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Atmospheric Thermodynamics 2e

Second Edition

£90.00

Craig Bohren, Bruce Albrecht

9780198872702
Hardback
01 May 2023

Atmospheric Thermodynamics provides a comprehensive treatment of a subject that can often be intimidating. The text analyses real-life problems and applications of the subject, alongside of guiding the reader through the fundamental basics followed by an emphasis on moist processes in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Atmospheric Thermodynamics 2e

Second Edition

£45.00

Craig Bohren, Bruce Albrecht

9780198872719
Paperback
01 May 2023

Atmospheric Thermodynamics provides a comprehensive treatment of a subject that can often be intimidating. The text analyses real-life problems and applications of the subject, alongside of guiding the reader through the fundamental basics followed by an emphasis on moist processes in the Earth's atmosphere.

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The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

£45.00

Robert Golub, Steve Lamoreaux

9780198822196
Paperback
16 March 2023

Placing the development of quantum mechanics in its historical context, from its philosophical origins in Greece, to its scientific realisation in the 19th and 20th centuries, this textbook book culminates with an examination of the current state of the field and an introduction to quantum information and computing.

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The Historical and Physical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

£120.00

Robert Golub, Steve Lamoreaux

9780198822189
Hardback
28 February 2023

Placing the development of quantum mechanics in its historical context, from its philosophical origins in Greece, to its scientific realisation in the 19th and 20th centuries, this textbook book culminates with an examination of the current state of the field and an introduction to quantum information and computing.

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Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding

£39.95

Dale A. Ostlie

9780198825838
Paperback
11 August 2022

This introductory astronomy textbook is aimed at undergraduates across a range of disciplines. It encourages the development of vital science-based critical-thinking skills, and outlines our present-day understanding of our universe and the profound questions still to be answered in this ancient, yet rapidly changing field.

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Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding

£80.00

Dale A. Ostlie

9780198825821
Hardback
11 August 2022

This introductory astronomy textbook is aimed at undergraduates across a range of disciplines. It encourages the development of vital science-based critical-thinking skills, and outlines our present-day understanding of our universe and the profound questions still to be answered in this ancient, yet rapidly changing field.

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Introducing Einstein's Relativity: A Deeper Understanding

Second Edition

£80.00

Ray d'Inverno, James Vickers

9780198862024
Hardback
07 June 2022

This textbook provides students with a sound mathematical introduction coupled to an understanding of the physical insights needed to explore the subject

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Introducing Einstein's Relativity: A Deeper Understanding

Second Edition

£40.00

Ray d'Inverno, James Vickers

9780198862031
Paperback
07 June 2022

This textbook provides students with a sound mathematical introduction coupled with an understanding of the physical insights needed to explore the subject

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A Materials Science Guide to Superconductors: and How to Make Them Super

£49.99

Susannah Speller

9780192858344
Hardback
03 June 2022

Superconductors capture the imagination with seemingly magical properties that allow them to carry electricity without losing any energy. This book tells how superconductors are designed and engineered on the nanoscale. It introduces what materials science is all about and why advanced materials have such importance for technological progress.

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A Materials Science Guide to Superconductors: and How to Make Them Super

£24.99

Susannah Speller

9780192858351
Paperback
03 June 2022

Superconductors capture the imagination with seemingly magical properties that allow them to carry electricity without losing any energy. This book tells how superconductors are designed and engineered on the nanoscale. It introduces what materials science is all about and why advanced materials have such importance for technological progress.

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Quantum Computing: From Alice to Bob

£29.99

Alice Flarend, Robert Hilborn

9780192857989
Paperback
15 April 2022

A distinctive and accessible introduction to quantum information science and quantum computing, this textbook provides a solid conceptual and formal understanding of quantum states and entanglement for undergraduate students and upper-level secondary school students with little or no background in physics, computer science, or mathematics.

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Quantum Computing: From Alice to Bob

£60.00

Alice Flarend, Robert Hilborn

9780192857972
Hardback
15 April 2022

A distinctive and accessible introduction to quantum information science and quantum computing, this textbook provides a solid conceptual and formal understanding of quantum states and entanglement for undergraduate students and upper-level secondary school students with little or no background in physics, computer science, or mathematics.

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An Introduction to Thermal Physics

£32.99

Daniel V. Schroeder

9780192895554
Paperback
05 January 2021

This is a textbook for the standard undergraduate-level course in thermal physics. The book explores applications to engineering, chemistry, biology, geology, atmospheric science, astrophysics, cosmology, and everyday life.

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An Introduction to Thermal Physics

£66.00

Daniel V. Schroeder

9780192895547
Hardback
05 January 2021

This is a textbook for the standard undergraduate-level course in thermal physics. The book explores applications to engineering, chemistry, biology, geology, atmospheric science, astrophysics, cosmology, and everyday life.

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Organic Electronics: Foundations to Applications

£105.00

Stephen R. Forrest

9780198529729
Hardback
21 August 2020

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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Exploring Classical Mechanics: A Collection of 350+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers - Second Revised and Enlarged English Edition

£32.99

G. L. Kotkin, V. G. Serbo

9780198853794
Paperback
10 August 2020

This widly used text teaches analytical mechanics, the first chapter in the study of theoretical physics. Its methods and ideas are crucially important as they form the basis of all other branches of theoretical physics including quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and field theory. Most of the problems are original to this book.

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Exploring Classical Mechanics: A Collection of 350+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers - Second Revised and Enlarged English Edition

£66.00

G. L. Kotkin, V. G. Serbo

9780198853787
Hardback
10 August 2020

This widly used text teaches analytical mechanics, the first chapter in the study of theoretical physics. Its methods and ideas are crucially important as they form the basis of all other branches of theoretical physics including quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and field theory. Most of the problems are original to this book.

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Continuum Mechanics of Solids

£72.00

Lallit Anand, Sanjay Govindjee

9780198864721
Hardback
20 July 2020

Oxford Graduate Texts

This introductory graduate text is a unified treatment of the major concepts of Solid Mechanics for beginning graduate students in the many branches of engineering. Major topics are elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, fracture, and fatigue. The book also has chapters on thermoelasticity, chemoelasticity, poroelasticity and piezoelectricity.

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Chi-Squared Data Analysis and Model Testing for Beginners

£46.49

Carey Witkov, Keith Zengel

9780198847144
Hardback
17 September 2019

Recent groundbreaking discoveries in physics have relied on chi-squared analysis and model testing. This is the first book to make this data analysis method accessible to students in introductory physics lab courses and others who need to learn this method, such as beginning researchers in astrophysics and beginners in data science.

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Chi-Squared Data Analysis and Model Testing for Beginners

£23.49

Carey Witkov, Keith Zengel

9780198847151
Paperback
17 September 2019

Recent groundbreaking discoveries in physics have relied on chi-squared analysis and model testing. This is the first book to make this data analysis method accessible to students in introductory physics lab courses and others who need to learn this method, such as beginning researchers in astrophysics and beginners in data science.

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