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London, U.K.: Prentice Hall, 1998. This comprehensive highly acclaimed text, fully revised and updated Third Edition, aims to put special emphasis on the fundamental principles which underlie the operation of devices and systems, Parametric oscillation and flat-panel displays have been given increased coverage. Topics such as wavelength division multiplexing, optical amplifiers, solitons and coherent systems are introduced, with emphasis… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Chapman & Hall, 1967. Classic preeminent text is the first definitive book published on Interstellar Grains. This book discusses the author's theories, research and observational data of Interstellar Garins. Topics covered include: Theory of light scattering by spherical grains; Interstellar reddening and polarisation observations; Interstellar condensation theories of grain formation; Condensation of graphite grains; Frequency distribution of ice… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1996. The purpose of this book is to explain how general electromagnetic fields can be represented by the superposition of plane waves traveling in diverse directions, and to illustrate the way in which this plane wave spectrum representation can be put to good use in treating various characteristic problems belonging to the classical theories of… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: University of Colorado Press, 1961. Classic monograph contains a series of lectures presented by the author at the University of Paris- Institut d'Astrophysique in 1961. The lectures include: AIM and Structure of Spectroscopic Diagnostics; Empirical Methodology for Specifying the Observational State; Theoretical Approach to the Intermediate Parameters; The Small Perturbation Vs. the General Rate Process Approach to the… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1978. Classic comprehensive text presents Volume I which concentrates on Hilbert and Banach spaces and distributions, the very foundations of functional analysis. Linear operators and their spectra and resolvents are thoroughly treated, with apecial attention to operators that emerge from differential equations in both classical and quantum physics. Other topics include probability and its role in… Read more about this item

New York: Dover, 1965. Classic comprehensive text is based on the results of research on underwater explosions carried out by many groups during 1941-46. Topics covered include: sequence of events in underwater explosion; hydrodynamical relations; detonation process in explosives; theory of the shock wave; measurement of underwater explosion pressures; photography of underwater explosions; shock wave measurement; motion of the gas… Read more about this item

Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 1973. Comprehensive classic text provides an in-depth treatment of time series and time sequence analysis as practiced by the geophysical industry and used by geophysicists and geologists in their research. Includes topics covering convvolution and deconvolution; correlation and covariance; aliasing; power spectral estimates and spectral windows; cross spectral analysis, coherency and bispectral analysis; wave… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Comprehensive graduate text describes the nature of motion in the atmosphere, develops fluid dynamics relevant to the atmosphere, and explores the role of motion in determining climate and atmospheric composition. 310 pp. Illustrated. Very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reading, MA.: Addison Wesley, 1997. Comprehensive revised and updated classic text deals with the theory of atomic structure, relativistic wave equations and introduction to field theory. Includes a brief description of recent progress in the treatment of electron correlations, based on the Bruckner, Bethe, Goldstone method in nuclear physics, which help substancially in calculating accurate atomic energy levels .Throughout… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1981. Comprehensive classic text presents topics covering methods from group theory, differential geometry and nonlinear stability analysis. Includes discussions of group representations and quantum mechanics, Einstein manifolds and relativity, and bifurcations in hydrodynamics and the early onset of turbulence further demonstrates the usefulness of these mathematical techniques. 322 pp. Illustrated. Small prior ownership stamp on front… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2003. This comprehensive text is a modern book in solid state physics that should be accessible to anyone who has a working level of solid state physics at the Kittel or Ashcroft/Mermin level. This book provides complete coverage of important modern developments at an advanced but accessible level. The key point of this book is the… Read more about this item

Reading, MA.: Addison Wesley, 1994. Classic comprehensive text presents a field-theoretic outline of the most interesting problems in condensed matter physics, in particular those relevant to high temperature superconductors. Topics covered include the Hubbard model; magnetic instability of the Fermi system; one-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets; Sigma models, topological terms and spin liquids; spin liquid states; chiral spin states and anyons; topology… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1989. Comprehensive reference text includes detailed coverage of: Transmission Lines; Transmission-Line Discontinuities; Filters, Hybrids and Couplers, Power Combiners, and Matching Networks; Cavities and Resonators; Ferrite Control Components; Microwave Surface Acoustic Wave Devices p9e Quasi-Optical Techniques; Components for Surveillance and Electronic Warfare Receivers; Microwave Measurements; Antennas -Fundamental and Numeric Methods; Reflector, Lens, Horn, and Other… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992. Classic highly acclaimed text translated from the original French edition, presents a comprehensive study of the interactions between photons and atoms in atomic and molecular physics, quantum optics, and laser physics. The elementary processes in which photons are emitted, absorbed, scattered, or exchanged between atoms are treated in detail and described using diagrammatic… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities (current sheets) in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma, Parker shows… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Comprehensive highly acclaimed text presents an entirely original study of the discovery of dynamics, covering the period of antiquity to the publication 300 years ago of Newton's "Principia". It includes a detailed discussion of the development of ancient Greek astronomy, the Copernican revolution, the discovery of the laws of planetary motion by Kepler, Galileo's… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Physics of Solar System Plasmas provides a comprehensive introduction to these ionized gases of the solar-terrestrial environment. The author places emphasis on solar wind and magnetospheres--regions of space around the Earth and other planets that are controlled by the planetary magnetic field and are shielded from solar wind. The text includes a broad introduction… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Classic advanced text presents detailed topics covering the theoretical aspects of the classical theory of radiation applied to point charges, the dynamics of individual point charges, and the description of plasmas. Includes approximations of the magneto-ionic theory, electrodynamics, the derivation of magnetohydrodynamics, Cerenkov and Gyro radiation, fundamental kinetic theory, microinstabilities, plasma streams, etc. 457 pgs.… Read more about this item

Redwood City, CA.: Addison Wesley, 1987. Comprehensive highly acclaimed text describes the forces that govern interactions of elementary particles (quarks and leptons interacting via photons, W and Z bosons, and gluons), called the Standard Model (the unified electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics), in a modern form, as a gauge theory of interactions of quarks and leptons, rather than as a… Read more about this item

Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Comprehensive revised and updated text contains detailed topics covering porous media; fluids; hydrostatics in porous media; Darcy's law; solutions of Darcy's law; physical aspects of permeability; general flow equations; statistical theory of flow through porous media; elementary displacement theory; immiscible multiple phase flow; miscible displacement; etc. 353 pgs. Illustrated. Prior ownership stamps and… Read more about this item