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Essays in Physics: Thirty-two thoughtful essays on topics in undergraduate-level physics£59.99 Geoffrey Brooker
9780198857242 Essays in Physics is a consideration of the more puzzling and exciting aspects of physics, including discussions of many errors and misconceptions in the field. |
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Optical Networks£65.00 Debasish Datta
9780198834229 Optical Networks provides a comprehensive all-in-one text for beginning graduate as well as final-year undergraduate students, and also serves well for R&D engineers to quickly refresh the basics and then move on to emerging topics. |
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Semiconductor Physics: Principles, Theory and Nanoscale£65.00 Sandip Tiwari
9780198759867 This text brings together traditional solid-state approaches from the 20th century with developments of the early part of the 21st century, to reach an understanding of semiconductor physics in its multifaceted forms. It reveals how an understanding of what happens within the material can lead to insights into what happens in its use. |
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Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short IntroductionThird Edition £8.99 Joseph M. Siracusa
9780198860532 Nuclear Weapons are the most deadly weapon ever invented. This Very Short Introduction discusses the history and politics of nuclear weapons since their development in the 1940s. It describes the successes and failures of treaties that have aimed for their control and reduction, and their impact on international relations today. |
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Organic Electronics: Foundations to Applications£95.00 Stephen R. Forrest
9780198529729 This textbook provides a basic understanding of the principles of the field of organic electronics through to their applications in organic devices. Useful for the student and practitioner, it is both a teaching text and a resource that is a jumping-off point for learning, working and innovating in this rapidly growing field. |
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Principles of Neutron Scattering from Condensed Matter£55.00 Andrew T. Boothroyd
9780198862314 This textbook provides a comprehensive account of the many different ways neutrons are being used to investigate the behaviour of atoms and molecules in bulk matter. It provides a modern and pedagogical treatment of the principles behind the various neutron scattering techniques that are used at facilities around the world. |
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Particle Detectors: Fundamentals and Applications£75.00 Hermann Kolanoski, Norbert Wermes
9780198858362 This book describes the fundamentals of particle detectors as well as their applications. Detector development is an important part of nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics and through its applications in radiation imaging it paves the way for advancements in the biomedical and materials sciences. |
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Physics of Elasticity and Crystal Defects£45.00 Adrian P. Sutton
9780198860785 Oxford Series on Materials Modelling Although linear elasticity of defects in solids is well established, this textbook introduces the subject in a novel way by comparing key concepts at the atomic scale and at the usual continuum scale, and it explores the relationships between these treatments. There are exercises to work through, with solutions for instructors from the OUP website. |
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Modern Optics Simplified£29.99 Robert D. Guenther
9780198842866 This text reduces the complexity of the coverage of optics to allow students with elementary calculus to learn the principles of optics and modern Fourier theory of diffraction and imaging. Each chapter offers simple examples from real engineering problems and includes current topics in imaging such as optical coherence tomography and fiber optics. |
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Modern Optics Simplified£60.00 B. D. Guenther
9780198842859 This text reduces the complexity of the coverage of optics to allow students with elementary calculus to learn the principles of optics and modern Fourier theory of diffraction and imaging. Each chapter offers simple examples from real engineering problems and includes current topics in imaging such as optical coherence tomography and fiber optics. |
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Quantum 20/20: Fundamentals, Entanglement, Gauge Fields, Condensates and Topology£60.00 Ian R. Kenyon
9780198808350 This textbook for upper-level undergraduates covers the fundamentals and incorporates key themes of quantum physics. Major themes include boson condensation and fermion exclusivity, entanglement, quantum field theory, measurement precision set by quantum mechanics, and topology. |
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Quantum 20/20: Fundamentals, Entanglement, Gauge Fields, Condensates and Topology£29.99 Ian R. Kenyon
9780198808367 This textbook for upper-level undergraduates covers the fundamentals and incorporates key themes of quantum physics. Major themes include boson condensation and fermion exclusivity, entanglement, quantum field theory, measurement precision set by quantum mechanics, and topology. |
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Tribology on the Small Scale: A Modern Textbook on Friction, Lubrication, and WearSecond Edition £55.00 C. Mathew Mate, Robert W. Carpick
9780199609802 Friction, lubrication, adhesion, and wear are prevalent physical phenomena in everyday life and in many key technologies. This book explains how these tribological phenomena originate from atomistic and microscale physical phenomena and shows how this understanding can be used to solve macroscale tribology problems. |
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Physics: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Sidney Perkowitz
9780198813941 Physics encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. From modern quantum mechanics to cosmology, digital electronics, and energy production, this book discusses why physics is worth doing and how physicists do it. |
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Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory: Concepts and Applications£34.99 Carsten A. Ullrich
9780198841937 Time-dependent density-functional theory (TDDFT) is a quantum mechanical approach for the dynamical properties of electrons in matter. It's widely used in (bio)chemistry and physics to calculate molecular excitation energies and optical properties of materials. This is the first graduate-level text on the formal framework and applications of TDDFT. |
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An Introduction to Quantum Optics and Quantum Fluctuations£65.00 Peter W. Milonni
9780199215614 This is an introduction to the quantum theory of light and its broad implications and applications. The book covers material with direct relevance to current basic and applied research, such as quantum fluctuations and their role in laser physics and the theory of forces between macroscopic bodies. Includes many exercises and historical sidelights. |
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Optics f2f: From Fourier to Fresnel£29.99 Charles S. Adams, Ifan G. Hughes
9780198786795 This textbook on optics introduces key concepts of wave optics and light propagation. The book highlights topics in contemporary optics such as propagation, dispersion and apodisation. The principles are applied through worked examples, and the book is copiously illustrated with more than 240 figures and 200 end-of-chapter exercises. |
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Problems in Structural Inorganic ChemistrySecond Edition £37.50 Wai-Kee Li, Hung Kay Lee, Dennis Kee Pui Ng, Yu-San Cheung, Kendrew Kin Wah Mak, Thomas Chung Wai Mak
9780198823919 This textbook offers over 400 problems and solutions in structural inorganic chemistry for senior undergraduates and beginning graduates. It is an updated companion text to Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry by the same authors. The new edition adds over 100 new problems and three new chapters on metal compounds and bioinorganic chemistry. |
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Problems in Structural Inorganic ChemistrySecond Edition £75.00 Wai-Kee Li, Hung Kay Lee, Dennis Kee Pui Ng, Yu-San Cheung, Kendrew Kin Wah Mak, Thomas Chung Wai Mak
9780198823902 This textbook offers over 400 problems and solutions in structural inorganic chemistry for senior undergraduates and beginning graduates. It is an updated companion text to Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry by the same authors. The new edition adds over 100 new problems and three new chapters on metal compounds and bioinorganic chemistry. |
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Waves: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Mike Goldsmith
9780198803782 From sound waves to gravitational waves, and from waves of light to crashing rollers on the ocean, Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world, and considers the range of phenomena resulting from wave motion, including reflection, diffraction, and polarization in light, and beats and echoes in sound. |