Physics

The Springer VDI Heat Atlas (VDI Wärmeatlas) is one of the most important established books in matters of heat transfer engineering. For more than ...

Mathematical Theory of Dispersion-Managed Optical Solitons discusses recent advances covering optical solitons, soliton perturbation, optical cross...

Both superb and essential... Succi, with clarity and wit, takes us from quarks and Boltzmann to soft matter - precisely the frontier of physics and...

The book presents a history of classical mechanics by focusing on issues of equilibrium. The historical point of view adopted here restricts attent...

The International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS) creates a unique atmosphere for scientists of all fields, engineers, physicians, executives,...

The importance of solid base catalysts has come to be recognized for their environmentally benign qualities, and much significant progress has been...

This book interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy technologies and the new energy consumer intended to realise it. It enriches and ...

This book is an expanded and updated version of Part III of the authors' previous work, Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry (OUP 2008). The ori...

Spintronics Handbook, Second Edition offers an update on the single most comprehensive survey of the two intertwined fields of spintronics and magn...

This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges ...

This textbook provides an alternative, inductive treatment of traditional Engineering Thermodynamics, e.g. energy and its transformations in engine...

You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water...

The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who cr...

This book discusses how and why animals evolved into particular shapes. The book identifies the physical laws which decide over the evolutionary (s...

This volume presents selected papers from the 3rd International Conference on Optical and Wireless Technologies, conducted from 16th to 17th March,...

The essays in this open access volume identify the key ingredients for success in capitalizing on public investments in scientific projects and the...

ThisvolumeisacollectionofarticlesoriginallypublishedonaSpecialIssueoftheAstrophysicsandSpaceScienceJournal. It is intended to give a comprehensive ...

Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems is a compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contempo...

Als Reaktion auf die Havarie im japanischen Kernkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi wird Deutschland als erstes Industrieland der Welt innerhalb von rund e...

Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways ...

Frank Close delves into fundamental particles and forces to find clues to a deep unsolved mystery of physics: why is matter neutral? Human beings ...