this exciting research, The Particle Century describes the unprecedented advances in our understanding of the universe. The book covers major historical developments as well as current advances, including early accelerator physics..

The Philosopher's Tree..

Top researchers outline atomistic controls on mineral surface structure and reactions, apply these concepts to explain sorption, mineral corrosion, and growth, and explore the role of surfaces in environmental and geochemical processes. This unique text provides a rich and rigorous treatment that c..

The Physics Companion..

The Science of Soccer deals with a wide range of subjects where scientific analysis can be applied to football. It includes a look at game theory, how the rules affect the flow and enjoyment of the game, why the best team does not always win, unusual statistics about players, and insight into the ec..

Deals with a wide range of subjects where scientific analysis can be applied to football, answering questions like 'Can you predict how many goals will be scored?' and 'Is the winning team the best team?' This book includes a look at game theory, how the rules affect the flow and enjoyment of the ga..

Written in a lively and readable style, Think of a Number relates the story of some of the most famous problems that have confronted the world's experts over the centuries, from the earliest interests of the ancient Greeks to the very cutting-edge of modern research involving today's most powerful c..

This book looks in particular at "Greens functions" and the field of chaotic motion. It attempts to explain these, and other mathematical problems, with the minimum of specialized jargon, and to make the subject more accessible...

Providing a solid background in basic physics, this book shows how science is significant for more than its technological consequences. The book includes clear and well-planned links to the arts and philosophies of relevant historical periods to bring science and the humanities together. Professor D..

This book presents developments in the study of the chaotic behaviour of deterministic systems. It concentrates on the universal aspects of chaotic motions: those qualitative and quantitative predictions which apply to large classes of physical systems...

Since the publication of Universality in Chaos in 1984, progress has continued to be made in our understanding of nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos. This second edition extends the collection of articles to cover recent developments in the field, including the use of statistical mechanics techni..

This popular science book offers a highly readable and accessible panorama of the who, what, and why of string theory. The author, a theoretical physics professor at the University of Oxford and a leading string theorist, explains what string theory is and where it originated. He describes how strin..