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The Quest for Unity : The Adventure of Physics 9780195120851 Used / Pre-owned

Quantum physicist Etienne Klein and astrophysicist Marc Lachieze-Rey present and comment on the successive unifications that have marked the fundamental advances in physics from Newton s theory of gravitation unifying celestial and terrestrial... more

Proceedings of the International Astrono Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy: Dynamics Reference Frames and Data Analysis Book 261 (Hardcover)

General relativity provides our best description of gravitation in modern physics - currently all observations and tests of gravitational theories have agreed with it. GR is applied in fields as diverse as fundamental astronomy astrophysics geodesy... more

The theory of general relativity and gravitation: based on a course of lectures delivered at the Conference on recent advances in physics held at the University of Toronto in Janu

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Fundamental Theories of Physics: Beyond Einstein Gravity: A Survey of Gravitational Theories for Cosmology and Astrophysics (Hardcover)

This graduate level introduction explores the extended theories of gravity and cosmology including variational principles the weak-field limit gravitational waves and more. Complete with a consistent notation and rich references the text unifies the... more

Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Kinetic Theory of Gases in Shear Flows: Nonlinear Transport (Paperback)

The kinetic theory of gases as we know it dates to the paper of Boltzmann in 1872. The justification and context of this equation has been clarified over the past half century to the extent that it comprises one of the most complete examples of... more

Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation

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Space and time in contemporary physics an introduction to the theory of relativity and gravitation by Moritz Schlick. Rendered into English by Henry L. Brose with an introduction by F. A.

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: 1920 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1920 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

The theory of general relativity and gravitation; based on a course of lectures delivered at the Conference on recent advances in physics held at the University of Toronto in January 1921 by Ludwik Si

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The theory of general relativity and gravitation; based on a course of lectures delivered at the Conference on recent advances in physics held at the University of Toronto in January 1921 by Ludwik Si

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Fundamental Theories of Physics: Quantum Mechanics from General Relativity: An Approximation for a Theory of Inertia (Hardcover)

This monograph is a sequel to my earlier work General Relativity and Matter [1] which will be referred to henceforth as GRM. The monograph GRM focuses on the full set of implications of General Relativity Theory as a fundamental theory of matter in all... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: The Reduction of Physical Theories (Hardcover)

Using simple physical examples this work by Erhard Scheibe presents an important and powerful approach to the reduction of physical theories. Novel to the approach is that it is not based as usual on a single reduction concept that is fixed once and... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Theory and Applications of the Poincaré Group (Hardcover)

Special relativity and quantum mechanics formulated early in the twentieth century are the two most important scientific languages and are likely to remain so for many years to come. In the 1920 s when quantum mechanics was developed the most pressing... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Space Time and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski s Unification of Space and Time (Hardcover)

In 1908 Hermann Minkowski gave the four-dimensional(spacetime) formulationof special relativity[1]. In fact HenriPoincare[ ´ 2] rst noticedin1906that the Lorentz transformations had a geometric interpretation as rotations in a four-dimensional space... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: The Geometry of Higher-Order Lagrange Spaces (Paperback)

This monograph is mostly devoted to the problem of the geome- trizing of Lagrangians which depend on higher order accelerations. It naturally prolongs the theme of the monograph The Geometry of La- grange spaces: Theory and Applications written... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: From Quantum to Classical: Essays in Honour of H.-Dieter Zeh (Paperback)

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Fundamental Theories of Physics: Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions (Hardcover)

Preface. Section I: Thermal and chemical equilibrium. Section II: Non-equilibrium dynamics. Section III: Phase transitions and the critical behaviour. Section IV: Hadronic matter and the quark-gluon plasma. Section V: Multifragmentation liquid-gas... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Local Quantum Measurement and Relativity (Paperback)

This book treats various aspects of the quantum theory of measurement partially in a relativistic framework. Measurement(-like) processes in quantum theory are identified and analysed; and the quantum operator formalism is derived in full generality... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Contextual Approach to Quantum Formalism (Hardcover)

This book aims to show that the probabilistic formalisms of classical statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics can be unified on the basis of a general contextual probabilistic model namely the Vaxjo model. more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Mass and Motion in General Relativity (Hardcover)

From the infinitesimal scale of particle physics to the cosmic scale of the universe research is concerned with the nature of mass. While there have been spectacular advances in physics during the past century mass still remains a mysterious entity at... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Classical Statistical Mechanics (Paperback)

Statistical mechanics deals with systems in which chaos and randomness reign supreme. The current theory is therefore firmly based on the equations of classical mechanics and the postulates of probability theory. This volume seeks to present a unified... more

Pre-Owned The Theory of Elementary Waves: A New Explanation of Fundamental Physics (Hardcover) 0932750842 9780932750846

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Fundamental Theories of Physics: Uniformly Accelerating Charged Particles: A Threat to the Equivalence Principle (Hardcover)

Back in1954 a paper[2] by Bondi and Gold was to pick upona much olderqu- tion and raise anew one that would trigger another longdebate. The old question hadbeenaroundsince the beginning of the twentiethcentury whenBorn?rstraised it[1] and others... more

Lecture Notes in Physics: Fundamentals of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (Paperback)

There have been many significant advances in time-dependent density functional theory over recent years both in enlightening the fundamental theoretical basis of the theory as well as in computational algorithms and applications. This book as successor... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Quantum Versus Chaos: Questions Emerging from Mesoscopic Cosmos (Paperback)

Quantum and chaos key concepts in contemporary science are incompatible by nature. This volume presents an investigation into quantum transport in mesoscopic or nanoscale systems which are classically chaotic and shows the success and failure of... more

Contemporary Fundamental Physics: Quantum Mechanics in Spaces of Constant Curvature (Other)

In this book detailed analytical treatment and exact solutions are given to a number of problems of quantum mechanics and field theory in simplest non-Euclidean spacetime models. The main attention is focused on new themes created by non-vanishing... more

Springer Series in Chemical Physics: Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Fundamentals (Hardcover)

The aim of this book is to give a unified and critical account of the fundamental aspects of liquid crystals. Preference is given to discussing the assumptions made in developing theories and analyzing experimental data rather than to attempting to... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: A Course in Quantum Many-Body Theory (Hardcover)

This textbook presents various methods to deal with quantum many-body systems mainly addressing interacting electrons. It focusses on basic tools to tackle quantum effects in macroscopic systems of interacting particles and on fundamental concepts to... more

Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics an: Dynamics of the Standard Model (Hardcover)

Describing the fundamental theory of particle physics and its applications this book provides a detailed account of the Standard Model focusing on techniques that can produce information about real observed phenomena. It begins with a pedagogic account... more

Pre-Owned Global Aspects in Gravitation and Cosmology (Paperback 9780198500797) by Pankaj S Joshi

9780198500797. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 392. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 392 p. International Monographs on Physics 87. Basic to the entire theory and applications of black hole physics Global... more

Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics an: Dynamics of the Standard Model (Paperback)

Describing the fundamental theory of particle physics and its applications this book provides a detailed account of the Standard Model focusing on techniques that can produce information about real observed phenomena. It begins with a pedagogic account... more

Report on the Relativity of Gravitation (Paperback)

This groundbreaking report provides a detailed analysis of the theory of relativity as it applies to gravitational forces. It includes mathematical proofs and scientific observations that challenge traditional understandings of the laws of physics and... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: Electroweak and Strong Interactions: Phenomenology Concepts Models (Hardcover)

Through a detailed discussion of the empirical fundamentals of unified theories of strong electromagnetic and weak interactions this book emphasizes the phenomenology and the physics of fundamental interactions. more

Covariant Physics: From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond (Paperback)

Covariant Physics: From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond endeavours to provide undergraduate students as well as self-learners with training in the fundamentals of the modern theories of spacetime most notably the general theory of... more

Thermal and Statistical Physics: Concepts and Applications (Hardcover)

This textbook presents the fundamental concepts and theories in thermal physics and elementary statistical mechanics in a very simple systematic and comprehensive way. This book is written in a way that it presents the topics in a holistic manner with... more

Physics of the Atmosphere and Climate (Hardcover)

Murry Salby s new book provides an integrated treatment of the processes controlling the Earth-atmosphere system developed from first principles through a balance of theory and applications. This book builds on Salby s previous book Fundamentals of... more

Basic Physics for All (Paperback)

This is a simple concise book for both student and non-physics students presenting basic facts in straightforward form and conveying fundamental principles and theories of physics. This book will be helpful as a supplement to class teaching and to aid... more