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by LOUIS J. BATTAN
An expert and fascinating look at the subject of atmospheric phenomena, this text explores a multiplicity of subjects: the methods of collecting and analysing data, the structure and growth of clouds from minute condensation nuclei to the ...
ISBN: 9780486428857
Binding: Paperback
$18.99
Clouds Are Not Spheres: A Portrait Of Benoit Mandelbrot, The Founding Father Of Fractal Geometry
by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
ISBN: 9781786344748
Binding: Hardback
$84.99
by CRAIG F. BOHREN
Ever wonder why steam rises from a bowl of hot soup or why a greenhouse retains heat? And have you ever puzzled over the real meaning of ""once in a blue moon"" or why sand is darker when it's wet than when it's dry? And just why, exactly, do ...
ISBN: 9780486417387
Binding: Paperback
$27.99
Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City
by Elijah Anderson
ISBN: 9780393320787
Binding: Paperback
$25.95
by Jared Diamond
<b>'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' </b><b><i>DAILY MAIL </i> 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' </b><i><b>OBSERVER </b></i> From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the ...
ISBN: 9780241958681
Binding: Paperback
$27.99
Collection of Problems in Mathematical Physics
by B. M BUDAK
Based on practical work with mathematical physics done in the Physics Department of Moscow State University, this outstanding text by three of the Faculty's distinguished members focuses on a wide range of problems. Chapters are divided ...
ISBN: 9780486658063
Binding: Paperback
$64.99
Colliding Plane Waves in General Relativity
by J.B. GRIFFITHS
This monograph surveys recent research on the collision and interaction of gravitational and electromagnetic waves. ""This is a particularly important topic in general relativity,"" the author notes, ""since the theory predicts that there will ...
ISBN: 9780486801216
Binding: Paperback
$32.99
by MARVIN L. GOLDBERGER
The analysis of collision phenomena plays a role in nearly every investigation into the structure of matter on the microscopic scale - in fact, most of the detailed information on particle interaction derives from scattering experiments. A ...
ISBN: 9780486435077
Binding: Paperback
$95.00
by JOSEPH E. KASPER
""I predict that Kasper and Feller will become a standard reference on holography for students and interested laymen."" - James A. Van Allen.For most nonscientists, holograms are an intriguing - if not mesmerizing - mystery. How are these ...
ISBN: 9780486415802
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
by John Gribbin
"The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense ever ...
ISBN: 9780552779319
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
by ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
""One of the most valuable books on the relation of philosophy and science which has appeared for many years."" - The Cambridge Review""A great contribution to Natur-philosophie, far the finest contribution . . . made by any one man. - MindIn ...
ISBN: 9780486438993
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
by MAX JAMMER
""Professor Jammer's book traces the rise of force from the primordial 'nht' in Egyptian antiquity through its zenith as the central element of physical reality in classical mechanics to its near demise under modern criticism ... a veritable ...
ISBN: 9780486406893
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
Concepts of Mass in Classical and Modern Physics
by MAX JAMMER
Of fundamental importance to physics and the philosophy of science, the notion of mass had never been given an integrated and coherent historical investigation until the publication of this book. In it, the noted physicist Max Jammer presents a ...
ISBN: 9780486299983
Binding: Paperback
$22.99
by MAX JAMMER
Although the concept of space is of fundamental importance in both physics and philosophy, until the publication of this book, the idea of space had never been treated in terms of its historical development. It remained for Dr. Jammer, noted ...
ISBN: 9780486271194
Binding: Paperback
$27.99
Conceptual Foundations of the Statistical Approach in Mechanics
by PAUL EHRENFEST
In this concise classic, Paul Ehrenfest - one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists - reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Originally published in 1912, this classic has lost little of its ...
ISBN: 9780486662503
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
by A. ISIHARA
More than a graduate text and advanced research guide on condensed matter physics, this volume is useful to plasma physicists and polymer chemists, and their students. It emphasizes applications of statistical mechanics to a variety of systems ...
ISBN: 9780486458779
Binding: Paperback
$36.99
The Origins of the Laws of Nature
by Peter Atkins
ISBN: 9780198813378
Binding: Hardback
$29.95
by Philip Larrey
The world as we know it is changing. Driverless cars, drone deliveries and autonomous weapon systems are no longer the stuff of science fiction. But what's next for technology and business, and how will it impact our society? In <i>Connected ...
ISBN: 9780241308424
Binding: Paperback