Applied Physics

From Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to todayModern cosmology began a century ago with Albert ...

A series of engaging essays that explore iconic moments of discovery and debate in physicists' ongoing quest to understand the quantum world. The...

Marvel at the wonders of the Universe, from stars and planets to black holes and nebulae, in this exploration of our Solar System and beyond.Univer...

What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? Using clear and plain language, the author explores these two interesting scienti...

What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? Using clear and plain language, the author explores these two interesting scienti...

After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set ab...

With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into...

Written by the famous High-Pressure scientist of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The ABCs of High-Pressure Science contains brief information expl...

A signature feature of living organisms is their ability to carry out purposeful actions by taking stock of the world around them. To that end, cel...

This textbook is a first-look at radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres with a particular focus on the Earth's atmosphere and climate. It cov...

This book provides a practical guide to molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation techniques used in the modelling of simple and complex liquid...

The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything kno...

Brownian diffusion is the motion of one or more solute molecules in a sea of very many, much smaller solvent molecules. Its importance today owes m...