Applied Physics

There’s no better guide through mind-expanding questions such as what the nature of space and time is, how we fit within the universe, and how the ...

Professor Stephen Hawking is generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. Here, his phenomenal bestseller A Brief Histor...

A thorough explanation of the tenets of biomechanics At once a basic and applied science, biomechanics focuses on the mechanical cause-effect relat...

A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have spec...

In A Brief History of Black Holes, award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakth...

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic biology, the remar...

Physics to a Degree provides an extensive collection of problems suitable for self-study or tutorial and group work at the level of an undergraduat...

Relativistic hydrodynamics is a very successful theoretical framework to describe the dynamics of matter from scales as small as those of colliding...

Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) describes the quantum dynamics of interacting electronic many-body systems formally exactly and in...

This advanced undergraduate text introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity. The topics covered include geometric formulation of special re...

The United States must operate successfully in space to help assure its security and economic well being. The Department of the Navy is a major use...

Active Galactic Nuclei This AGN textbook gives an overview on the current knowledge of the Active Galacitc Nuclei phenomenon. The spectral energy d...

As evidenced by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy in its 80-year history has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe. ...

Mathematical Physics for Nuclear Experiments presents an accessible introduction to the mathematical derivations of key equations used in describin...

The existence and functioning of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) challenge the classical structure-function paradigm that equates function...

First published in 1922, this book represents the first attempt to popularise the more accessible aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of re...

Love Canal. Exxon Valdez. Times Beach. Sacramento River Spill. Amoco Cadiz. Seveso. Every area of the world has been affected by improper waste dis...

A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestsellerA Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets...

Remarkable developments in the spectroscopy field regarding ultrashort pulse generation have led to the possibility of producing light pulses rangi...

Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity. There is strong evidence of their existence...

Gravitational waves (GWs) are a hot topic and promise to play a central role in astrophysics, cosmology, and theoretical physics. Technological dev...

This book provides readers with an understanding of the basic physics and mathematics that governs our solar system. It explores the mechanics of o...

The role of metal ions in protein folding and structure is a critical topic to a range of scientists in numerous fields, particularly those working...

The book opens with a description of the smooth transition from Newtonian to Einsteinian behaviour from electrons as their energy is progressively ...

Cosmic inflation and dark energy hold the key to the origin and the eventual fate of the Universe. Despite the increasing prominence of these subje...