Classical mechanics Books
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chaotic Dynamics In Hamiltonian Systems: With
Book SynopsisIn the past hundred years investigators have learned the significance of complex behavior in deterministic systems. The potential applications of this discovery are as numerous as they are encouraging.This text clearly presents the mathematical foundations of chaotic dynamics, including methods and results at the forefront of current research. The book begins with a thorough introduction to dynamical systems and their applications. It goes on to develop the theory of regular and stochastic behavior in higher-degree-of-freedom Hamiltonian systems, covering topics such as homoclinic chaos, KAM theory, the Melnikov method, and Arnold diffusion. Theoretical discussions are illustrated by a study of the dynamics of small circumasteroidal grains perturbed by solar radiation pressure. With alternative derivations and proofs of established results substituted for those in the standard literature, this work serves as an important source for researchers, students and teachers.Skillfully combining in-depth mathematics and actual physical applications, this book will be of interest to the applied mathematician, the theoretical mechanical engineer and the dynamical astronomer alike.
£78.85
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Thermomechanics Of Nonlinear Irreversible
Book SynopsisIn this invaluable book, macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics is presented in its realm and its splendor by appealing to the notion of internal variables of state. This applies to both fluids and solids with or without microstructures of mechanical or electromagnetic origin. This unmatched richness of essentially nonlinear behaviors is the result of the use of modern mathematical techniques such as convex analysis in a clear-cut framework which allows one to put under the umbrella of “irreversible thermodynamics” behaviors which until now have been commonly considered either not easily covered, or even impossible to incorporate into such a framework.The book is intended for all students and researchers whose main concern is the rational modeling of complex and/or new materials with physical and engineering applications, such as those accounting for coupled-field, hysteresis, fracture, nonlinear-diffusion, and phase-transformation phenomena.Table of ContentsIntroduction - a post-Duhemian thermodynamics; thermostatics and thermodynamics; various thermodynamics; thermodynamics with internal variables; applications - general framework; viscosity in complex fluids; viscoplasticity and plasticity; thermodynamics of fracture; non-equilibrium thermodynamics of electromagnetic materials; waves and reaction-diffusion systems (RDS).
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Hamiltonian Dynamics
Book SynopsisThis is both a textbook and a monograph. It is partially based on a two-semester course, held by the author for third-year students in physics and mathematics at the University of Salerno, on analytical mechanics, differential geometry, symplectic manifolds and integrable systems.As a textbook, it provides a systematic and self-consistent formulation of Hamiltonian dynamics both in a rigorous coordinate language and in the modern language of differential geometry. It also presents powerful mathematical methods of theoretical physics, especially in gauge theories and general relativity.As a monograph, the book deals with the advanced research topic of completely integrable dynamics, with both finitely and infinitely many degrees of freedom, including geometrical structures of solitonic wave equations.Table of ContentsPart 1 Analytical mechanics: the Lagrangian coordinates; Hamiltonian systems; transformation theory; the integration methods. Part 2 Basic ideas of differential geometry: manifolds and tangent spaces; differential forms; integration theory; Lie groups and Lie algebras. Part 3 Geometry and physics: symplectic manifolds and Hamiltonian systems; the orbits method; classical electrodynamics. Part 4 Integrable field theories: "KdV" equation; general structures; meaning and existence of recursion operators; miscellanea; integrability of fermionic dynamics.
£95.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics For Physics Graduate Students
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for first year physics graduate students who wish to learn about analytical mechanics. Lagrangians and Hamiltonians are extensively treated following chapters where particle motion, oscillations, coordinate systems, and rigid bodies are dealt with in far greater detail than in most undergraduate textbooks. Perturbation theory, relativistic mechanics, and two case studies of continuous systems are presented.Each subject is approached at progressively higher levels of abstraction. Lagrangians and Hamiltonians are first presented in an inductive way, leading up to general proofs. Hamiltonian mechanics is expressed in Cartan's notation not too early; there is a self-contained account of the traditional formulation.Numerous problems with detailed solutions are provided. Graduate students studying for the qualifying examination will find them very useful.Table of ContentsExamples of particle motion; fixed points, oscillations, chaos; co-ordinate systems; rigid bodies; Lagrangians; Hamiltonians; action-angle variables; perturbation theory; relativistic dynamics; continuous systems.
£43.70
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical And Computational Solid Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis invaluable book has been written for engineers and engineering scientists in a style that is readable, precise, concise, and practical. It gives first priority to the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions. The classical part is a revision of the well-known text Foundations of Solid Mechanics, with a much-expanded discussion on the theories of plasticity and large elastic deformation with finite strains. The computational part is all new and is aimed at solving many major linear and nonlinear boundary-value problems.Table of ContentsTensor analysis; stress tensor; analysis of strain; conservation laws; elastic and plastic behaviour of materials; linearized theory of elasticity; solutions of problems in linearized theory of elasticity by potentials; two-dimensional problems in linearized theory of elasticity; variational calculus, energy theorems, Saint-Venant's principle; Hamilton's principle, wave propagation, applications of generalized co-ordinates; elasticity and thermodynamics; irreversible thermodynamics and viscoelasticity; thermoelasticity; viscoelasticity; large deformation; incremental approach to solving some nonlinear problems; finite element methods; mixed and hybrid formulations; finite element methods for plates and shells; finite element modelling of nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity and creep.
£110.70
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical And Computational Solid Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis invaluable book has been written for engineers and engineering scientists in a style that is readable, precise, concise, and practical. It gives first priority to the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions. The classical part is a revision of the well-known text Foundations of Solid Mechanics, with a much-expanded discussion on the theories of plasticity and large elastic deformation with finite strains. The computational part is all new and is aimed at solving many major linear and nonlinear boundary-value problems.Table of ContentsTensor analysis; stress tensor; analysis of strain; conservation laws; elastic and plastic behaviour of materials; linearized theory of elasticity; solutions of problems in linearized theory of elasticity by potentials; two-dimensional problems in linearized theory of elasticity; variational calculus, energy theorems, Saint-Venant's principle; Hamilton's principle, wave propagation, applications of generalized co-ordinates; elasticity and thermodynamics; irreversible thermodynamics and viscoelasticity; thermoelasticity; viscoelasticity; large deformation; incremental approach to solving some nonlinear problems; finite element methods; mixed and hybrid formulations; finite element methods for plates and shells; finite element modelling of nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity and creep.
£57.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Statistical Mechanics: Manuscript
Book SynopsisThe 1952 Nobel physics laureate Felix Bloch (1905-83) was one of the titans of twentieth-century physics. He laid the fundamentals for the theory of solids and has been called the “father of solid-state physics.” His numerous, valuable contributions include the theory of magnetism, measurement of the magnetic moment of the neutron, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics.Statistical mechanics is a crucial subject which explores the understanding of the physical behaviour of many-body systems that create the world around us. Bloch's first-year graduate course at Stanford University was the highlight for several generations of students. Upon his retirement, he worked on a book based on the course. Unfortunately, at the time of his death, the writing was incomplete.This book has been prepared by Professor John Dirk Walecka from Bloch's unfinished masterpiece. It also includes three sets of Bloch's handwritten lecture notes (dating from 1949, 1969 and 1976), and details of lecture notes taken in 1976 by Brian Serot, who gave an invaluable opinion of the course from a student's perspective. All of Bloch's problem sets, some dating back to 1933, have been included.The book is accessible to anyone in the physical sciences at the advanced undergraduate level or the first-year graduate level.Table of ContentsIntroduction and basic concepts; classical physics; the statistical ensemble; thermal equilibrium and the canonical distribution; applications of classical statistics; quantum statistics; applications of quantum statistics.
£57.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Statistical Mechanics: Manuscript
Book SynopsisThe 1952 Nobel physics laureate Felix Bloch (1905-83) was one of the titans of twentieth-century physics. He laid the fundamentals for the theory of solids and has been called the “father of solid-state physics.” His numerous, valuable contributions include the theory of magnetism, measurement of the magnetic moment of the neutron, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the infrared problem in quantum electrodynamics.Statistical mechanics is a crucial subject which explores the understanding of the physical behaviour of many-body systems that create the world around us. Bloch's first-year graduate course at Stanford University was the highlight for several generations of students. Upon his retirement, he worked on a book based on the course. Unfortunately, at the time of his death, the writing was incomplete.This book has been prepared by Professor John Dirk Walecka from Bloch's unfinished masterpiece. It also includes three sets of Bloch's handwritten lecture notes (dating from 1949, 1969 and 1976), and details of lecture notes taken in 1976 by Brian Serot, who gave an invaluable opinion of the course from a student's perspective. All of Bloch's problem sets, some dating back to 1933, have been included.The book is accessible to anyone in the physical sciences at the advanced undergraduate level or the first-year graduate level.Table of ContentsIntroduction and basic concepts; classical physics; the statistical ensemble; thermal equilibrium and the canonical distribution; applications of classical statistics; quantum statistics; applications of quantum statistics.
£30.40
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Solution Manual For Classical Mechanics And
Book SynopsisAs the essential companion book to Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics (World Scientific, 2018), a textbook which aims to provide a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism, this book provides worked solutions to the exercises in Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics.Detailed explanations are laid out to aid the reader in advancing their understanding of the concepts and applications expounded in the textbook.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lecture Notes On Mechanics: Intermediate Level
Book SynopsisThis book is for students who are familiar with an introductory course in mechanics at the freshman level. With an emphasis on perspectives that are more fundamental and techniques more advanced than those given in most introductory mechanics textbooks, the book illuminates on notions where vectors are coordinate free, presents the importance of reference frames (inertial and non-inertial) to mechanics problems, the role of Galilean Relativity on invariance and covariance of physical quantities, a framework to perform calculations — free from the constraint of a fixed axis — in rotational dynamics, and others. Moreover, it provides clear links between concepts in mechanics and other branches of physics, such as thermodynamics and electrodynamics, so that students can possess a more complete view of what they learn within the confines of physics.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Classical Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis textbook aims to provide a clear and concise set of lectures that take one from the introduction and application of Newton's laws up to Hamilton's principle of stationary action and the lagrangian mechanics of continuous systems. An extensive set of accessible problems enhances and extends the coverage.It serves as a prequel to the author's recently published book entitled Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism based on an introductory course taught sometime ago at Stanford with over 400 students enrolled. Both lectures assume a good, concurrent, course in calculus and familiarity with basic concepts in physics; the development is otherwise self-contained.A good introduction to the subject allows one to approach the many more intermediate and advanced texts with better understanding and a deeper sense of appreciation that both students and teachers alike can share.
£66.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Classical Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis textbook aims to provide a clear and concise set of lectures that take one from the introduction and application of Newton's laws up to Hamilton's principle of stationary action and the lagrangian mechanics of continuous systems. An extensive set of accessible problems enhances and extends the coverage.It serves as a prequel to the author's recently published book entitled Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism based on an introductory course taught sometime ago at Stanford with over 400 students enrolled. Both lectures assume a good, concurrent, course in calculus and familiarity with basic concepts in physics; the development is otherwise self-contained.A good introduction to the subject allows one to approach the many more intermediate and advanced texts with better understanding and a deeper sense of appreciation that both students and teachers alike can share.
£33.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics: Lecture Notes
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides lecture materials of a comprehensive course in Classical Mechanics developed by the author over many years with input from students and colleagues alike. The richly illustrated book covers all major aspects of mechanics starting from the traditional Newtonian perspective, over Lagrangian mechanics, variational principles and Hamiltonian mechanics, rigid-body, and continuum mechanics, all the way to deterministic chaos and point-particle mechanics in special relativity. Derivation steps are worked out in detail, illustrated by examples, with ample explanations.Developed by a classroom practitioner, the book provides a comprehensive overview of classical mechanics with judicious material selections that can be covered in a one-semester course thus streamlining the instructor's task of choosing materials for their course. The usefulness for instructors notwithstanding, the primary aim of the book is to help students in their understanding, with detailed derivations and explanations, and provide focused guidance for their studies by repeatedly emphasizing how various topics are tied together by common physics principles.Table of ContentsNewtonian Mechanics; Lagrangian Mechanics; Variational Principles; Hamiltonian Mechanics; Mechanics of Rigid Bodies; Small Oscillations; Continuum Mechanics; Beyond Classical Mechanics;
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics: Lecture Notes
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides lecture materials of a comprehensive course in Classical Mechanics developed by the author over many years with input from students and colleagues alike. The richly illustrated book covers all major aspects of mechanics starting from the traditional Newtonian perspective, over Lagrangian mechanics, variational principles and Hamiltonian mechanics, rigid-body, and continuum mechanics, all the way to deterministic chaos and point-particle mechanics in special relativity. Derivation steps are worked out in detail, illustrated by examples, with ample explanations.Developed by a classroom practitioner, the book provides a comprehensive overview of classical mechanics with judicious material selections that can be covered in a one-semester course thus streamlining the instructor's task of choosing materials for their course. The usefulness for instructors notwithstanding, the primary aim of the book is to help students in their understanding, with detailed derivations and explanations, and provide focused guidance for their studies by repeatedly emphasizing how various topics are tied together by common physics principles.Table of ContentsNewtonian Mechanics; Lagrangian Mechanics; Variational Principles; Hamiltonian Mechanics; Mechanics of Rigid Bodies; Small Oscillations; Continuum Mechanics; Beyond Classical Mechanics;
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Brief Introduction To Classical Mechanics With
Book SynopsisBased on the lecture notes for a course on Classical Mechanics, students with a basic knowledge of calculus should be able to follow this book. Unlike other textbooks, exercises are not included because the main goal is to equip students with the skills to problem-solve. An old-fashioned yet efficient method has been to provide a step-by-step derivation of the fundamental formulas, giving students an overview of the subject through various illustrative examples and showing how to apply the general results to relevant problems in Classical Mechanics.
£52.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Brief Introduction To Classical Mechanics With
Book SynopsisBased on the lecture notes for a course on Classical Mechanics, students with a basic knowledge of calculus should be able to follow this book. Unlike other textbooks, exercises are not included because the main goal is to equip students with the skills to problem-solve. An old-fashioned yet efficient method has been to provide a step-by-step derivation of the fundamental formulas, giving students an overview of the subject through various illustrative examples and showing how to apply the general results to relevant problems in Classical Mechanics.
£23.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamentals Of Continuum Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers a concise yet rigorous treatment of continuum mechanics at the introductory level. It differs from traditional textbooks by combining tensor analysis with mechanical analysis and teaching the former's basics within a single chapter. Readers of this book are not required to have learned tensor analysis in the context of engineering mathematics beforehand.The basic objectives of continuum mechanics are included in this textbook to facilitate an easy and thorough understanding of the concepts of continuum mechanics and elasticity. In addition, the mathematics and physics of deformation and kinematics are introduced and studied from the concept of stretch rather than from the traditional approach of strain. The large deformation problem of new smart soft materials is also introduced.This textbook provides illustrative examples and problem sets that enable readers to test their understanding of the subject matter and utilize the tools developed in the formulation of engineering problems. It is suitable for students whose undergraduate disciplines are non-mechanics-related fields. It also helps students or engineers who use the finite element method (FEM) to analyze problems to interpret the results produced by FEM software.
£108.00
World Scientific Publishing Company Mechanics For Physicists An Introduction
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£130.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics And Relativity
Book SynopsisThe text covers the entire domain of basic classical mechanics and relativity theory (special and general) and has been revised mainly for the purpose of adding exercises without worked solutions that were missing in the first edition. To retain the format of a readable, yet advanced introductory text that can serve as the companion text for a course in mechanics, the more than 100 new exercises on diverse topics are of moderate range; answers are given and occasionally hints are provided. As before, the text aims to cover the entire spectrum of theoretical mechanics from Newton to Einstein. The reader can observe how in the course of time, deeper and deeper insights were achieved with the development of the basic equations of Newton to those of Euler and Lagrange, and to the geodesic equations of space-time and Einstein's relativity. To include diverse problems, a small section on this topic has been added.
£112.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics And Relativity
Book SynopsisThe text covers the entire domain of basic classical mechanics and relativity theory (special and general) and has been revised mainly for the purpose of adding exercises without worked solutions that were missing in the first edition. To retain the format of a readable, yet advanced introductory text that can serve as the companion text for a course in mechanics, the more than 100 new exercises on diverse topics are of moderate range; answers are given and occasionally hints are provided. As before, the text aims to cover the entire spectrum of theoretical mechanics from Newton to Einstein. The reader can observe how in the course of time, deeper and deeper insights were achieved with the development of the basic equations of Newton to those of Euler and Lagrange, and to the geodesic equations of space-time and Einstein's relativity. To include diverse problems, a small section on this topic has been added.
£66.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Nonlinear Gravitodynamics: The Lense-thirring
Book SynopsisThis book gives a detailed, up-to-date account of the Lense-Thirring effect and its implications for physics and astrophysics. Starting from a profound intuition of Lense and Thirring in 1918, based on a simple solution to the linearized Einstein field equations, this has emerged in the past four decades as a phenomenon of extraordinary importance in cosmology, radio jets in quasars, and the physics of neutron stars and black holes, besides leading to some of the most sophisticated experiments ever performed in the space surrounding our planet. The book contains the contributions presented at the “Third William Fairbank Meeting”, which have been expanded by adding a complete set of classical and prominent contemporary papers on this subject and a general introduction by R Ruffini.Table of ContentsEquations of motion of spinning particles in electrodynamics and general relativity; inertial forces and gravitoelectromagnetism; the GP-B mission - the orbiting gyroscope experiment around the Earth; probing the Lense-Thirring effect around the Earth with twin satellites; probing the gravitomagnetic Lense-Thirring effect with neutron stars and black holes.
£148.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics For Physics Graduate Students
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for first year physics graduate students who wish to learn about analytical mechanics. Lagrangians and Hamiltonians are extensively treated following chapters where particle motion, oscillations, coordinate systems, and rigid bodies are dealt with in far greater detail than in most undergraduate textbooks. Perturbation theory, relativistic mechanics, and two case studies of continuous systems are presented.Each subject is approached at progressively higher levels of abstraction. Lagrangians and Hamiltonians are first presented in an inductive way, leading up to general proofs. Hamiltonian mechanics is expressed in Cartan's notation not too early; there is a self-contained account of the traditional formulation.Numerous problems with detailed solutions are provided. Graduate students studying for the qualifying examination will find them very useful.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Symplectic Elasticity
Book SynopsisExact analytical solutions in some areas of solid mechanics, in particular problems in the theory of plates, have long been regarded as bottlenecks in the development of elasticity. In contrast to the traditional solution methodologies, such as Timoshenko's approach in the theory of elasticity for which the main technique is the semi-inverse method, this book presents a new approach based on the Hamiltonian principle and the symplectic duality system where solutions are derived in a rational manner in the symplectic space. Dissimilar to the conventional Euclidean space with one kind of variables, the symplectic space with dual variables thus provides a fundamental breakthrough. A unique feature of this symplectic approach is the classical bending problems in solid mechanics now become eigenvalue problems and the symplectic bending deflection solutions are constituted by expansion of eigenvectors. The classical solutions are subsets of the more general symplectic solutions.This book explains the new solution methodology by discussing plane isotropic elasticity, multiple layered plate, anisotropic elasticity, sectorial plate and thin plate bending problems in detail. A number of existing problems without analytical solutions within the framework of classical approaches are solved analytically using this symplectic approach. Symplectic methodologies can be applied not only to problems in elasticity, but also to other solid mechanics problems. In addition, it can also be extended to various engineering mechanics and mathematical physics fields, such as vibration, wave propagation, control theory, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics.Table of ContentsMathematical Preliminaries; Fundamental Equations of Elasticity and Variational Principle; The Timoshenko Beam Theory and Its Extension; Plane Elasticity in Rectangular Coordinates; Plane Anisotropic Elasticity Problems; Saint-Venant Problems for Laminated Composite Plates; Solutions for Plane Elasticity in Polar Coordinates; Hamiltonian System for Bending of Thin Plates.
£92.15
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Intermediate Statistical Mechanics
Book SynopsisIn this new textbook, a number of unusual applications are discussed in addition to the usual topics covered in a course on Statistical Physics. Examples are: statistical mechanics of powders, Peierls instability, graphene, Bose-Einstein condensates in a trap, Casimir effect and the quantum Hall effect. Superfluidity and super-conductivity (including the physics of high-temperature superconductors) have also been discussed extensively.The emphasis on the treatment of these topics is pedagogic, introducing the basic tenets of statistical mechanics, with extensive and thorough discussion of the postulates, ensembles, and the relevant statistics. Many standard examples illustrate the microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, as well as the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics.A special feature of this text is the detailed presentation of the theory of second-order phase transitions and the renormalization group, emphasizing the role of disorder. Non-equilibrium statistical physics is introduced via the Boltzmann transport equation. Additional topics covered here include metastability, glassy systems, the Langevin equation, Brownian motion, and the Fokker-Planck equation.Graduate students will find the presentation readily accessible, since the topics have been treated with great deal of care and attention to detail.
£76.95
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Topics On The Nonlinear Dynamics And Acoustics Of
Book SynopsisThis research monograph provides a brief overview of the authors' research in the area of ordered granular media over the last decade. The exposition covers one-dimensional homogeneous and dimer chains in great detail incorporating novel analytical tools and experimental results supporting the analytical and numerical studies. The proposed analytical tools have since been successfully implemented in studying two-dimensional dimers, granular dimers on on-site perturbations, solitary waves in Toda lattices to name a few. The second part of the monograph dwells on weakly coupled homogeneous granular chains from analytical, numerical and experimental perspective exploring the interesting phenomenon of Landau-Zener tunneling in granular media. The final part of the monograph provides a brief introduction to locally resonant acoustic metamaterials incorporating internal rotators and the resulting energy channeling mechanism in unit-cells and in one- and two-dimensional lattices. The monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the research in this interesting domain. However, this exposition is not all exhaustive with regard to equally exciting research by other researchers across the globe, but we provide an exhaustive list of references for the interested readers to further explore in this direction.
£180.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Essential Classical Mechanics
Book Synopsis'The authors deliver a highly readable text which should assure a continued supply of practitioners of classical mechanics and its applications.'Contemporary PhysicsThis is a book on intermediate classical mechanics. In this book, classical mechanics is presented as a useful tool to analyze the physical universe and also as the base on which the whole pyramid of modern physics has been erected. Various mechanical concepts are developed in a highly logical manner, with relatively thorough treatments on mathematical procedures and many physically interesting applications. Connections to more modern theoretical developments (including statistical physics, relativity, and quantum mechanics) are emphasized.
£66.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Essential Classical Mechanics: Problems And
Book Synopsis'The authors of this book offer a very strong reason for the study of classical mechanics describing it 'as the base on which the whole pyramid of modern physics has been erected' … In order that students can gauge their understanding of the various topics, many exercises are introduced. Some of those should be straightforward whilst others are quite challenging … The authors are to be thanked for delivering a highly readable text which should assure a continued supply of practitioners of classical mechanics and its applications.'Contemporary PhysicsProblem solving in physics is not simply a test of understanding, but an integral part of learning. This book contains complete step-by-step solutions for all exercise problems in Essential Classical Mechanics, with succinct chapter-by-chapter summaries of key concepts and formulas. The degree of difficulty with problems varies from quite simple to very challenging; but none too easy, as all problems in physics demand some subtlety of intuition. The emphasis of the book is not so much in acquainting students with various problem-solving techniques as in suggesting ways of thinking. For undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those involved in teaching classical mechanics, this book can be used as a supplementary text or as an independent study aid.
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Essential Classical Mechanics: Problems And
Book Synopsis'The authors of this book offer a very strong reason for the study of classical mechanics describing it 'as the base on which the whole pyramid of modern physics has been erected' … In order that students can gauge their understanding of the various topics, many exercises are introduced. Some of those should be straightforward whilst others are quite challenging … The authors are to be thanked for delivering a highly readable text which should assure a continued supply of practitioners of classical mechanics and its applications.'Contemporary PhysicsProblem solving in physics is not simply a test of understanding, but an integral part of learning. This book contains complete step-by-step solutions for all exercise problems in Essential Classical Mechanics, with succinct chapter-by-chapter summaries of key concepts and formulas. The degree of difficulty with problems varies from quite simple to very challenging; but none too easy, as all problems in physics demand some subtlety of intuition. The emphasis of the book is not so much in acquainting students with various problem-solving techniques as in suggesting ways of thinking. For undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those involved in teaching classical mechanics, this book can be used as a supplementary text or as an independent study aid.
£42.75
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics And Electrodynamics
Book SynopsisThe book gives a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism. It is analytical in approach and detailed in the derivations of physical consequences from the fundamental principles in each of the fields. The book is aimed at physics students in the last year of their undergraduate or first year of their graduate studies.The text is illustrated with many figures, most of these in color. There are many useful examples and exercises which complement the derivations in the text.
£85.50
Springer Verlag, Singapore A General Theory of Fluid Mechanics
Book SynopsisThis book provides a general introduction to fluid mechanics in the form of biographies and popular science. Based on the author’s extensive teaching experience, it combines natural science and human history, knowledge inheritance and cognition law to replace abstract concepts of fluid mechanics with intuitive and understandable physical concepts. In seven chapters, it describes the development of fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, wind tunnel and water tunnel equipment, the mystery of flight and aerodynamic principles, and leading figures in fluid mechanics in order to spark beginners’ interest and allow them to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field’s development. It also provides a list of references for further study.Table of ContentsFoundation of Fluid Mechanics.- Aerodynamics.- Hydrodynamics.- Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Experimental Fluid Mechanics.- Wind tunnel and water tunnel equipment.- Flight Mystery and Aerodynamic Principles.- Introduction to Celebrities in Fluid Mechanics.
£999.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Wavefronts And Rays As Characteristics And
Book SynopsisThis textbook — incorporated with many illuminating examples and exercises — is aimed at graduate students of physical sciences and engineering. The purpose is to provide a background of physics and underlying mathematics for the concept of rays, filling the gap between mathematics and physics textbooks for a coherent treatment of all topics. The authors' emphasis and extremely good presentation of the theory of characteristics, which defines the rays, accentuate the beauty and versatility of this theory. To this end, the rigour of the formulation — by a pure mathematician's standards — is downplayed to highlight the physical meaning and to make the subject accessible to a wider audience. The authors describe in detail the theory of characteristics for different types of differential equations, the applications to wave propagation in different types of media, and the phenomena such as caustics.Table of ContentsCharacteristic Equations of First-Order Linear Partial Differential Equations; Characteristic Equations of Second-Order Linear Partial Differential Equations; Characteristic Equations of First-Order Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations; Propagation of Discontinuities; Caustics;
£71.25
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Classical Mechanics With Applications
Book SynopsisThis textbook — appropriate for a one-semester course in classical mechanics at the late undergraduate or early graduate level — presents a fresh, modern approach to mechanics. About 150 exercises, covering a wide variety of topics and applications, have solutions roughly outlined for enhanced understanding. Unique to this text is the versatile application of programming language Mathematica™ throughout to analyze systems and generate results. Coverage is also devoted to the topic on one dimensional continuum systems. The extensive discussions on inverse problems of mechanical systems and the detailed analysis of stability of classical systems certainly make this an outstanding textbook.Table of ContentsCalculus of Variations; One Degree of Freedom; Systems with a Few Degrees of Freedom; Systems of Particles; Non-inertial Coordinate Systems; Gravitation; Collisions and Scattering; Hamiltonian Mechanics; Stability and Instability; Continuous Systems;
£43.70
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Chaotic Pendulum, The
Book SynopsisPendulum is the simplest nonlinear system, which, however, provides the means for the description of different phenomena in Nature that occur in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, communications, economics and sociology. The chaotic behavior of pendulum is usually associated with the random force acting on a pendulum (Brownian motion). Another type of chaotic motion (deterministic chaos) occurs in nonlinear systems with only few degrees of freedom. This book presents a comprehensive description of these phenomena going on in underdamped and overdamped pendula subject to additive and multiplicative periodic and random forces. No preliminary knowledge, such as complex mathematical or numerical methods, is required from a reader other than undergraduate courses in mathematical physics. A wide group of researchers, along with students and teachers will, thus, benefit from this definitive book on nonlinear dynamics.Table of ContentsPendulum Equations; Applications; Phase Space; Poincare Sections; Lyapunov Exponents; Spectral Analysis; Transition to Chaos; Analytic Methods (Feigenbaum, Melnikov); Parametric Driving; Brownian Motion; Overdamped; Spring; Double and Spherical Pendula.
£67.45
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Relativistic Statistical
Book SynopsisThis is one of the very few books focusing on relativistic statistical mechanics, and is written by a leading expert in this special field. It started from the notion of relativistic kinetic theory, half a century ago, exploding into relativistic statistical mechanics. This will interest specialists of various fields, especially the (classical and quantum) plasma physics. However, quantum physics — to which a major part is devoted — will be of more interest since, not only it applies to quantum plasma physics, but also to nuclear matter and to strong magnetic field, cosmology, etc. Although the domain of gauge theory is not covered in this book, the topic is not completely forgotten, in particular in the domain of plasma physics. This book is particularly readable for graduate students and a fortiori to young researchers for whom it offers methods and also appropriate schemes to deal with the current problems encountered in astrophysics, in strong magnetic, in nuclear or even in high energy physics.Table of ContentsThe One-Particle Relativistic Distribution Function; Relativistic Kinetic Theory and the BGK-Equation; Relativistic Plasmas; Curved Spacetime; Relativistic Statistical Mechanics; Relativistic Stochastic Processes and Connected Questions; The Density Operator; The Covariant Wigner Function; The Fermion Field Interacting via a Scalar Field; Covariant Kinetic Equations in the Quantum Domain; Application to Nuclear Matter; Strong Magnetic Fields; Statistics of Quasiparticles; The Relativistic Fermi Liquid; QED Plasmas.
£162.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Electrodynamics (2nd Edition)
Book SynopsisElectrodynamics is a basic area of physics, encompassing also classical and quantum physics, optics, relativity and field theory, and is of universal practical importance. The present text aims at a balance between basic theory and practical applications, and includes introductions to specific quantum mechanical effects. The detailed presentation allows the reader to follow every step. Each chapter is supplemented by both worked examples and unsolved exercises. This thoroughly revised second edition with new sections on networks and diffraction, and with international units stated wherever relevant, covers all the material normally required for a first degree in physics and beyond, and may serve as a step to advanced applications and research.Table of ContentsElectrostatics - Basic Aspects; Applications of Electrostatics; Macroscopic Electrostatics; Magnetostatics; Macroscopic Magnetostatics; The Maxwell Equations; Applications to Coils and Circuits; Electromagnetic Waves; Moving Charges in Vacuum; Optic Laws and Diffraction; Metals; Propagation of Radio Waves in the Ionosphere; Wave Guides and Resonators; Propagation of Waves in Media; Causality and Dispersion Relations; Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics; The Lagrange Formalism for the Electromagnetic Field; The Guage Covariant Schrodinger Equation and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect; Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field and the Casimir Effect; Duality and Magnetic Monopoles.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Electrodynamics (2nd Edition)
Book SynopsisElectrodynamics is a basic area of physics, encompassing also classical and quantum physics, optics, relativity and field theory, and is of universal practical importance. The present text aims at a balance between basic theory and practical applications, and includes introductions to specific quantum mechanical effects. The detailed presentation allows the reader to follow every step. Each chapter is supplemented by both worked examples and unsolved exercises. This thoroughly revised second edition with new sections on networks and diffraction, and with international units stated wherever relevant, covers all the material normally required for a first degree in physics and beyond, and may serve as a step to advanced applications and research.Table of ContentsElectrostatics - Basic Aspects; Applications of Electrostatics; Macroscopic Electrostatics; Magnetostatics; Macroscopic Magnetostatics; The Maxwell Equations; Applications to Coils and Circuits; Electromagnetic Waves; Moving Charges in Vacuum; Optic Laws and Diffraction; Metals; Propagation of Radio Waves in the Ionosphere; Wave Guides and Resonators; Propagation of Waves in Media; Causality and Dispersion Relations; Covariant Formulation of Electrodynamics; The Lagrange Formalism for the Electromagnetic Field; The Guage Covariant Schrodinger Equation and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect; Quantisation of the Electromagnetic Field and the Casimir Effect; Duality and Magnetic Monopoles.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Noisy Oscillator, The: Random Mass, Frequency,
Book SynopsisThe properties of the harmonic oscillator with random frequency or/and random damping formed the content of the first edition. The second edition includes hundreds of publications on this subject since 2005. The noisy oscillator continues to be the subject of intensive studies in physics, chemistry, biology, and social sciences.The new and the latest type of a stochastic oscillator has also been considered, namely, an oscillator with random mass. Such model describes, among other phenomena, Brownian motion with adhesion, where the molecules of the surrounding medium not only randomly collide, but also stick to the Brownian particle for some (random) time, thereby changing its mass. This edition contains two new chapters, eight new sections and an expanded bibliography. A wide group of researchers, students and teachers will benefit from this book.Table of ContentsDeterministic and Random Oscillators; White and Color Noise; Brownian Motion; Overdamped Harmonic Oscillator with Additive Noise; Overdamped Harmonic Oscillator with Multiplicative Noise; Overdamped Single-Well Oscillator; Overdamped Double-Well Oscillator; Harmonic Oscillator with Additive Noise; Nonlinear Oscillator with Additive Noise; Harmonic Oscillator with Random Frequency; Harmonic Oscillator with Random Damping; Linear vs Quadratic Noise; Nonlinear Oscillator with Multiplicative Noise; Harmonic Oscillator with Random Mass; In the Future.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Waves And Particles: Two Essays On Fundamental
Book SynopsisThe book consists of two separate parts, the first part is on waves and the second part on particles. In part 1, after describing the awesome power of tsunami and the history of their occurrences, the book turns to the history of explaining phenomena by means of mathematical equations. Then it describes other wave phenomena and the laws governing them: the vibration of strings and drums in musical instruments, the sound waves making them audible, ultrasound and its uses, sonar, and shock waves; electromagnetic waves: light waves, refraction, diffraction, why the sky is blue, the rainbow, and the glory; microwaves and radio waves: radar, radio astronomy, the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation, microwave ovens and how a radio works, lasers and masers; waves in modern physics: the Schrödinger wave function and gravitational waves in general relativity; water waves in the ocean, tides and tidal waves, and the quite different solitary waves, solitons discovered in canals. Finally we return to tsunami and the question of what laws govern them. We conclude that the answer to that question is not quite known yet, but there is ongoing research to solve the riddle.In part 2, the history of the idea of atoms is reviewed, and then the scientific evidence for their existence, with Rutherford's discovery of the atomic nucleus. The investigation of what the nucleus is like follows, including the discovery of the neutron, followed by that of the neutrino — of which there are several different kinds — and the muon as well as the pion. The important work of Paul Dirac is described, as well as the discovery of the positron and other antiparticles. The ways by which particles are discovered, by cloud chambers, bubble chambers, etc. are all explained, followed by the invention of the various machines to accelerate particles to high speeds: the cyclotron, the synchrotron, and the bigger and bigger machines, in the US as well as in Switzerland, including their storage rings. The new terminology of fermions and bosons are explained, followed by the remarkable use of group theory and group representations by matrices, whose unfamiliar algebra is carefully explained.Table of ContentsThe Story of a Tsunami; Science and Mathematics; The Sound of Music; Electromagnetic Waves; Wave Mechanics and Gravity Waves; Water Waves; And Back to Tsunami.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fundamental Principles Of Classical Mechanics: A
Book SynopsisThis book is written with the belief that classical mechanics, as a theoretical discipline, possesses an inherent beauty, depth, and richness that far transcends its immediate applications in mechanical systems. These properties are manifested, by and large, through the coherence and elegance of the mathematical structure underlying the discipline, and are eminently worthy of being communicated to physics students at the earliest stage possible. This volume is therefore addressed mainly to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate physics students who are interested in the application of modern mathematical methods in classical mechanics, in particular, those derived from the fields of topology and differential geometry, and also to the occasional mathematics student who is interested in important physics applications of these areas of mathematics. Its main purpose is to offer an introductory and broad glimpse of the majestic edifice of the mathematical theory of classical dynamics, not only in the time-honored analytical tradition of Newton, Laplace, Lagrange, Hamilton, Jacobi, and Whittaker, but also the more topological/geometrical one established by Poincare, and enriched by Birkhoff, Lyapunov, Smale, Siegel, Kolmogorov, Arnold, and Moser (as well as many others).Table of ContentsVectors, Tensors, and Linear Transformations; The Hodge - Star Operator and the Vector Cross Product; Differentiable Manifolds: the Tangent and Cotangent Bundles; Vector Calculus by Differential Forms; Cartan's Method of Moving Frames: Curvilinear Coordinates in R3; Flows and Lie Derivatives; Simple Applications of Newton's Laws; Centrifugal and Coriolis Forces; Classical Model of the Atom: Power Spectra; Many-Particle Systems and the Conservation Principles; Topology and Systems with Holonomic Constraints: Homology and de Rham Cohomology; The Parallel Transport of Vectors: The Foucault Pendulum; Force and Curvature; The Curvature Tensor in Riemannian Geometry; Calculus of Variations, the Euler - Lagrange Equations, the First Variation of Arc Length and Geodesics; The Second Variation of Arc Length, Index Forms, and Jacobi Fields; The Lagrangian Formulation of Classical Mechanics: Hamilton's Principle of Least Action, Lagrange Multipliers in Constrained Motion; The Hamiltonian Formulation of Classical Mechanics: Hamilton's Equations of Motion; Symmetric Tops; Integrability, Invariant Tori, Action-Angle Variables; Hamilton - Jacobi Theory, Integral Invariants; The Kolmogorov - Arnold - Moser (KAM) Theory: Stability of Invariant Tori; The Three-Body Problem; and other chapters.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Principles Of Physics: From Quantum Field Theory
Book SynopsisThis book starts from a set of common basic principles to establish the formalisms in all areas of fundamental physics, including quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, general relativity, electromagnetic field, and classical mechanics. Instead of the traditional pedagogic way, the author arranges the subjects and formalisms in a logical-sequential way, i.e. all the formulas are derived from the formulas before them. The formalisms are also kept self-contained. Most of the required mathematical tools are also given in the appendices. Although this book covers all the disciplines of fundamental physics, the book is concise and can be treated as an integrated entity. This is consistent with the aphorism that simplicity is beauty, unification is beauty, and thus physics is beauty. The book may be used as an advanced textbook by graduate students. It is also suitable for physicists who wish to have an overview of fundamental physics.Table of ContentsBasic Principles; Quantum Fields; Quantum Fields in Riemann Spacetime; Symmetry Breaking; Perturbative Field Theory; From Quantum Field Theory to Quantum Mechanics; Electromagnetic Field; Quantum Mechanics; Applications of Quantum Mechanics; Statistical Mechanics; Applications of Statistical Mechanics; General Relativity; Tensors; Functional Formula; Gaussian Integrals; Grassmann Algebra; Euclidean Representation; Some Useful Formulas; Jacobian; Geodesic Equation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Introduction To Lagrangian Mechanics, An (2nd
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics begins with a proper historical perspective on the Lagrangian method by presenting Fermat's Principle of Least Time (as an introduction to the Calculus of Variations) as well as the principles of Maupertuis, Jacobi, and d'Alembert that preceded Hamilton's formulation of the Principle of Least Action, from which the Euler-Lagrange equations of motion are derived. Other additional topics not traditionally presented in undergraduate textbooks include the treatment of constraint forces in Lagrangian Mechanics; Routh's procedure for Lagrangian systems with symmetries; the art of numerical analysis for physical systems; variational formulations for several continuous Lagrangian systems; an introduction to elliptic functions with applications in Classical Mechanics; and Noncanonical Hamiltonian Mechanics and perturbation theory.The Second Edition includes a larger selection of examples and problems (with hints) in each chapter and continues the strong emphasis of the First Edition on the development and application of mathematical methods (mostly calculus) to the solution of problems in Classical Mechanics.New material has been added to most chapters. For example, a new derivation of the Noether theorem for discrete Lagrangian systems is given and a modified Rutherford scattering problem is solved exactly to show that the total scattering cross section associated with a confined potential (i.e., which vanishes beyond a certain radius) yields the hard-sphere result. The Frenet-Serret formulas for the Coriolis-corrected projectile motion are presented, where the Frenet-Serret torsion is shown to be directly related to the Coriolis deflection, and a new treatment of the sleeping-top problem is given.Table of ContentsThe Calculus of Variations; Lagrangian Mechanics; Hamiltonian Mechanics; Motion in a Central-Force Field; Collisions and Scattering Theory; Motion in a Non-Inertial Frame; Rigid Body Motion; Normal-Mode Analysis; Continuous Lagrangian Systems; Appendices: Basic Mathematical Methods; Elliptic Functions and Integrals; Noncanonical Hamiltonian Mechanics;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Oscillator And Pendulum With A Random Mass
Book SynopsisStochastic descriptions of a harmonic oscillator can be obtained by adding additive noise, or/and three types of multiplicative noise: random frequency, random damping and random mass. The first three types of noise were intensively studied in many published articles. In this book the fourth case, that of random mass, is considered in the context of the harmonic oscillator and its immediate nonlinear generalization — the pendulum. To our knowledge it is the first book fully dedicated to this problem.Two interrelated methods, the Langevin equation and the Fokker-Planck equations, as well as the Lyapunov stability method are used for the mathematical analysis. After a short introduction, the two main parts of the book describe the different properties of the random harmonic oscillator and the random pendulum with random masses. As an example, the stochastic resonance is studied, where the noise plays an unusual role, increasing the applied weak periodic signal, and also the vibration resonance in dynamic systems, where the role of noise is played by the second high-frequency periodic signal.First and second averaged moments have been calculated for a system with different types of additive and multiplicative noises, which define the stability of a system. The calculations have been extended to two multiplicative noises and to quadratic noise. This book is useful for students and scientists working in different fields of statistical physics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Oscillator with Random Mass; Pendulum with Random Mass;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Waves And Rays In Elastic Continua (3rd Edition)
Book SynopsisThe present book — which is the third, significantly revised edition of the textbook originally published by Elsevier Science — emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning in the description of seismic phenomena. Herein, we use aspects of continuum mechanics, wave theory and ray theory to explain phenomena resulting from the propagation of seismic waves.The book is divided into three main sections: Elastic Continua, Waves and Rays and Variational Formulation of Rays. There is also a fourth part, which consists of appendices.In Elastic Continua, we use continuum mechanics to describe the material through which seismic waves propagate, and to formulate a system of equations to study the behaviour of such a material. In Waves and Rays, we use these equations to identify the types of body waves propagating in elastic continua as well as to express their velocities and displacements in terms of the properties of these continua. To solve the equations of motion in anisotropic inhomogeneous continua, we invoke the concept of a ray. In Variational Formulation of Rays, we show that, in elastic continua, a ray is tantamount to a trajectory along which a seismic signal propagates in accordance with the variational principle of stationary traveltime. Consequently, many seismic problems in elastic continua can be conveniently formulated and solved using the calculus of variations. In the Appendices, we describe two mathematical concepts that are used in the book; namely, homogeneity of a function and Legendre's transformation. This section also contains a list of symbols.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Wavefronts And Rays As Characteristics And
Book SynopsisThis textbook — incorporated with many illuminating examples and exercises — is aimed at graduate students of physical sciences and engineering. The purpose is to provide a background of physics and underlying mathematics for the concept of rays, filling the gap between mathematics and physics textbooks for a coherent treatment of all topics. The authors' emphasis and extremely good presentation of the theory of characteristics, which defines the rays, accentuate the beauty and versatility of this theory. To this end, the rigour of the formulation — by a pure mathematician's standards — is downplayed to highlight the physical meaning and to make the subject accessible to a wider audience. The authors describe in detail the theory of characteristics for different types of differential equations, the applications to wave propagation in different types of media, and phenomena such as caustics.Table of ContentsCharacteristic Equations of First-Order Linear Partial Differential Equations; Characteristic Equations of Second-Order Linear Partial Differential Equations; Characteristic Equations of First-Order Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations; Propagation of Discontinuities; Caustics;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Waves And Rays In Seismology: Answers To Unasked
Book SynopsisNew Edition: Waves and Rays in Seismology (2nd Edition)'The book is self-contained; the appendices are very helpful. Anyone with some background in classical physics will be able to follow the developments in the book. Overall, I found the book to be an excellent read and I would recommend it to students and researchers in seismology.'The Leading EdgeThe author dedicates this book to readers who are concerned with finding out the status of concepts, statements and hypotheses, and with clarifying and rearranging them in a logical order. It is thus not intended to teach tools and techniques of the trade, but to discuss the foundations on which seismology — and in a larger sense, the theory of wave propagation in solids — is built. A key question is: why and to what degree can a theory developed for an elastic continuum be used to investigate the propagation of waves in the Earth, which is neither a continuum nor fully elastic. But the scrutiny of the foundations goes much deeper: material symmetry, effective tensors, equivalent media; the influence (or, rather, the lack thereof) of gravitational and thermal effects and the rotation of the Earth, are discussed ab initio. The variational principles of Fermat and Hamilton and their consequences for the propagation of elastic waves, causality, Noether's theorem and its consequences on conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum are but a few topics that are investigated in the process to establish seismology as a science and to investigate its relation to subjects like realism and empiricism in natural sciences, to the nature of explanations and predictions, and to experimental verification and refutation.Table of ContentsScience of Seismology; Seismology and Continuum Mechanics; Seismology and Hookean Solids; Waves within Hookean Solids; Gravitational and Thermal Aspects in Seismology; Variational Principles; Seismology as Science;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lectures On Classical Mechanics
Book SynopsisThese lecture notes cover Classical Mechanics at the level of second-year undergraduates. The book offers comprehensive as well as self-contained material that can be taught in a one-semester course for students with the minimal background knowledge acquired in preuniversity education or in the usual first-year overview. The presentation does not skip the technical details which renders the book particularly well-suited for the self-studying student.Table of ContentsKinematics; Dynamics; Conservative Forces; Pair Forces; Two-Body Systems; Gravitating Mass Distributions; Variational Problems; Principle of Stationary Action; Small-Amplitude Oscillations; From Lagrange to Hamiltonian; Rigid Bodies; Earth-Bound Laboratories;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Lectures On Classical Mechanics
Book SynopsisThese lecture notes cover Classical Mechanics at the level of second-year undergraduates. The book offers comprehensive as well as self-contained material that can be taught in a one-semester course for students with the minimal background knowledge acquired in preuniversity education or in the usual first-year overview. The presentation does not skip the technical details which renders the book particularly well-suited for the self-studying student.Table of ContentsKinematics; Dynamics; Conservative Forces; Pair Forces; Two-Body Systems; Gravitating Mass Distributions; Variational Problems; Principle of Stationary Action; Small-Amplitude Oscillations; From Lagrange to Hamiltonian; Rigid Bodies; Earth-Bound Laboratories;
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Modern Approach To Classical Mechanics, A
Book SynopsisIn this book we describe the evolution of Classical Mechanics from Newton's laws via Lagrange's and Hamilton's theories with strong emphasis on integrability versus chaotic behavior.In the second edition of the book we have added historical remarks and references to historical sources important in the evolution of classical mechanics.Table of ContentsBasic Considerations and Concepts; Fundamentals of Classical Mechanics; One-Dimensional Motion of a Particle; Encountering Peculiar Motion in Two Dimensions; Motion in a Central Force; The Gravitational Interaction of Two Bodies; Collisions of Particles; Scattering; Changing the Frame of Reference; Lagrangian Mechanics; Conservation Laws and Symmetries in Many Particle Systems; The Rigid Body; Small Oscillations; Hamilton's Canonical Formulation of Mechanics; Hamilton-Jacobi Theory; Three-body Systems; Approximating Non-Integrable Systems;
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