Plasmas are charged particle gases found throughout the solar system in environments such as the solar atmosphere, the solar wind and the planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres. Physics of Solar System Plasmas provides a comprehensive introduction…
Stephen Hawking is de bekendste theoretisch natuurkundige van onze tijd, maar slechts weinig mensen buiten zijn vakgebied weten wat hij gedaan heeft. Voor het grote publiek is hij een legendarische figuur van tragische dimensies en desondanks…
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De quantumtheorie confronteert ons met bizarre paradoxen die de logische opbouw van de klassieke natuurkunde verstoren. Op het niveau van de subatomen schijnt het ene deeltje precies te weten wat de andere doen, overeenkomstig de eigenschap…
This revision of Dr. Branwell's highly popular text retains the features which have made it so attractive to students and lecturers over the years. It remains an elementary and non-mathematical introduction to molecular spectroscopy that emphasizes…
The Weak Interaction in Nuclear, Particle and Astrophysics presents concepts of the weak interaction and its integration into modern gauge theories of particle physics, such as grand unification and supersymmetry. The book explores the close…
The light emitted by celestial objects can have its wavelength "stretched" in different ways before it is observed by astronomers. These stretching phenomena are collectively called "redshift". They influence virtually all aspects of astronomy and…
Over 100,000 copies of this spectacular journey have already been sold. In forty-two consecutive scenes, each at a different 'power of ten' level of magnification, readers are taken from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the…
This book has stood the test of time as one of the classic textbooks of physics. It ranks up there with Reitz, Milford & Christy ("Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory") and Symon ("Mechanics") as one of the most-used textbooks in the…