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Book SynopsisThis book combines physics, philosophy, and history in a radical new approach to introducing the philosophy of physics. It leads the reader through several central problems in the philosophy of physics by tracing their connections to a single issue: whether a cause must be spatiotemporally local to its effect, or whether action at a distance can occurTrade Review"Marc Lange uses the philosophical tools of traditional metaphysics to analyze examples drawn from electromagnetic theory and quantum mechanics and in turn uses these examples to refine some of the basic concepts of traditional metaphysics. The result is an excellent introduction to the best sort of metaphysics, the sort that is informed by our best physical theories." Jeffrey Barrett, University of California, Irvine "This is philosophy of physics that meets even Feynman's challenge of making a difference for physics while it attains Hempel's standards of clarity. I can hardly imagine teaching the philosophy of physics, at any level, from introductory to graduate seminar, without using this book!" Alex Rosenberg, Duke University "Eschewing the technical jargon of philosophy of science, though he is a fluent contributor to journals and refers to current issues in appropriate notes, Lange employs a breezy, common language style, complete with discussion questions suitable for an undergraduate introductory class. [...] Highly recommended to philosphically inexperienced physicists as well as current students in philosophy of science. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty." P.D. Skiff, Bard College, Choice, January 2003 "An accomplished philosopher of science, Lange introduces the epistemological consequences of a central idea in physics - locality ... Eschewing the technical jargon of philosophy of science, though he is a fluent contributor to journals and feres to current issues in appropriate notes, Lange employs a breezy, commom language style, complete with discussion questions suitable for an undergraduate introductory class ... his introduction to the issues via concrete example is very effective and unique. Highly recommended to philosophically inexperienced physicists as well as current students in philosophy of science." ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface. 1. What Is Spatiotemporal Locality?. The Big Picture. Causal Relations between Events. Action by Contact. Spatial, Temporal, and Spatiotemporal Locality Defined. Intrinsic Properties and Noncausal Connections. You Might Think about... 2. Fields to the Rescue?. The Electric Force. The Electric Field and its Possible Interpretations. Potentials. Lines of Force. You Might Think about... 3. Dispositions and Causes:. Introduction. Dispositions, Categorical Bases, and Subjunctive Conditionals. Are the Categorical Bases in Themselves Unknowable?. You Might Think about... 4. Locality and Scientific Explanation:. Is Action at a Distance Impossible?. Brute Facts and Ultimate Explanations. Which Facts are Brute?. You Might Think about... 5. Fields, Energy, and Momentum:. Introduction. The Argument from Conserved Quantities. Why Energy's Ontological Status Matters. Energy in Classical Physics. Energy in the Fields. Energy Flow and the Poynting Vector. A Moral Regarding the Testability of Theories. You Might Think about... 6. Is There Nothing But Fields?. Is Electric Charge Real?. Faraday's Picture. You Might Think about... 7. Relativity and the Unification of Electricity and Magnetism:. Unification in Physics. How Relativity Unifies Electricity and Magnetism. Einstein's Argument from Asymmetry. The Interdependence of Philosophy and Physics. You Might Think about... 8. Relativity, Energy, Mass, and the Reality of Fields:. Classical Physics and the "Relativity of Motion". Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that Relativity Achieves: Space and Time. Relativistic Invariants and the Unification that Relativity Achieves: Energy and Momentum. Mass and the Meaning of "E = mc2". Fields -- at Last!. Erasing the Line between Scientific Theory and its Philosophical Interpretation. You Might Think about... 9. Quantum Metaphysics:. Is Quantum Mechanics Complete?. The Bell Inequalities. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Wrestling with Nonlocality. Entanglement, Reduction, and Intrinsic Properties. You Might Think about... Final Exam. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this moving and eloquent portrait, Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. He shows how Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the realities of World War I and the brutalities of the Third Reich.Trade ReviewAn important book to which all students of science as a human institution should be referred… This story of a fruitful but ultimately tragic life is extremely well told and needs to be more widely known. -- John Ziman * Times Higher Education Supplement *Heilbron gives a very readable, and very balanced, account of the successes and disasters of this great physicist, without attempting to pass judgment. But the character of the man comes clearly through the narrative. -- Rudolf Peierls * New York Review of Books *A fascinating account of the life of one of the founders of modern physics. [Heilbron] takes every opportunity to draw parallels between the evolution of science and the social upheavals which accompanied the process. -- Tania Monteiro * New Scientist *The Dilemmas of an Upright Man is a reissue of the life of Max Planck… Hollywood would title it Triumph and Tragedy. Planck’s quantum theory transformed physics, but his career period was rocked by two world wars. He stayed in Nazi Germany throughout… Although he could have escaped, he wouldn’t leave. Some contemporaries found his obduracy hard to understand. * Science News *

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Book SynopsisEinstein and Oppenheimer belonged to different generations, with the boundary marked by the advent of quantum mechanics. By exploring how these men differed—in their worldview, in their work, and in their day—this book provides powerful insights into the lives of two critical figures and into the scientific culture of their times.Trade ReviewWith sensitivity and masterful insight Schweber explores aspects of the lives, thought and personalities of Einstein and Oppenheimer—their philosophical and ethical positions, and their ethnic and cultural commitments—as well as their uneasy interaction with each other, their differing views on the unification of physics, and even the role of Buddhist detachment in their thinking. The end result is a book that offers new perspectives on how both scientists responded to the transformations in physics and its relationship with public and political developments brought about by the opening of the atomic age. -- David C. Cassidy, author of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century and Einstein and Our WorldYou'd be forgiven for thinking there is little we don't know already about Einstein and Oppenheimer. Yet this book plots the lives of the 20th century's most charismatic physicists to a greater end than biography. Focusing on the cultural milieus in which they thrived, Schweber investigates Einstein and Oppenheimer's very different manifestations of genius--one solitary, one social. Schweber's depth of analysis, particularly in describing both scientists' affinities for Buddhist thought, insists that there is much more to learn about each. * Seed *The real interest of Mr. Schweber's account--and what makes his dual biography unusual--is the emphasis he places not on Einstein's or Oppenheimer's scientific achievements, which have been often enough described, but on their later careers, when both found themselves, for different reasons, strangely sidelined. -- Eric Ormsby * New York Sun *Schweber has set himself quite a task in seeking to add to our understanding [of Einstein and Oppenheimer]. By my reckoning he has succeeded, not so much by uncovering significant new material as by reflecting wisely and eloquently on Einstein's and Oppenheimer's politics, their relationships with their colleagues, and their contributions to science. -- Lawrence Black * Times Higher Education Supplement *Have we not heard enough of these two men? Yet Silvan S. Schweber shows us in his new book, Einstein and Oppenheimer, that there is still more to say. What we know about these two giants of physics largely concerns their genius--their formidable mental powers--but this focus tends to foreground the individual at the expense of intellectual and scientific context. Schweber's aim is ambitious: to capture another quality that he calls the greatness of Einstein and Oppenheimer--to show how their actions altered humanity's "ideas concerning what human beings can be or do." We know much about the genius of these two men, Schweber implies, but little of their greatness. -- Robert P. Crease * American Scientist *In a brief review, it is not possible to do full justice to Schweber's probing book, which merits careful reading. -- Michael W. Friedlander * Physics World *In six illuminating essays focusing on the later years of these fascinating figures, Schweber shows that no scientist--however great--is an island. -- P.D. Smith * The Guardian *Table of Contents*1. Einstein and Nuclear Weapons * Introduction * Einstein and the Atomic Bomb * After Hiroshima and Nagasaki * Einstein on World Government * Hydrogen Bombs * Individual versus Collective Stands * The Einstein--Russell Manifesto * Epilogue *2. Einstein and the Founding of Brandeis University * Introduction * Israel Goldstein * Rabbinic Connections * The Harold Laski Episode * Denouement * Epilogue *3. J. Robert Oppenheimer: Proteus Unbound * Introduction * The Early Years * Becoming a Physicist: Oppenheimer and His School * Los Alamos * The Postwar Years * Hydrogen Bombs * Epilogue *4. J. Robert Oppenheimer and American Pragmatism * The Director's Fund * Philosophy * Harvard Overseer * The William James Lectures *5. Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Extension of Physics * Unification * Einstein and Unification * The MIT Centennial Celebration. * A Bird's-eye View of General Relativity, 1915--1960 *6. Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Meaning of Community * The Einstein--Oppenheimer Interaction * Eulogies and Memorial Speeches * Roots and Tradition * Philosophy * Epilogue * Some Concluding Remarks * Appendix: The Russell--Einstein Manifesto * Notes * Bibliography * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisCharles Withers explains how the choice of Greenwich to mark 0° longitude solved problems of global measurement that had engaged geographers, astronomers, and mariners since ancient times. This history is a testament to the power of maps, the challenges of global measurement, and the role of scientific authority in creating the modern world.Trade Review[A] wonderful new book on the long and uneven history of the Prime Meridian…The book is deeply and impeccably researched, and immensely detailed, but it is always a fascinating and compelling read…It is hard to imagine a better, fuller or more coherent account of how modern time came to be. -- Penny Fielding * Journal of British Studies *[A] compelling book…Withers manages to turn what might have been an obscure, rather technical topic into a fascinating account of international rivalry and a meditation on what the whole business of measuring the world around us can reveal about broadercultural patterns. -- Jon Wright * Geographical *An extremely well researched book that ties together various disciplines and fills in details absent from previous single works on the subject…[Zero Degrees] will serve libraries, scholars, and researchers well for a longtime to come. -- Ian Fowler * Journal of Historical Geography *This is a delightful and thoughtful book…As an artifact, it is also beautifully produced by its publisher. -- Richard Sorrenson * Bulletin of the Pacific Circle *Charles Withers raises fundamental questions about themes of great contemporary relevance: the ways in which competing local and national interests can ever be reconciled around themes of urgent technological and political concern, and the very question of what counts as global action and globalised authority. Not at all a simple tale of rational planning and of reasoned debate, the stories told here emerge in startling detail as more complex, more fascinating and more consequential than has ever previously been recognised. This is a story of compromise and cunning, of improvisation and partisanship, bringing the highest standards of geographical and historical scholarship to bear on the fundamental problem of the meridian. -- Simon Schaffer, University of CambridgeThis is a rich and valuable book about an important narrative in the history of science and geography, one that presents a longer and deeper historical context for the choice of Greenwich than any other accounts. -- Richard Dunn, Senior Curator and Head of Science and Technology, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

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Book SynopsisIncludes a collection of physics demonstrations, which illustrate key concepts in simple and playful ways. This book is suitable for a wide range of educational levels, from middle school physical science to university physics.

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Book SynopsisDraws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems in which the answer differs from what our intuition had led us to expect. This book is suitable for both graduate students and their teachers.

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Book SynopsisSuitable for readers familiar with relativistic quantum field theory who wish to learn about the supersymmetry algebra, this volume includes a derivation of the most general coupling of super-symmetric gauge theory to supergravity. It also emphasizes the logical coherence of the subject.

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Book SynopsisEinstein's theories of relativity piqued public curiosity more than any other mathematical concepts since the time of Isaac Newton. This book addresses his other great theory, that of heat capacity and the Bose-Einstein condensate. It traces the history of radiation and heat capacity theory from the mid-19th century.Trade Review"It is rarely remembered in popular science circles that Einstein did much basic work on Brownian motion, produced a theory of solid-state heat capacities, and combined with the Indian physicist Satyendranath Bose to produce the so-called Bose-Einstein statistics as well. This book aims to examine these topics, apart from Brownian motion, in conjunction with Planck's contribution to the theory of black-body radiation... This book [is] ... highly recommended."--Jeremy Dunning-Davies, Chemistry World "[T]he one point that [this book] makes about Einstein is a significant one: that his contributions to quantum mechanics, and particularly to quantum statistical mechanics, are arguably at least as revolutionary as those he made via his much more famous relativity theory."--Philip Anderson, Times Higher Education Supplement

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Book SynopsisThis is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-83), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative account, Ronald Calinger connects the story of Euler's eventful life to the astonishing achievements that place him in the company of Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss. DrTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "Ronald Calinger's impressively detailed biography memorably portrays an extraordinarily able scientist rather than a hero of the Enlightenment as it is conventionally conceived."--Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement "Leonhard Euler, written by historian of mathematics Ronald Calinger, is perhaps the first biography that attempts to offer a panoramic view of this immense body of work... This impressively researched tome will be of great value to anyone with a serious interest in the history of mathematics and the Enlightenment."--David Castelvecchi, Nature "[A]n impressive work of scientific biography... A fascinating portrait of Euler, his work and the world around him."--The Economist "The book is so rich in information that it makes it the best reference work on Euler that is currently available... This book will be a standard for many years to come."--Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society "An excellent new biography."--Mark Ronan, Standpoint "This work befits Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians ever, and fills in details that raise his stature even further. Calinger is respected for his texts that explore the history of mathematics. This focused effort is his best! Calinger successfully embeds Euler's mathematical and physics results in a rich context--cultural, political, religious, and intellectual--while providing great insight into Euler as a person... Read this book about Euler and be enlightened!"--Choice "This biography gives a complete picture of the person Euler and his scientific work. For the interested reader a must."--Eos "Written in a masterly manner."--Eberhard Knobloch, Zentralblatt MATH "The present monograph is an important contribution on Euler's life and on his achievements in various areas of human knowledge, being of interest to all people interested in the development of science in historical perspective."--S. Cobza, Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai MethematicaTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Author's Notes xvii Introduction 1 1. The Swiss Years: 1707 to April 1727 4 "Das alte ehrwurdige Basel" (Worthy Old Basel) 4 Lineage and Early Childhood 8 Formal Education in Basel 14 Initial Publications and the Search for a Position 27 2. "Into the Paradise of Scholars": April 1727 to 1730 38 Founding Saint Petersburg and the Imperial Academy of Sciences 40 A Fledgling Camp Divided 53 The Entrance of Euler 65 3. Departures, and Euler in Love: 1730 to 1734 82 Courtship and Marriage 87 Groundwork Research and Massive Computations 90 4. Reaching the "Inmost Heart of Mathematics": 1734 to 1740 113 The Basel Problem and the Mechanica 118 The Konigsberg Bridges and More Foundational Work in Mathematics 130 Scientia navalis, Polemics, and the Prix de Paris 140 Pedagogy and Music Theory 150 Daniel Bernoulli and Family 160 5. Life Becomes Rather Dangerous: 1740 to August 1741 165 Another Paris Prize, a Textbook, and Book Sales 165 Health, Interregnum Dangers, and Prussian Negotiations 169 6. A Call to Berlin: August 1741 to 1744 176 "Ex Oriente Lux": Toward a Frederician Era for the Sciences 176 The Arrival of the Grand Algebraist 185 The New Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences 189 Europe's Mathematician, Whom Others Wished to Emulate 200 Relations with the Petersburg Academy of Sciences 211 7. "The Happiest Man in the World": 1744 to 1746 215 Renovation, Prizes, and Leadership 215 Investigating the Fabric of the Universe 224 Contacts with the Petersburg Academy of Sciences 234 Home, Chess, and the King 237 8. The Apogee Years, I: 1746 to 1748 239 The Start of the New Royal Academy 241 The Monadic Dispute, Court Relations, and Accolades 247 Exceeding the Pillars of Hercules in the MathematicalSciences 255 Academic Clashes in Berlin, and Euler's Correspondence with the Petersburg Academy 279 The Euler Family 282 9. The Apogee Years, II: 1748 to 1750 285 The Introductio and Another Paris Prize 287 Competitions and Disputes 292 Decrial, Tasks, and Printing Scientia navalis 298 A Sensational Retraction and Discord 303 State Projects and the "Vanity of Mathematics" 308 The Konig Visit and Daily Correspondence 313 Family Affairs 316 10. The Apogee Years, III: 1750 to 1753 318 Competitions in Saint Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin 320 Maupertuis's Cosmologie and Selected Research 325 Academic Administration 329 Family Life and Philidor 333 Rivalries: Euler, d'Alembert, and Clairaut 335 The Maupertuis-Konig Affair: The Early Second Phase 337 Two Camps, Problems, and Inventions 344 Botany and Maps 348 The Maupertuis-Konig Affair: The Late Second and Early Third Phases 350 Planetary Perturbations and Mechanics 359 Music, Rameau, and Basel 360 Strife with Voltaire and the Academy Presidency 363 11. Increasing Precision and Generalization in the Mathematical Sciences: 1753 to 1756 368 The Dispute over the Principle of Least Action: The Third Phase 369 Administration and Research at the Berlin Academy 374 The Charlottenburg Estate 384 Wolff, Segner, and Mayer 385 A New Correspondent and Lessons for Students 391 Institutiones calculi differentialis and Fluid Mechanics 395 A New Telescope, the Longitude Prize, Haller, and Lagrange 399 Anleitung zur Nauturlehre and Electricity and Optimism Prizes 401 12. War and Estrangement, 1756 to July 1766 404 The Antebellum Period 404 Into the Great War and Beyond 409 Losses, Lessons, and Leadership 415 Rigid-Body Disks, Lambert, and Better Optical Instruments 427 The Presidency of the Berlin Academy 430 What Soon Happened, and Denouement 432 13. Return to Saint Petersburg: Academy Reform and Great Productivity, July 1766 to 1773 451 Restoring the Academy: First Efforts 452 The Grand Geometer: A More Splendid Oeuvre 456 A Further Research Corpus: Relentless Ingenuity 471 The Kulibin Bridge, the Great Fire, and One Fewer Distraction 485 Persistent Objectives: To Perfect, to Create, and to Order 488 14. Vigorous Autumnal Years: 1773 to 1782 495 The Euler Circle 496 Elements of Number Theory and Second Ship Theory 497 The Diderot Story and Katharina's Death 499 The Imperial Academy: Projects and Library 502 The Russian Navy, Turgot's Request, and a Successor 504 At the Academy: Technical Matters and a New Director 506 A Second Marriage and Rapprochement with Frederick II 509 End of Correspondence and Exit from the Academy 515 Mapmaking and Prime Numbers 517 A Notable Visit and Portrait 518 Magic Squares and Another Honor 520 15. Toward "a More Perfect State of Dreaming": 1782 to October 1783 526 The Inauguration of Princess Dashkova 526 1783 Articles 529 Final Days 530 Major Eulogies and an Epilogue 532 Notes 537 General Bibliography of Works Consulted 571 Register of Principal Names 625 General Index 657

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Book SynopsisSet in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life.Trade Review"This is a real treat. The letters in the latest, brilliantly edited volume of his correspondence here were written around the time the 40-year-old Einstein blossomed from superstar physicist to global celebrity almost overnight, after his general relativity theory was apparently verified. It is fascinating to read how he coped with sudden hounding by press"riff-raff,' with scoffing anti-Semitic critics, as well as divorce, remarriage and his mother's death. What an extraordinary time, what revealing correspondence."--Graham Farmelo, New Scientist

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Book SynopsisNuclear Physics in a Nutshell provides a clear, concise, and up-to-date overview of the atomic nucleus and the theories that seek to explain it. Bringing together a systematic explanation of hadrons, nuclei, and stars for the first time in one volume, Carlos A. Bertulani provides the core material needed by graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics to acquire a solid understanding of nuclear and particle science. Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell is the definitive new resource for anyone considering a career in this dynamic field. The book opens by setting nuclear physics in the context of elementary particle physics and then shows how simple models can provide an understanding of the properties of nuclei, both in their ground states and excited states, and also of the nature of nuclear reactions. It then describes: nuclear constituents and their characteristics; nuclear interactions; nuclear structure, including the liquid-drop model approach, and the nuclear shell model; and recent developments such as the nuclear mean-field and the nuclear physics of very light nuclei, nuclear reactions with unstable nuclear beams, and the role of nuclear physics in energy production and nucleosynthesis in stars. Throughout, discussions of theory are reinforced with examples that provide applications, thus aiding students in their reading and analysis of current literature. Each chapter closes with problems, and appendixes address supporting technical topics.Trade Review"An excellent section on nuclear astrophysics is included, as is an up-to-date treatment of rare nuclear isotopes. A reasonable number of problems are provided along with five appendixes on related material and an extensive list of references."--R.L. Stearns, Choice "Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell provides a clear, concise, and up-to-date overview of the atomic nucleus and the theories that seek to explain it. Bringing together a systematic explanation of hadrons, nuclei, and stars for the first time in one volume, Carlos A. Bertulani provides the core material needed by graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics to acquire a solid understanding of nuclear and particle science... If you are looking for a text that provides the core material needed by graduate and advanced undergraduate students of physics to acquire a solid understanding of nuclear and particle science, you do not have to look further, for Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell is the definitive new resource for anyone considering a career in this dynamic field."--Current Engineering Practice On the In a Nutshell series: "Both the publishers and the editors and the authors deserve our gratitude for such a high-profile series that has been designed to bring out the highest quality texts on subjects ranging from astrophysics, nuclear physics, and string theory, to particle physics, neutrino physics, electromagnetism, and magnetism. Dear Readers: is this not enough for you!"--Current Engineering PracticeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 0.1 What is Nuclear Physics? 1 0.2 This Book 3 Chapter 1: Hadrons 4 1.1 Nucleons 4 1.2 Nuclear Forces 5 1.3 Pions 7 1.4 Antiparticles 8 1.5 Inversion and Parity 8 1.6 Isospin and Baryonic Number 10 1.7 Isospin Invariance 13 1.8 Magnetic Moment of the Nucleons 14 1.9 Strangeness and Hypercharge 15 1.10 Quantum Chromodynamics 21 1.11 Exercises 29 Chapter 2: The Two-Nucleon System 31 2.1 Introduction 31 2.2 Electrostatic Multipoles 32 2.3 Magnetic Moment with Spin-orbit Coupling 34 2.4 Experimental Data for the Deuteron 36 2.5 A Square-well Model for the Deuteron 38 2.6 The Deuteron Wavefunction 41 2.6.1 Angular momentum coupling 41 2.6.2 Two particles of spin 42 2.6.3 Total wavefunction 43 2.7 Particles in the Continuum: Scattering 46 2.8 Partial Wave Expansion 49 2.9 Low Energy Scattering 53 2.10 Effective Range Theory 59 2.11 Proton-Proton Scattering 61 2.12 Neutron-Neutron Scattering 64 2.13 High Energy Scattering 65 2.14 Laboratory and Center of Mass Systems 65 2.15 Exercises 68 Chapter 3: The Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction 71 3.1 Introduction 71 3.2 Phenomenological Potentials 72 3.3 Local Potentials 72 3.3.1 Nonlocal potential 78 3.4 Meson Exchange Potentials 80 3.4.1 Yukawa and Van der Waals potentials 80 3.4.2 Field theory picture 84 3.4.3 Short range part of the NN interaction 86 3.4.4 Chiral symmetry 87 3.4.5 Generalized boson exchange 89 3.4.6 Beyond boson exchange 91 3.5 Effective Field Theories 95 3.6 Exercises 96 Chapter 4: General Properties of Nuclei 98 4.1 Introduction 98 4.2 Nuclear Radii 98 4.3 Binding Energies 101 4.4 Total Angular Momentum of the Nucleus 104 4.5 Multipole Moments 104 4.6 Magnetic Dipole Moment 106 4.7 Electric Quadrupole Moment 109 4.8 Excited States of Nuclei 111 4.9 Nuclear Stability 114 4.10 Exercises 116 Chapter 5: Nuclear Models 119 5.1 Introduction 119 5.2 The Liquid Drop Model 119 5.3 The Fermi Gas Model 124 5.4 The Shell Model 128 5.5 Residual Interaction 142 5.6 Nuclear Vibrations 144 5.7 Nuclear Deformation 149 5.8 The Nilsson Model 150 5.9 The Rotational Model 153 5.10 Microscopic Theories 160 5.10.1 Hartree-Fock theory 160 5.10.2 The Skyrme interaction 162 5.10.3 Relativistic mean field theory 164 5.11 Exercises 166 Chapter 6: Radioactivity 170 6.1 Introduction 170 6.2 Multiple Decays--Decay Chain 171 6.3 Preparation of a Radioactive Sample 173 6.4 Secular Equilibrium 174 6.5 Natural Radioactive Series 174 6.6 Radiation Units 176 6.7 Radioactive Dating 177 6.8 Properties of Unstable States--Level Width 179 6.9 Transition Probability--Golden Rule 181 6.10 Exercises 183 Chapter 7: Alpha-Decay 185 7.1 Introduction 185 7.2 Theory of ?-Decay 185 7.3 Angular Momentum and Parity in ?-Decay 191 7.4 Exercises 194 Chapter 8: Beta-Decay 195 8.1 Introduction 195 8.2 Energy Released in ss-Decay 196 8.3 Fermi Theory 197 8.4 The Decay Constant--The Log ft Value 202 8.5 Gamow-Teller Transitions 204 8.6 Selection Rules 206 8.7 Parity Nonconservation in ss-Decay 206 8.7.1 Double ?-Decay 211 8.8 Electron Capture 213 8.9 Exercises 215 Chapter 9: Gamma-Decay 218 9.1 Introduction 218 9.2 Quantization of Electromagnetic Fields 218 9.2.1 Fields and gauge invariance 218 9.2.2 Normal modes 220 9.2.3 Photons 221 9.3 Interaction of Radiation with Matter 224 9.3.1 Radiation probability 227 9.3.2 Long wavelength approximation 228 9.4 Quantum and Classical Transition Rates 235 9.5 Selection Rules 240 9.6 Estimate of the Disintegration Constants 241 9.7 Isomeric States 243 9.8 Internal Conversion 244 9.9 Resonant Absorption--The Mossbauer Effect 249 9.10 Exercises 255 Chapter 10: Nuclear Reactions--I 258 10.1 Introduction 258 10.2 Conservation Laws 260 10.3 Kinematics of Nuclear Reactions 261 10.4 Scattering and Reaction Cross Sections 265 10.5 Resonances 270 10.6 Compound Nucleus 273 10.7 Mean Free Path of a Nucleon in Nuclei 276 10.8 Empirical Optical Potential 277 10.9 Compound Nucleus Formation 282 10.10 Compound Nucleus Decay 290 10.11 Exercises 294 Chapter 11: Nuclear Reactions--II 298 11.1 Direct Reactions 298 11.1.1 Theory of direct reactions 301 11.2 Validation of the Shell Model 303 11.3 Photonuclear Reactions 306 11.3.1 Cross sections 307 11.3.2 Sum rules 308 11.3.3 Giant resonances 312 11.4 Coulomb Excitation 315 11.5 Fission 319 11.6 Mass Distribution of Fission Fragments 321 11.7 Neutrons Emitted in Fission 324 11.8 Cross Sections for Fission 325 11.9 Energy Distribution in Fission 327 11.10 Isomeric Fission 328 11.11 Exercises 331 Chapter 12: Nuclear Astrophysics 334 12.1 Introduction 334 12.2 Astronomical Observations 335 12.2.1 The Milky Way 335 12.2.2 Dark matter 336 12.2.3 Luminosity and Hubble's law 337 12.3 The Big Bang 338 12.4 Stellar Evolution 341 12.4.1 Stars burn slowly 341 12.4.2 Gamow peak and astrophysical S-factor 342 12.5 The Sun 347 12.5.1 Deuterium formation 348 12.5.2 Deuterium burning 350 12.5.3 3He burning 351 12.5.4 Reactions involving 7Be 352 12.6 The CNO Cycle 354 12.6.1 Hot CNO and rp process 355 12.7 Helium Burning 357 12.8 Red Giants 360 12.9 Advanced Burning Stages 362 12.9.1 Carbon burning 362 12.9.2 Neon burning 364 12.9.3 Oxygen burning 365 12.9.4 Silicon burning 365 12.10 Synthesis of Heaviest Elements 367 12.11 White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars 368 12.12 Supernova Explosions 370 12.13 Nuclear Reaction Models 375 12.13.1 Microscopic models 375 12.13.2 Potential and DWBA models 376 12.13.3 Parameter fit 377 12.13.4 Statistical models 377 12.14 Exercises 379 Chapter 13: Rare Nuclear Isotopes 385 13.1 Introduction 385 13.2 Light Exotic Nuclei 388 13.2.1 Halo nuclei 390 13.2.2 Borromean nuclei 393 13.3 Superheavy Elements 395 13.4 Exercises 400 Appendix A: Angular Momentum 401 A.1 Orbital Momentum 401 A.2 Spherical Functions 402 A.3 Generation of Rotations 402 A.4 Orbital Rotations 403 A.5 Spin 404 A.6 Ladder Operators 406 A.7 Angular Momentum Multiplets 409 A.8 Multiplets as Irreducible Representations 412 A.9 SU(2) Group and Spin 413 A.10 Properties of Spherical Harmonics 414 A.10.1 Explicit derivation 414 A.10.2 Legendre polynomials 415 A.10.3 Completeness 416 A.10.4 Spherical functions as matrix elements of finite rotations 417 A.10.5 Addition theorem 417 Appendix B: Angular Momentum Coupling 419 B.1 Tensor Operators 419 B.1.1 Transformation of operators 419 B.1.2 Scalars and vectors 420 B.1.3 Tensors of rank 2 421 B.1.4 Introduction to selection rules 422 B.2 Angular Momentum Coupling 423 B.2.1 Two subsystems 423 B.2.2 Decomposition of reducible representations 424 B.2.3 Tensor operators and selection rules revisited 426 B.2.4 Vector coupling of angular momenta 427 B.2.5 Wigner-Eckart theorem 428 B.2.6 Vector Model 429 Appendix C: Symmetries 432 C.1 Time Reversal 432 C.2 Spin Transformation and Kramer's Theorem 433 C.3 Time-conjugate Orbits 435 C.4 Two-component Neutrino and Fundamental Symmetries 436 C.5 Charge Conjugation 437 C.6 Electric Dipole Moment 438 C.7 CPT -Invariance 439 Appendix D: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 440 D.1 Lagrangians 440 D.1.1 Covariance 441 D.2 Electromagnetic Field 442 D.3 Relativistic Equations 444 D.3.1 Particle at rest 446 D.3.2 Covariant form: ss matrices 446 D.4 Probability and Current 448 D.5 Wavefunction Transformation 448 D.5.1 Bilinear Covariants 450 D.5.2 Parity 451 D.6 Plane Waves 451 D.6.1 Summary of plane wave spinor properties 453 D.6.2 Projection operators 454 D.7 Plane Wave Expansion 454 D.8 Electromagnetic Interaction 455 D.9 Pauli Equation 455 D.9.1 Spin-orbit and Darwin terms 457 Appendix E: Useful Constants and Conversion Factors 459 E.1 Constants 459 E.2 Masses 460 E.3 Conversion Factors 460 References 461 Index 469

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Book SynopsisMany remarkable medical technologies, diagnostic tools, and treatment methods have emerged as a result of modern physics discoveries in the last century--including X-rays, radiation treatment, laser surgery, high-resolution ultrasound scans, computerized tomography (CT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging. This undergraduate-level textbook descriTrade Review"Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine fills an important need: it explains the physics principals behind commonly used medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to scientists, engineers, and technicians working in the field. The necessary basic physics is discussed clearly and simply in early chapters and then used effectively and convincingly in later chapters covering medical applications. This lovely book should lead to the creation of new physics courses all over the world."—Gerald Miller, University of Washington"With a refreshing and accessible style, this textbook grounds medical physics in familiar physical principles, making it useful for undergraduate physics teaching. This book will have a place in a wide range of biomedical science courses and medical physics undergraduate modules, and as supplementary reading for medical doctors, radiographers, and other health professionals." —Mike Partridge, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford"Bridging the gap between the fundamental concepts of modern physics and medical technology in modern medicine, this book encompasses large numbers of topics from X-rays and gamma rays to lasers, MRI, ultrasound, and therapeutic applications of modern physics technologies. It will serve as a good introductory text to students in biomedical engineering, medical physics, health physics, and biophysics."—Terry T. Yoshizumi, Duke University School of MedicineTable of ContentsPreface and Guide to Using This Book xi Technical Abbreviations xv Timeline of Seminal Discoveries in Modern Physics xvii Timeline of Discoveries and Inventions in Modern Medical Physics xix Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview 1 1.2 The Meaning of the Term Modern Physics 5 1.3 Mortality 6 1.4 How to Use This Book 7 Exercises 8 Chapter 2 When You Visit Your Doctor: The Physics of the "Vital Signs" 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Stethoscope 11 2.3 Sphygmomanometer and Blood Pressure 12 2.4 Electrocardiogram 15 2.5 Physics and Physiology of Diet, Exercise, and Weight 17 Exercises 21 Chapter 3 Particles, Waves, and the Laws that Govern Them 3.1 What Is Modern Physics? 22 3.2 Light: Particle or Wave? 25 3.3 Atoms 30 3.4 Lasers 41 3.5 Relativity 45 3.6 Nuclei 53 3.7 X-Rays and Radioactivity 63 Exercises 80 Chapter 4 Photon and Charged-Particle Interactions with a Medium 4.1 Overview 84 4.2 Mean Free Path and Cross Sections 85 4.3 Photon Interactions 87 4.4 Electron and Positron Interactions 98 Exercises 104 Chapter 5 Interactions of Radiation with Living Tissue 5.1 Introduction 107 5.2 Cell Death Due to DNA Radiation Damage 108 5.3 Dependence of Cell Survival on the Dose 112 5.4 Low Doses of Radiation 116 5.5 Radiation Dose versus Altitude 119 Exercises 121 Chapter 6 Diagnostic Applications I: Photons and Radionuclides 6.1 Overview 122 6.2 Photons 122 6.3 X-Rays and Gamma Rays 133 6.4 Radionuclides 156 6.5 Novel Ideas for Nuclear Imaging 166 Exercises 168 Chapter 7 Diagnostic Applications II: MRI and Ultrasound 7.1 Overview 171 7.2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 172 7.3 Ultrasound 199 7.4 Multimodal Imaging 220 Exercises 224 Chapter 8 Applications in Treatment 8.1 Overview 226 8.2 Treatment with Radiation 226 8.3 Treatment with Particles 233 8.4 Treatment with Ultrasound 239 8.5 Treatment with Microwaves 244 8.6 Treatment with Lasers 244 Exercises 246 Appendix A Constants, Powers of 10, and Conversions Mentioned in the Text Fundamental Constants 247 Powers of 10 and Their Prefixes 247 Conversion Factors and Equations 248 Appendix B Mortality Modeling 251 Appendix C Evaluation of the Sound Field from One Transducer Far-field (Fraunhofer) Region 255 Near-field (Fresnel) Region 257 Notes 261 Index 267

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Book SynopsisOffers a look into how the characteristics of the physical world drive the designs of animals and plants. This title contains information related to functional biology. Drawing examples from creatures of land, air, and water, it demonstrates the many uses of biological diversity and how physical forces impact biological organisms.Trade Review"If what you desire in a readable science book is food for thought, Glimpses of Creatures in their Physical Worlds provides a feast. Biologists, engineers, and physicists--indeed, anyone with curiosity about the natural world--will revel in this smorgasbord of biomechanical ideas."--Mark Denny, American Scientist "Such a book could be written only by someone with a rich knowledge of biomechanics, and Vogel, an emeritus professor of biology at Duke University, fits the bill. Considered one of the founders of the biomechanics community in the US, his distinguished research career has focused on organism-fluid interactions and such diverse topics as the behavior of leaves in the wind, passive ventilation of prairie-dog burrows, and airflow through the branching antennae of some moths. His breadth of knowledge is clearly reflected in the examples presented and the creative thought embodied in Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds. Vogel uses the same approachable, entertaining writing style... [T]his book is sure to serve as an inspiring entry into the field of biomechanics."--Stacey Combes, Physics Today "It is a fine book and emphasizes important relationships too often neglected."--Choice "As ever, Vogel is inspiring and his insights are remarkable."--Henry Bennet-Clark, BioScienceTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter One: Two Ways to Move Material 1 Chapter Two: The Bioballistics of Small Projectiles 18 Chapter Three: Getting Up to Speed 39 Chapter Four: Moving Heat Around 58 Chapter Five: Maintaining Temperature 80 Chapter Six: Gravity and Life in the Air 95 Chapter Seven: Gravity and Life on the Ground 116 Chapter Eight: Gravity and Life in Water 141 Chapter Nine: Making and Maintaining Liquid Water 164 Chapter Ten: Pumping Fluids through Conduits 184 Chapter Eleven: To Twist or Bend When Stressed 209 Chapter Twelve: Keeping Up Upward and Down Downward 232 List of Symbols 259 References and Index of Citations 263 Index 289

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Book SynopsisReveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists.Trade Review"Mermin's premise is that everyone should know about relativity in order to understand the real nature of time... What is remarkable in his approach is his reliance on developing the reader's skills to analyze events in more than one frame of reference. This is the key to understanding relativity: being able to translate with ease from one frame of reference (a moving train) to another (a station)."--Simon Mitton, Times Higher Education Supplement "This is a book full of insight with an engaging style. I recommend it to anyone who has to teach the subject to either [non scientists or undergraduate and graduate students]: it's a brilliant basis for a set of lecture notes."--Derek Raine, Nature "It's About Time is a book that should join the very best systematic popular expositions of science written in the last 50 years."--Peter L. Galison, American Scientist "In this highly readable book, Mermin argues that a working knowledge of relativity requires no more than basic algebra and geometry. He makes a valid point. Special relativity is more fundamental, up-to-date and accurate than Newtonian physics, and Einstein's presence in the classroom may inspire the most uninterested student."--Amanda Gefter, New Scientist "There's a profound difference between knowing about something, and knowing it, and Mermin succeeds at instilling the latter."--Gilbert Taylor, Booklist "Mermin has taught relativity for 40 years and has clearly thought about the best way to teach the subject. It's About Time offers a serious, yet accessible approach to relativity."--Kara shane Colley, MAA Reviews "What makes the book as a whole so enjoyable to read is the steady pace at which the subject unfolds. The author spends as much time on each idea as he considers necessary... Nowhere is the book too intense, and the learning curve for readers has a fairly constant slope... David Mermin [is] a master teacher at work--and instructors will almost certainly include some of the ideas in their own teaching."--Nigel Dowrick, Physics Today "Requiring nothing more than a basic understanding of algebra, [this book] provides the clearest and most insightful treatment of special relativity I've ever encountered... It's About Time brings the practice and foundation of physics together through the question of time."--Arkady Plotnitsky, Foundations of Physics "The reader will find some of the best non-technical description of the special theory of relativity ever written."--Jaume J. Carot, Mathematical Reviews "An excellent book on Einstein's special theory of relativity... I clearly see the strength of this book in lucid, self-contained, lively, down-to-earth, and meticulous presentation... I have no hesitation in saying that this is the best book on the special theory of relativity at a semi-popular level I have ever read."--K. S. Birbhadra, The ObservatoryTable of ContentsPreface: Why Another Relativity Book ix Note to Readers xiv Chapter One: The Principle of Relativity 1 Chapter Two: Combining (Small)Velocities 14 Chapter Three: The Speed of Light 19 Chapter Four: Combining (Any)Velocities 28 Chapter Five: Simultaneous Events;Synchronized Clocks 45 Chapter Six: Moving Clocks Run Slowly;Moving Sticks Shrink 58 Chapter Seven: Looking At a Moving Clock 73 Chapter Eight: The Interval between Events 79 Chapter Nine: Trains of Rockets 89 Chapter Ten: Space-Time Geometry 102 Chapter Eleven: E =M2 144 Chapter Twelve: A Bit about General Relativity 171 Chapter Thirteen: What Makes It Happen? 179 Index 187

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A tour de force of the mathematical description of waves. . . . I sincerely wish I had encountered such a book early in my teaching career. The material presented in it would have provided a very useful enhancement to a number of courses I have taught to undergraduate physics majors over the years."---James A. Lock, American Journal of Physics

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Book SynopsisA compendium of science experiments you can do in your own kitchen or backyard using common household items. It reveals important principles in physics, engineering, and chemistry through such marvels as the Helevator - a contraption that's half helicopter, half elevator - and the Rocket Railroad, which pumps propellant up from its own track.Trade Review"In his book, physicist Neil Downie provides a series of do-it-yourself science experiments that stand apart from your ho-hum Mr. Wizard-fare because, well, they involve a few high-speed projectiles... All you need are a few household items, some good judgment and, possibly, a carrotproof vest."--Aaron Leitko, Washington Post "To keep the kids entertained this summer, what better than a bit of Saturday science? Neil A. Downie's compendium of experiments--'chosen on the grounds that they are new, that they work, that they are spectacular, and that they are interesting'--includes electric gunpowder, the knife-through-butter clock, the impossible turbine and armour-piercing carrots. Each experiment is accompanied by a straightforward scientific explanation, the occasional hazard warning and 'just a little math.'"--Nature Physics "If you either run a science club or are a teenager who likes getting your hands dirty experimentally, you are going to love this. I certainly would have in my youth."--Popular Science blog (U.K) "[T]his ample resource encourages readers to consider everyday occurrences and enlivens complex ideas with lessons designed to inspire curiosity... Recommended as a follow-up to the author's previous collections in the series, and as a valuable treasury of projects for teachers, coordinators of science clubs, parents of advanced, older homeschoolers, and adult enthusiasts who have experience in the field and are seeking enjoyable activities to practice and share with others."--Karen Rigby, ForeWord Reviews "Downie's instructions are admirably clear and straightforward; his explanations of the underlying science admirably comprehensive and comprehensible; and his passion and enthusiasm, totally infectious."--Helen Mulley, Teach Secondary "This book is guaranteed fun."--New Scientist "[T]hose willing to put in the effort will get a real kick out of this book."--Clarissa Ai Ling Lee, Physics World "The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science is an absolutely fantastic book that contains one of the largest collections of fun-to-do experiments that you will ever come across in a science library... Downie does not just stop at the experiment--each one is backed up with the science behind it, the equipment you need and references for further reading. It truly is a wonderful book to read, and more importantly, a book to bring out the scientist in anyone."--Paul Wolstenholme-Hogg, Education in Chemistry "This really is the ultimate science project book and could be used as the basis of a great science club or for ideas for some interesting and unexpected physics demonstrations. The projects range from simple to quite challenging and all of them are original and guaranteed to work. There should be a copy of the book in the school and staff library. There is also a video on YouTube featuring the author that is well worth watching."--Sandra Baggley, School Science ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii SIMPLE BUT SUBTLE ... SIMPLE BUT NOT ALWAYS EASY TO EXPLAIN 1 * Blunderspuds and Carrot Cannons--Artillery and Boyle's Law 3 * Mr. Bernoulli's Pop-Up Piston--More Bernoulli Weirdness 9 * The Rapid-Fire Vacuum Bazooka--Fire Projectiles or Clean the Floor 15 * Single-Blade Propellers--Venetian Gondolas 22 * Soda Mint Fountains--Thirst for Knowledge and Water Quenched at Once 29 * The Armor-Plated Sandcastle--Gas and Sand Combine 34 * The Riddle of the Sands--Weird but Beautiful Patterns Appear, All of Their Own Accord 39 * Tricks of Sideways Light--Magic Mondrians and Invisible Watches 47 * Sunbeam Exploders--Ray Guns Aren't Sci-Fi Any More 55 * The Dead-or-Alive Ball--To Bounce or Not to Bounce, Th at Is the Question 64 * Cowboy Coffee--Yee Haw! 68 * Electric Glue--The Modern Glue 77 * Electric Gunpowder--Explosive Electricity! 84 * An Eiffel Brick Tower--Eat Your Heart Out, Monsieur Eiffel! 90 * Dominoids--Four-Foot Brobdingnagian Monster Dominoes Will Hit the Floor at the End of a Row of Standard Dominoes 97 * Colloons--Civil and Aeronautical Engineering Combined: Neither Column nor Balloon 104 * Motor Brushes--The Science of Vibration-Driven Vehicles Is Applied to a Humble Household Brush 112 * A Smooth-Wheel Paddle Steamer--Invisible (well, almost) Marine Propulsion 117 * A String Amplifier--The Powerful Science of Loops of String 124 * The Punkah Pendulum--Air-Conditioning and Timekeeping Combined 130 * The Maharaja's Sunshade--Air in Motion Provides Tent and Air-Conditioning Rolled into One 136 SURPRISINGLY SUBTLE ... SURPRISES GALORE IN THIS MAVERICK COLLECTION 143 * An Electric Sundial--Tired of Running to Your Cave Entrance to Get the Time? 145 * The Kleenex Clock--Time from Tissue Paper 153 * The Torsion Time Pencil--Peeling off Atomic Layers as Time Goes by 160 * The Swell-Gel Flowstopper--Stop Water Going up Your Gas Lines 165 * The Vortex Pump--Whirling Water Magic 170 * Waxaulics--Hydraulics for Candles 175 * Telestrings--Remote-Controlled Art 182 * Squirting String--Getting String to Flow through Pipes 189 * Spider Technology--The Silken Secrets of Spiderman 194 SIMPLE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE ... FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD UNCOVERED IN ELEGANTLY SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS 203 * The Molecule Meter--I Speak Your Molecular Weight! 205 * Talking Sparks--Send Messages at 186 Million Miles per Hour: See How Radio Pioneer Marconi First Sent Radio a Thousand Miles 211 * Light and Lens Pipes--The Strong Focusing Principle Used in the Microscopes of Fundamental Particle Physics 221 * Fire from Water--The Power of Concentration 230 * The Heliracket--Waves, Molecules, and Music 239 * The Helitower--The Momentum Principle of Rockets and Helicopters 248 CLOXOTICA-- EXOTIC CLOCKS AND OSCILLATORS: A CORNUCOPIA OF UNUSUAL CLOCKS 257 * The Paperclip Clock--A Major Leap Forward in Horological Science, the Acme of Simplicity 259 * The Micropendulum--The Prestipendulous Tick-Tock Clock 266 * The String Thing--Ballet Dancing for Pendulums 274 * Eddy the Coniclock--A Spinning Disk Powers a Conical Pendulum 280 * The Humming Clock--Recycle Unwanted Mains Hum to Run Your Clock 285 * An Hourglass Wallah--The Sands of Time Updated 292 * The Knife-through-Butter Clock--Melting Time 300 * Creepy Clocks and Time Pencils--The Slow Flow of Solids 307 * A Polymerizing Clock--Telling Time with Glue and Chemistry 316 * Delay-Line Oscillators--Pass-the-Parcel Oscillators 322 * The Fan Flap Flip-Flop Clock--A Huffi ng and Puffing Clock 328 * The Faucet Oscillator--Measuring Time with Spurts of Water 333 * The Slugulator--Not an Oscillator for the Impatient! 338 * The Sloshulator--Time from Waves 344 GEEKONICS--SIMPLER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND NOT JUST FOR GEEKS 351 * The Telebubblegraph--Sending Bubbly Messages the Electrolytic Way 353 * The Touchy-Feely Sensor--Putting a Number to Hotfeelingness and Coldfeelingness 361 * Fire Wire--Finding Fire along a Wire 368 * Electric Bubble Memory--Minute Electric Cells Keep Your 1s and 0s Safe 375 * Red-Hot Memory--Binary Memory: 0s Are Cold and 1s Are (ouch!) Hot 381 * Deflation Detection--Ultrasonic Tire Monitoring 390 MAD, BAD, AND DANGEROUS--PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAZARDS, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE MINIMIZED 397 * Deep Impact--Armor-Piercing Carrots: High-Speed Vegetables 399 * The Flying Soda Bottle--A Spectacular Piece of Practical Science Using the Rapid Release of Energy from Compressed Gas 409 * Oxygen Fireworks--The Greener, Safer Ground Fireworks System 419 GREAT STUFF--BIGGER PROJECTS THAT NEED SPACE AND LARGER PARTS 431 * The Helevator--The Elevator of Oz: Is It a Helicopter or an Elevator? 433 * An Airbag Oscillator--Your Body Forms Part of This Ride-On Brobdingnagian Oscillator 441 * A Bubble-Tube Oscillator--Trains of Bubbles Chase Each Other Upward 449 * The Preposterously Big Party Blowout--The Holiday Party Favorite Scaled up to Span Football Fields 457 * Pink-Noise Pipes--Make Music from Noise! 463 * Turbo Panjandrums--The Auto-Unicycle 469 * The Impossible Turbine--The Backward-Forward-Always-Clockwise Turbine 477 * A Rocket Railroad--Th is Rocket Pumps Propellant from the Track as It Goes Along 483 * The Hovertrain--A Railroad without Rails 489 * A Jet-Wash Rocket--The Superclean Rocket 496 * The Single-Helix Pump--You Don't Need a Double Helix to Squirt Water at Surprising Pressure 503 * Leonardo's Bridge--No Nails or Screws or String: It's Just a Subtle Stack of Sticks 509 * Your Personal Hovercraft--You Have a Personal Computer, Why Not Ride Around on Your Personal Hovercraft? 517 Tips and Tricks 527 Old-Fashioned Units 531 Bibliography 533 Index

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Book SynopsisThis graduate-level textbook is the first pedagogical synthesis of the field of topological insulators and superconductors, one of the most exciting areas of research in condensed matter physics. Presenting the latest developments, while providing all the calculations necessary for a self-contained and complete description of the discipline, it isTrade Review"The book ... may be extremely useful to both graduate students and more senior researchers."--Vicentiu D. Radulescu, Zentralblatt MATH "Dr. Bernevig writes well and with insight... with a beginning graduate student in mind who wants to enter quickly the research in this field."--S.W. Lovesey, Contemporary PhysicsTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Berry Phase, pg. 6*3. Hall Conductance and Chern Numbers, pg. 15*4. Time-Reversal Symmetry, pg. 33*5. Magnetic Field on the Square Lattice, pg. 41*6. Hall Conductance and Edge Modes: The Bulk-Edge Correspondence, pg. 60*7. Graphene, pg. 70*8. Simple Models for the Chern Insulator, pg. 91*9. Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Insulators, pg. 109*10. Z2 Invariants, pg. 123*11. Crossings in Different Dimensions, pg. 147*12. Time-Reversal Topological Insulators with Inversion Symmetry, pg. 158*13. Quantum Hall Effect and Chern Insulators in Higher Dimensions, pg. 164*14. Dimensional Reduction of 4-D Chern Insulators to 3-D Time-Reversal Insulators, pg. 177*15. Experimental Consequences of the Z2 Topological Invariant, pg. 186*16. Topological Superconductors in One and Two Dimensions, pg. 193*17. Time-Reversal-Invariant Topological Superconductors, pg. 214*18. Superconductivity and Magnetism in Proximity to Topological Insulator Surfaces, pg. 226*APPENDIX. 3-D Topological Insulator in a Magnetic Field, pg. 237*References, pg. 241*Index, pg. 245

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Book SynopsisDid you know it's possible to derive the Pythagorean theorem by spinning a fish tank filled with water? Or that the line of best fit for a data set can be found using a mechanical contraption made from a rod and springs? This title demonstrates how to use physical intuition to solve these and other math problems.Trade ReviewOne of Amazon.com science editors' Top 10 list for Science, Best for 2009 One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009 "The Mathematical Mechanic documents novel ways of viewing physics as a method of understanding mathematics. Levi uses physical arguments as tools to conjecture about mathematical concepts before providing rigorous proofs... The Mathematical Mechanic is an excellent display of creative, interdisciplinary problem-solving strategies. The author has explained complex concepts with simplicity, yet the mathematics is accurate."--Mathematics Teacher "A most interesting book... Many of the ideas in it could be used as motivational or illustrative examples to support the teaching of non-specialists, especially physicists and engineers. In conclusion--a thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking read."--Nigel Steele, London Mathematical Society Newsletter "The Mathematical Mechanic reverses the usual interaction of mathematics and physics... Careful study of Levi's book may train readers to think of physical companions to mathematical problems... Mathematicians will find The Mathematical Mechanic provides exercise in new ways of thinking. Instructors will find it contains material to supplement mathematics courses, helping physically-minded students approach mathematics and helping mathematically-minded students appreciate physics."--John D. Cook, MAA Reviews "Mark Levi reverses the old stereotype that math is merely a tool to aid physicists by showing that many questions in mathematics can be easily solved by interpreting them as physical problems... Some sections of the book require readers to brush up on their calculus but Levi's clear explanations, witty footnotes, and fascinating insights make the extra effort painless."--SEED Magazine "The book is chock-full of these seemingly magical physical thought experiments involving bicycle wheels, pistons, springs, soap films, pendulums, and electric circuits, with applications to geometry, maximization and minimization problems, inequalities, optics, integrals, and complex functions... I highly recommend it to anyone who is (even slightly) interested in physics, and appreciates mathematical elegance and cleverness. It would make a great gift for almost anyone, whether a high school student or university professor, armchair physicist or professional mathematician."--Boris Yorgey, The Math Less Traveled "The Mathematical Mechanic is a pleasant surprise."--E. Kincanon, Choice "This is a delightful and unusual book that is a welcome addition to the literature. Certainly, any calculus teacher and many others of us as well will want to have it on the shelf for ready reference. It not only will enhance our teaching experience but will also teach us (the instructors) something in the process."--Steven G. Krantz, UMAP JournalTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*1 Introduction, pg. 1*2 The Pythagorean Theorem, pg. 9*3 Minima and Maxima, pg. 27*4 Inequalities by Electric Shorting, pg. 76*5 Center of Mass: Proofs and Solutions, pg. 84*6 Geometry and Motion, pg. 99*7 Computing Integrals Using Mechanics, pg. 109*8. The Euler-Lagrange Equation via Stretched Springs, pg. 115*9 Lenses, Telescopes, and Hamiltonian Mechanics, pg. 120*10 A Bicycle Wheel and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, pg. 133*11 Complex Variables Made Simple(r), pg. 148*Appendix. Physical Background, pg. 161*Bibliography, pg. 183*Index, pg. 185

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Book SynopsisWhy do you switch from walking to running at a specific speed? Why do tall trees rarely blow over in high winds? And why does a spore ejected into air at seventy miles per hour travel only a fraction of an inch? Comparative Biomechanics is the first and only textbook that takes a comprehensive look at the mechanical aspects of life--covering animalTrade Review"[T]his is a fantastic book! ... [T]here can be no doubt, this is a science book of the highest and finest quality. Students in biology and physics, including (mechanical) engineers, will find in this book a sound guideline for an alternative view of their respective disciplines. It is a source of inspiration, also for the interested layman, for further reflection on the realm of physics in the biological world."--Harold Heatwole, Integrative and Comparative BiologyTable of ContentsPreface vii PART ONE Life's Physical Context 1 1 Preambulations 3 2 Setting the Stage 11 3 More Tools 29 PART TWO Fluids 51 4 Gases and Liquids: Fluids at Rest 53 5 Gases Meet Liquids: The Interface 71 6 Viscosity and the Patterns of Flow 87 7 The Forces of Flow 111 8 Fluid Events Near Surfaces 141 9 Where Flows Are Inside 163 10 More about Circulatory Systems 183 11 Flows in Small Worlds 207 12 About Lift 225 13 Thrust for Flying and Swimming 251 14 Motion at the Air-Water Interface 271 PART THREE Solids and Structures 285 15 A Matter of Materials 287 16 Biological Materials: Tuning Properties Properly 313 17 Biological Materials: Cracks and Composites 329 18 More about Complex Materials: Viscoelasticity 347 19 Simple Structures: Beams, Columns, Shells 363 20 Less Simple Structural Matters 389 21 Hydrostatic Structures, Hydraulic Devices 407 22 Structural Systems 425 23 Motility and Mobility 449 24 Using Muscle: Tuning and Transmissions 473 25 Getting Around on Land 491 PART FOUR The Contexts of Biomechanics 513 26 Loose Ends and Perspectives 515 APPENDICES 1 Quantification: Rules of the Road 537 2 Motion and Direction 547 3 Size and Scaling 553 List of Symbols 565 References and Index of Citations 567 Subject Index 601

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Book SynopsisIn April 1922, we find Einstein lecturing in Paris, engaged in reestablishing ties among scientists in former enemy nations. This title recounts in poetic prose the hectic schedule on land, the contemplative rest at sea, and his musings on science, philosophy, and art during his first encounter with the Far East, Palestine, and Spain.Trade Review"Einstein continues to fascinate minds. His letters to various people speak his mind directly to the reader. Even for a non-science student, it makes an interesting read."-- Sarthak Shankar, Organiser "The joy of the Collected Papers, which has now reached the 13th volume and the year 1922, is that it reveals these lesser known facets of this extraordinary man, allowing us to go beyond the famous mask."--Peter Forbes, Guardian "As usual, this volume is of excellent quality with respect to the printing, the contents, and the illustrations."--Zentralblatt MATH "A rich array of assorted documentary evidence, most of which appears here for the first time."--David E. Rowe, MetascienceTable of ContentsList of Texts xiii List of Illustrations xxxi INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Introduction to Volume 13 xxxiii Editorial Method of the Series lxxix Acknowledgments lxxxvii Note on the Translation lxxxix List of Abbreviations xc Location Symbols xci Descriptive Symbols xciv TEXTS 1 Alphabetical List of Correspondence 753 Chronology 771 Calendar of Abstracts 783 Appendixes 833 Literature Cited 893 Index 921 Index of Citations 973

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Book SynopsisIncludes documents that appears in the language in which it was written, and presents the English translations of select portions of non-English materials.Trade Review"Overall, this is a fascinating book (as is the entire series of The Collected Papers) revealing lesser-known aspects and moments of Einstein's multifarious activities as a mathematician, physicist, engineer, philosopher, musician, and social and political activist. In fact, anyone interested in the life and work of this unique personality should acquire not only the present volume but the entire series."--Theophanes Grammenos, Mathematical Reviews ClippingsTable of ContentsLIST OF TEXTS Vol. 3, 10a. "On Boltzmann's Principle and Some of Its Direct Consequences," 2 November 1910 "Uber das Boltzmannsche Prinzip und einige unmittelbar aus demselben fliessende Folgerungen" Vol. 5, 315a. From Heinrich Zangger, after 28 November 1911 Not selected for translation Vol. 5, 505a. To Paul Langevin, 19 January 1914 Not selected for translation Vol. 8, 86a. From Heinrich Zangger, after 28 May 1915 Not selected for translation Vol. 8, 95a. From Heinrich Zangger, 9 July 1915 Not selected for translation Vol. 8, 95b. From Heinrich Zangger, 12 July 1915 Not selected for translation Vol. 8, 113a. From Elsa Einstein, 31 August 1915 Vol. 8, 113b. From Elsa Einstein, 1 September 1915 Vol. 8, 113c. From Elsa Einstein, 4 September 1915 Vol. 8, 113d. From Elsa Einstein, 5 September 1915 Vol. 8, 113e. From Pauline Einstein, 7 September 1915 Vol. 8, 113f. From Elsa Einstein, 7 September 1915 Vol. 8, 113g. From Elsa Einstein, 7 September 1915 Vol. 8, 116a. From Elsa Einstein, 12 September 1915 Vol. 8, 177a. From Paul Ehrenfest, 1 January 1916 Not selected for translation Vol. 8, 493a. To Heinrich Zangger, after 26 March 1918 Vol. 8, 510a. From Heinrich Zangger, after 16 April 1918 Not selected for translation Vol. 9, 35a. To Luise Karr-Krusi, 6 May 1919 Not selected for translation Vol. 9, 140a. To Albert Karr-Krusi, 17 October 1919 Not selected for translation Vol. 7, 33a. Statement on the Hebrew University, 18 February 1920 Vol. 7, 39a. Page proofs for "Propagation of Sound in Partly Dissociated Gases," before 29 April 1920 "Schallausbreitung in teilweise dissoziierten Gasen" Not selected for translation Vol. 10, 80a. From Mileva Einstein-Maric;, before 23 July 1920 Not selected for translation Vol. 7, 45a. "Opinion on Jakob Grommer's Textbook Project," before 11 October 1920 "Gutachten von Professor A. Einstein uber das mathematischphysikalische Unterrichtswerk von Dr. J. Grommer" Vol. 7, 50a. On the Present Situation in Theoretical Physics, 14 January 1921 Vol. 7, 52a. Opinion on Eggeling and Richter's Invention, 3 February 1921 Not selected for translation Vol. 7, 56a. "International Relations in Science," 2 April-10 August 1921 "Internationale Beziehungen in der Wissenschaft" Vol. 7, 56b. Professor Einstein on the Proposed Hebrew University of Jerusalem, before 3 April 1921 Not selected for translation Vol. 7, 60a. Calculations on a Cooler, July 1921-March 1922 Vol. 7, 65a. Expert Opinion on Proposal by Heinrich Lowy, 12 October 1921 "Gutachten" 1. To Charlotte Weigert, early 1922 2."Preface" to Bertrand Russell, Political Ideals, 1922 "Vorwort, " Bertrand Russell. Politische Ideale. Berlin: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft fur Politik und Geschichte m. b. H., 1922 3. "The International Character of Science," before or on 1 January 1922 "Die Internationale der Wissenschaft" 4. From Max Born and James Franck, 1 January 1922 5. From Hermann Weyl, 3 January 1922 6. To Max Born, 6 January 1922 7. From Hedwig Born, 7 January 1922 8. From Paul Ehrenfest, 8 January 1922 9. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 9 January 1922 10. To Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 9 January 1922 11. From Richard B. Haldane, 9 January 1922 12. "Proof of the Non-Existence of an Everywhere Regular, Centrally Symmetric Field According to the Field Theory of Kaluza," 10 January 1922 "Beweis der Nichtexistenz eines uberall regularen zentrisch symmetrischen Feldes nach der Feld-Theorie von Th. Kaluza" Scripta Universitatis atque Bibliothecae Hierosolymitanarum. Mathematica et Physica 1 (1923) 13. To Paul Ehrenfest, 11 January 1922 14. From Arnold Sommerfeld, 11 January 1922 15. From Felix Ehrenhaft, 12 January 1922 16. To Maurice Solovine, 14 January 1922 17. From Eberhard Zschimmer, 14 January 1922 18. Expert Opinion on Rudolf Goldschmidt's Patent, after 14 January 1922 "Gutachten zum Amerikanischen Patent Nr 1386329 Goldschmidt" 19. From Richard Courant, 15 January 1922 20. From Michael Polanyi, 15 January 1922 21. From Sanehiko Yamamoto, 15 January 1922 22. From Sanehiko Yamamoto, 15 January 1922 23. "To Allgemeine Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft Berlin. Remarks to an Expert Opinion Prepared for Mr. Sannig," 16 January 1922 "An die allgemeine Elektrizitats-Gesellschaft Berlin. Bemerkung zu einem Herren Sannig gelieferten Gutachten" 24. From Paul Ehrenfest, 17 January 1922 25. To Max Born and James Franck, 18 January 1922 26. To David Hilbert, 18 January 1922 27. To Arnold Sommerfeld, on or after 18 January 1922 28. "Response to the Expert Opinion of Hans Wolff in the Legal Dispute between Anschutz & Co and Kreiselbau,"18 January 1922 "Ruckausserung zu dem Wolffschen Gutachten in Sachen Anschutz contra Kreiselbau" 29. "On an Optical Experiment Whose Result Is Incompatible with the Undulatory Theory," ca. 19 January 1922 "Uber ein optisches Experiment, dessen Ergebnis mit der Undulationstheorie unvereinbar ist" 30. From Paul Ehrenfest, 19 January 1922 31. To Paul Ehrenfest, between 19 and 22 January 1922 32. From Chaim Weizmann, 21 January 1922 33. From Charlotte Weigert, 22 January 1922 Not selected for translation 34. From Heinrich Zangger, after 23 January 1922 Not selected for translation 35. From Koshin Murofuse, around 26 January 1922 Not selected for translation 36. To Emile Berliner, 26 January 1922 37. To Paul Ehrenfest, 26 January 1922 38. To Paul Hausmeister, 26 January 1922 39. From Paul Ehrenfest, 26 January 1922 40. From Jun Ishiwara, 26 January 1922 41. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 28 January 1922 42. From Gregory Breit, 31 January 1922 Not selected for translation 43. "On the Theory of Light Propagation in Dispersive Media," 2 February 1922 "Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in dispergierenden Medien" Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin). Physikalischmathematische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte (1922) 44. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 3 February 1922 45. From Paul Ehrenfest, 4 February 1922 46. From Joan Voute, 11 February 1922 Not selected for translation 47. To Paul Ehrenfest, 12 February 1922 48. To Hans Albert and Eduard Einstein, 12 February 1922 49. From Hans Albert Einstein, between 12 February and 4 March 1922 50. From Eduard Einstein, between 12 February and 4 March 1922 51. To Madeleine Rolland, 15 February 1922 52. From Emil Warburg, 15 February 1922 53. "Proposal for the Nomination of a Corresponding Member in Physics" [Niels Bohr], before 16 February 1922 "Antrag auf Ernennung eines korrespondierenden Mitglied des aus dem Gebiete der Physik" 54. From Paul Ehrenfest, 16 February 1922 55. From Wolfgang Hallgarten, 16 February 1922 56. From Paul Langevin, 18 February 1922 57. To Paul Ehrenfest, 20 February 1922 58. To Oswald Veblen, 20 February 1922 59. To Franz Selety, 22 February 1922 60. To Juliusz Wolfsohn, 22 February 1922 61. From Theodor von Karman, 22 February 1922 62. Review of Wolfgang Pauli, The Theory of Relativity, 24 February 1922 Die Naturwissenschaften 10 (1922) 63. To Paul Langevin, 27 February 1922 64. From Thomas Barclay, 3 March 1922 Not selected for translation 65. From Erich Marx, 3 March 1922 66. To Erich Marx, after 3 March 1922 67. To Hans Albert and Eduard Einstein, 4 March 1922 68. From Edith Einstein, 5 March 1922 69. To Paul Langevin, 6 March 1922 70. From Paul Langevin, 8 March 1922 71. To Paul Langevin, between 8 and 13 March 1922 72. To Bernardo Dessau, 9 March 1922 73. From Richard B. Haldane, 9 March 1922 74. To the French League of Human Rights, 10 March 1922 75. From Lipmann Halpern, 10 March 1922 76. "Theoretical Comments on the Superconductivity of Metals," 11 March 1922 "Theoretische Bemerkungen zur Supraleitung der Metalle" Het Natuurkundig Laboratorium der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden in de jaren 1904-1922. Gedenkboek aangeboden aan H. Kamerlingh Onnes, directeur van het Laboratorium bij gelegenheid van zijn veertigjarig professoraat op 11 November 1922. Leyden: Ijdo, 1922 77. From Paul Ehrenfest, 11 March 1922 78. From Heinrich Zangger, after 11 March 1922 79. To Paul Ehrenfest, between 11 and 13 March 1922 80. From Michele Besso, 12 March 1922 81. To the Prussian Academy of Sciences, 13 March 1922 82. From Paul Ehrenfest, 13 March 1922 83. From Paul Winteler, 13 March 1922 Not selected for translation 84. To Thomas Barclay, 14 March 1922 85. To Maurice Solovine, 14 March 1922 86. From Michael Polanyi, 14 March 1922 87. To Paul Ehrenfest, 15 March 1922 88. From Maurice Croiset, 15 March 1922 89. To Max Hirschfeld, 17 March 1922 Not selected for translation 90. To Paul Winteler and Maja Winteler-Einstein, 17 March 1922 91. To Arnold Berliner, on or after 17 March 1922 Not selected for translation 92. To Maurice Croiset, 18 March 1922 93. To Gustav and Regina Maier-Friedlander, 18 March 1922 Not selected for translation 94. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 18 March 1922 95. To Michele Besso, 20 March 1922 96. To Robert A. Millikan, Paul Epstein, and Richard C. Tolman, 20 March 1922 97. From Thomas Barclay, 20 March 1922 98. From Leo Jolowicz, 20 March 1922 99. From Paul Langevin, 20 March 1922 100. From Mileva Einstein-Maric;, around 21 March 1922 101. From Zhu Jia-hua, 21 March 1922 102. From Paul Winteler, 21 March 1922 Not selected for translation 103. To Maurice Solovine, 22 March 1922 104. To Joan Voute, 22 March 1922 105. From Paul Langevin, 22 March 1922 106. From Paul Winteler, 22 March 1922 Not selected for translation 107. To Paul Ehrenfest, 23 March 1922 108. To Paul Langevin, 23 March 1922 109. From Erwin Finlay Freundlich, 24 March 1922 110. To Thomas Barclay, 25 March 1922 111. To Zhu Jia-hua, 25 March 1922 112. To Leo Jolowicz, 25 March 1922 113. To Arthur Nussbaum, 26 March 1922 114. From Paul Ehrenfest, 26 March 1922 115. From Hantaro Nagaoka, 26 March 1922 116. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 27 March 1922 117. To Viktor Engelhardt, 27 March 1922 118. To Jun Ishiwara, 27 March 1922 119. To Hans Reichenbach, 27 March 1922 120. To Charles Nordmann, before 28 March 1922 Not selected for translation 121. From Wilhelm Mayer-Kaufbeuren, 28 March 1922 Not selected for translation 122. To Elsa Einstein, 29 March 1922 123. To Elsa Einstein, 31 March 1922 124. From Peter Debye, 31 March 1922 125. From Beatrice Jahn-Rusconi Besso, 31 March 1922 Not selected for translation 126. To Paul Langevin, 1 April 1922 127. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 2 April 1922 128. From Emile Berliner, 2 April 1922 129. From Ludwig Hopf and Theodor von Karman, 3 April 1922 130. From Paul Block, 4 April 1922 131. "The Theory of Relativity." Discussion Remarks at a Meeting of the Societe francaise de Philosophie, 6 April 1922 "La Theorie de la Relativite" Societe francaise de Philosophie. Bulletin 22 (1922) 132. From Oswald Veblen, 6 April 1922 133. From Paul Winteler, 6 April 1922 Not selected for translation 134. To Elsa Einstein, 8 April 1922 135. From Chenzu Wei, 8 April 1922 136. From Gustave Le Bon, 9 April 1922 Not selected for translation 137. From Georg Maschke, 9 April 1922 138. From Paul Oppenheim, 9 April 1922 139. To Lucien Chavan, 10 April 1922 140. From Paul Langevin, 10 April 1922 141. To Ilse Einstein, 11 April 1922 142. From Hans Albert Einstein, 12 April 1922 143. From Peter Debye, 14 April 1922 144. From Paul G. Tomlinson, 14 April 1922 145. To Georg Maschke, 15 April 1922 146. To Paul Oppenheim, 15 April 1922 147. From Jacques Hadamard, 16 April 1922 148. To Heinrich J. Goldschmidt, 17 April 1922 149. From Paul Ehrenfest, 17 April 1922 150. To Peter Debye, 18 April 1922 151. To Charles-Eugene Guye, 18 April 1922 152. To Romain Rolland, 19 April 1922 153. To Paul Block, 20 April 1922 154. To Maurice Solovine, 20 April 1922 155. From Peter Debye, 20 April 1922 156. From Maja Winteler-Einstein, 20 April 1922 Not selected for translation 157. To Paul Ehrenfest, 21 April 1922 158. From Romain Rolland, 21 April 1922 159. From Paul Colin, 22 April 1922 Not selected for translation 160. From Paul Ehrenfest, 22 April 1922 161. To Maja Winteler-Einstein, 23 April 1922 162. From Sebastian Kornprobst, 23 April 1922 163. To Paul Ehrenfest, 24 April 1922 164. To Sebastian Kornprobst, 24 April 1922 165. To Otto Soehring, 24 April 1922 166. From Paul Block, 24 April 1922 167. From Paul Langevin, 25 April 1922 168. From Maurice Solovine, 27 April 1922 169. To Emile Borel, 28 April 1922 170. To Hans Delbruck, 28 April 1922 171. To Jacques Hadamard, 28 April 1922 172. To Moritz Schlick, 28 April 1922 173. To Mario Viscardini, 28 April 1922 174. To Elsa Einstein, 29 April 1922 175. From Max Born, 30 April 1922 176. From Paul Painleve, 30 April 1922 Not selected for translation 177. To Chenzu Wei, 3 May 1922 178. To Elsa Einstein, 4 May 1922 179. To Hans Albert Einstein, 5 May 1922 180. From Edgar Zilsel, 5 May 1922 Not selected for translation 181. Two Aphorisms, 8 May 1922 182. To Paul Painleve, 8 May 1922 183. From Henri Barbusse, 8 May 1922 184. Paul Ehrenfest to Niels Bohr, 8 May 1922 Not selected for translation 185. From David Hilbert, 9 May 1922 186. To Elsa Einstein, 10 May 1922 187. From Edward H. Synge, 10 May 1922 188. To Paul Langevin, 12 May 1922 189. From Emile Borel, 13 May 1922 Not selected for translation 190. To Max Born, on or after 14 May 1922 191. From Paul Ehrenfest, 16 May 1922 192. From Eric Drummond, 17 May 1922 193. To Paul Ehrenfest, 18 May 1922 194. Recommendation for Paul Hertz, 18 May 1922 195. To Gustave Le Bon, 19 May 1922 196. To Felix Rosenbluth, 19 May 1922 197. To Oskar Heimann, 20 May 1922 198. To Hantaro Nagaoka, 20 May 1922 199. From Robert A. Millikan, 22 May 1922 200. To Paul Ehrenfest, 23 May 1922 201. To Robert A. Millikan, 25 May 1922 202. To Robert A. Millikan, 25 May 1922 203. To Erwin Finlay Freundlich, 26 May 1922 Not selected for translation 204. From Max Planck, 26 May 1922 205. From Marie Curie-Sklodowska, 27 May 1922 206. From Uzumi Doi, 27 May 1922 See documentary edition for the English letter 207. To Marie Curie-Sklodowska, 30 May 1922 208. To Eric Drummond, 30 May 1922 209. From Hermann Weyl, 31 May 1922 210. From Maja Winteler-Einstein, 31 May 1922 Not selected for translation 211. To Friedrich Heilbron, 1 June 1922 212. To Humboldt-Film-Gesellschaft, 1 June 1922 213. On the "Einstein Film," 2 June 1922 Berliner Tageblatt, 2 June 1922 214. From Leopold Koppel, 2 June 1922 215. From Chaim Weizmann, 2 June 1922 216. To Friedrich Vieweg, 3 June 1922 217. From Aurel Stodola, 5 June 1922 Not selected for translation 218. To Hellmut von Gerlach, 6 June 1922 219. To Hermann Weyl, 6 June 1922 220. Response to Ernest Bovet's Question to Paul Langevin, 7 June 1922 Wissen und Leben 15 (1922) 221. From Hans Delbruck, 7 June 1922 222. From Henry S. Hatfield, 7 June 1922 Not selected for translation 223. From Gustave Le Bon, 7 June 1922 Not selected for translation 224. From Heinrich Zangger, between 8 and 18 June 1922 Not selected for translation 225. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 9 June 1922 226. "Second Supplementary Expert Opinion in the Matter of the Gesellschaft fur nautische Instrumente vs. Anschutz & Co.," between 9 June and 10 July 1922 "Zweites Nachtrags-Gutachten in Sachen Gesellschaft fur nautische Instrumente gegen Anschutz & Co." 227. From George Jaffe, 10 June 1922 Not selected for translation 228. Address to the German-French Peace Meeting, 11 June 1922 Die Brucke uber den Abgrund. Fur die Verstandigung zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich. Bericht uber den Besuch der "Franzosischen Liga fur Menschenrechte" in Berlin und im Ruhrgebiet. Otto Lehmann-Russbuldt, ed. Berlin: Bund Neues Vaterland, 1922 Not selected for translation 229. From Aarau Cantonal School Class of 1897, 11 June 1922 Not selected for translation 230. From Wilhelm Westphal, 12 June 1922 231. "Emil Warburg as Researcher," 13 June 19228 "Emil Warburg als Forscher," Die Naturwissenschaften 10 (1922) 232. To Aurel Stodola, 13 June 1922 233. To Thorstein G. Wereide, 13 June 1922 234. Introductory Remarks to Hans Thirring, L'idee de la theorie de la relativite, ca. 14 June 1922 Hans Thirring. L'Idee de la theorie de la relativite. Maurice Solovine, trans. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1923 235. From Emile Borel, 14 June 1922 Not selected for translation 236. From Max Born, 16 June 1922 237. To Max Born, on or after 16 June 1922 238. From Paul Ehrenfest, 17 June 1922 239. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 18 June 1922 240. To Gustave Le Bon, 18 June 1922 241. To Heinrich Zangger, 18 June 1922 242. From Eduard Einstein, 18 June 1922 243. From Hans Albert Einstein, 21 June 1922 244. From Max(?) Kreutzer, 23 June 1922 Not selected for translation 245. To Mathilde Rathenau, after 24 June 1922 246. From Hans Albert Einstein, after 24 June 1922 247. From Eduard Einstein, after 24 June 1922 248. From Mileva Einstein-Maric;, after 24 June 1922 249. From Mathilde Rathenau, after 24 June 1922 250. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 25 June 1922 251. From Paul Epstein, 26 June 1922 252. From Gustave Le Bon, 27 June 1922 Not selected for translation 253. From Friedrich Sternthal, 28 June 1922 Not selected for translation 254. From Emile Borel, 29 June 1922 Not selected for translation 255. To Gustave Le Bon, 30 June 1922 256. From Chaim Weizmann, 30 June 1922 257. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 1 July 1922 258. To Walther Nernst, 1 July 1922 259. From Otto Gradenwitz, 1 July 1922 260. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 2 July 1922 261. To Richard B. Haldane, 3 July 1922 262. To Marie Curie-Sklodowska, 4 July 1922 263. To Eric Drummond, 4 July 1922 264. To Henry S. Hatfield, 4 July 1922 265. From Sigmund Einstein, 4 July 1922 266. To Max Planck, 6 July 1922 267. From Raymond de Rienzi, 6 July 1922 Not selected for translation 268. From Marie Curie-Sklodowska, 7 July 1922 269. From Gustave Le Bon, 7 July 1922 Not selected for translation 270. From George Jaffe, 8 July 1922 271. From Max von Laue, 8 July 1922 272. From Max Planck, 8 July 1922 273. From Gilbert Murray, 10 July 1922 See documentary edition for the English letter 274. To Henri Barbusse, 11 July 1922 275. To Marie Curie-Sklodowska, 11 July 1922 276. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 12 July 1922 277. To Debendra Nath Bannerjea, 12 July 1922 278. To Max von Laue, 12 July 1922 279. To Max Planck, 12 July 1922 280. To the Prussian Academy of Sciences, 12 July 1922 Not selected for translation 281. To Pierre Comert, between 12 and 19 July 1922 282. From Bernardo Attolico, 12 July 1922 Not selected for translation 283. From Sanehiko Yamamoto, between 12 July and 8 August 1922 Not selected for translation 284. To Otto Gradenwitz, 13 July 1922 285. To Gustave Le Bon, 13 July 1922 286. To Gilbert Murray, 13 July 1922 287. From Richard B. Haldane, 14 July 1922 288. From Gerhard Kowalewski, 14 July 1922 Not selected for translation 289. To George Jaffe, 15 July 1922 290. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 15 July 1922 291. From Heinrich Zangger, between 15 and 25 July 1922 Not selected for translation 292. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 16 July 1922 293. To Maurice Solovine, 16 July 1922 294. To Chaim Weizmann, 17 July 1922 295. From George Jaffe, 17 July 1922 296. From Gilbert Murray, 17 July 1922 297. From Richard Eisenmann, 18 July 1922 298. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 19 July 1922 299. From Gustave Le Bon, 19 July 1922 Not selected for translation 300. From Peter Pringsheim, 19 July 1922 301. From Hermann Struck, 19 July 1922 Not selected for translation 302. To George Jaffe, 22 July 1922 303. To Erich Marx-Weinbaum, 22 July 1922 304. To Wolfgang Ostwald, 22 July 1922 305. From Chenzu Wei, 22 July 1922 306. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 25 July 1922 307. To Sigmund Einstein, 25 July 1922 308. To Gerhard Kowalewski, 25 July 1922 309. To Gilbert Murray, 25 July 1922 310. From George Jaffe, 26 July 1922 311. To Richard Eisenmann, 27 July 1922 312. To Hendrik K. de Haas, 27 July 1922 313. From Chaim Weizmann, 27 July 1922 314. To Eric Drummond, 29 July 1922 315. "Quantum Theoretical Comments on the Experiment of Stern and Gerlach," before 30 July 1922 "Quantentheoretische Bemerkungen zum Experiment von Stern und Gerlach" Zeitschrift der Physik 11 (1922) 316. From Paul Ehrenfest, 30 July 1922 317. "In Memoriam Walther Rathenau," August 1922 Neue Rundschau 33 (1922) 318. "On the Present Crisis of Theoretical Physics," August 1922 "Uber die gegenwartige Krise der theoretischen Physik," Kaizo 4, no. 12 (December 1922) 319. From Hantaro Nagaoka, 2 August 1922 320. From Max Born, 6 August 1922 321. From Heinrich Zangger, between 6 and 28 August 1922 Not selected for translation 322. From Michele Besso, 8 August 1922 323. From Henry N. Brailsford, 10 August 1922 324. From Moritz Schlick, 13 August 1922 325. To Jacques Loeb, 14 August 1922 326. From Helene Stocker, 14 August 1922 Not selected for translation 327. From David Hilbert, 15 August 1922 328. From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 20 August 1922 329. To Paul Ehrenfest, on or after 21 August 1922 330. From Maja Winteler-Einstein, 25 August 1922 331. To Maximilian Pfister, 28 August 1922 332. From Paul Dienes, 28 August 1922 Not selected for translation 333. From Paul Ehrenfest, 29 August 1922 334. To Richard B. Haldane, 30 August 1922 335. To Paul Painleve, 30 August 1922 336. From Richard B. Haldane, after 30 August 1922 Not selected for translation 337. To Carl Speyer, 31 August 1922 338. To Paul Dienes, or or after 31 August 1922 339. "On Anisotropic Pressure Forces in Gases with Heat Flow," September 1922 "Uber anisotrope Druck-Krafte in warme-durchstromten Gasen" 340. "Comment on A. Friedmann's Paper: 'On the Curvature of Space,'" September 1922 "Bemerkungen zu der Arbeit von A. Friedmann "Uber die Krummung des Raumes" Zeitschrift fur Physik 11 (1922) 341. To Chaim Weizmann, after 2 September 1922 342. From Fritz Haber, 3 September 1922 343. From Henry N. Brailsford, 4 September 1922 344. From Jacques Loeb, 4 September 1922 345. From Albert Karr-Krusi, 6 September 1922 Not selected for translation 346. From Helene Stocker, 7 September 1922 347. "The Peril to German Civilisation," 11 September 1922 The New Leader 1 (1922) 348. To Henry N. Brailsford, 11 September 1922 Not selected for translation 349. To Richard B. Haldane, 11 September 1922 350. From Franz Selety, 11 September 1922 351. To Max Wertheimer, 12 September 1922 352. To Alfred L. Berthoud, 14 September 1922 353. To Thorvald Madsen, 14 September 1922 354. From Chugi (Tadayoshi) Akita, 15 September 1922 355. From Raymond de Rienzi, 15 September 1922 Not selected for translation 356. To Chugi (Tadayoshi) Akita, on or after 15 September 1922 357. To Tullio Levi-Civita, on or after 15 September 1922 358. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 16 September 1922 359. From Svante Arrhenius, on or before 17 September 1922 360. From Max Wertheimer, 17 September 1922 361. To Swiss Embassy, Berlin, 18 September 1922 362. To Max Wertheimer, 18 September 1922 363. From Max von Laue, 18 September 1922 364. From Max Wertheimer, 19 September 1922 Not selected for translation 365. To Svante Arrhenius, 20 September 1922 366. To Hans Reichenbach, 20 September 1922 367. To Carl Beck, 22 September 1922 368. To Jacques Loeb, 22 September 1922 369. From Michele Besso, 24 September 1922 370. "Comment on Franz Selety's Paper: 'Contributions to the Cosmological System,'" [12-25] September 1922 "Bemerkung zu der Franz Seletyschen Arbeit "Beitrage zum kosmologischen System" " Annalen der Physik 69 (1922) 371. To Franz Selety, 25 September 1922 372. To Edgar Zilsel, 25 September 1922 373. To Michele Besso, 26 September 1922 374. To Eberhard Zschimmer, 27 September 1922 375. To Romain Rolland, on or before 30 September 1922 376. To Pierre Comert, 1 October 1922 377. To Michele Besso, 4 October 1922 378. Poem to Albert and Luise Karr-Krusi, on or before 6 October 1922 Not selected for translation 379. Travel Diary Japan, Palestine, Spain, 6 October 1922-12 March 1923 380. From Chaim Weizmann, 6 October 1922 381. To Hans Albert and Eduard Einstein, 7 October 1922 382. To Marcel Grossmann, 7 October 1922 383. From Richard B. Haldane, 23 October 1922 384. From Christopher Aurivillius, 10 November 1922 385. From Christopher Aurivillius, 10 November 1922 386. From Niels Bohr, 11 November 1922 387. "Comment on E. Trefftz's Paper: 'The Static Gravitational Field of Two Mass Points in Einstein's Theory,'" 23 November 1922 "Bemerkung zu der Abhandlung von E. Trefftz:"Das statische Gravitationsfeld zweier Massenpunkte in der Einsteinschen Theorie" Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin). Physikalischmathematische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte (1922) 388. "Einstein's Opinion on the Investigation of Responsibilities for the War," 25 November 1922 "Sur la recherche des responsabilites de la guerre" Les cahiers des droits de l'homme 22 (1922) 389. From Hantaro Nagaoka et al., 1 December 1922 Not selected for translation 390. From Alexander Friedmann, 6 December 1922 391. "Musings on My Impressions in Japan," on or after 7 December 1922 "Plauderei uber meine Eindrucke in Japan" Kaizo 5 (1923) 392. From Yuanpei Cai, 8 December 1922 393. To Bansui Tsuchii (Doi), 9 December 1922 394. Preface for the Japanese edition of Georg Nicolai's Biologie des Krieges, [10 December 1922] Not selected for translation 395. To Heinrich Zangger, 11 December 1922 396. From Henrik Sederholm and Knut A. Posse, 11 December 1922 397. To Sanehiko Yamamoto, 12 December 1922 398. "Answer to Questions on Religion," 14 December 1922 Kaizo 5 (1922) Editorial Note: Einstein's Lecture at the University of Kyoto Not selected for inclusion 399. How I Created the Theory of Relativity, (Jun Ishiwara's Notes of Einstein's Lecture at Kyoto University) 14 December 1922 Kaizo 5, no. 2 (1923) See documentary edition for English translation 400. To Hans Albert and Eduard Einstein, 17 December 1922 401. To Michele Besso and Anna Besso-Winteler, 19 December 1922 Not selected for translation 402. To Wilhelm Solf, 20 December 1922 403. To Yuanpei Cai, 22 December 1922 404. To Max and Hedwig Born, 23 December 1922 405. To Jun Ishiwara, between 23 and 29 December 1922 406. "Preface" to Japanese Collection of Papers, 27 December 1922 "Vorwort" Einstein Zenshu [The Collected Works of Einstein]. Jun Ishiwara, et al., trans. Tokyo: Kaizo-Sha, 1922-1924. 407. To Yoshi Yamamoto, 27 December 1922 Not selected for translation 408. From Wilhelm Solf, 27 December 1922 Not selected for translation 409. "Farewell to Japan," 28 December 1922 Fukuoka Nichinichi Shinbun Not selected for translation 410. To Ayao Kuwaki, 29 December 1922 411. To Bansui Tsuchii (Doi), 30 December 1922 412. To Eiichi Tsuchii (Doi), 30 December 1922 413. To Sanehiko Yamamoto, 30 December 1922 414. To Yoshi Yamamoto, 30 December 1922 415. To Charlotte Weigert, between 31 December 1922 and 2 January 1923 Not selected for translation 416. From Rafaele Contu, 8 January 1923 417. "On the General Theory of Relativity," ca. 9 January 1923 "Zur allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie" 418. Calculations on Back Pages of Travel Diary, ca. 9-22 January 1923 Not selected for translation 419. Fragment and Calculation on the General Theory of Relativity ca. January 1923 Not selected for translation 420. To Svante Arrhenius, 10 January 1923 421. To Niels Bohr, 10 January 1923 422. From Jun Ishiwara, 12 January 1923 423. From Sergei F. von Oldenburg, 18 January 1923 Not selected for translation 424. To Edgar, Else, and Edgar Michel Meyer, 20 January 1923 425. "On the General Theory of Relativity," 22 January 1923 "Zur allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie" Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin). Physikalischmathematische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte (1923) 426. To Nippon Puroretaria Domei, 22 January 1923 427. From Chaim Weizmann, 4 February 1923 428. From Federigo Enriques, 8 February 1923 Not selected for translation 429. To Chaim Weizmann, 11 February 1923 430. To Arthur S. Eddington, 14 February 1923 Not selected for translation 431. From Heinrich Luders, 15 February 1923 Not selected for translation 432. From Nicholas M. Butler, 26 February 1923 433. To Jun Ishiwara, after 26 February or after 21 March 1923 Not selected for translation 434. From Arthur Biram, 1 March 1923 Not selected for translation 435. From Gano Dunn, 1 March 1923 See documentary edition for the original English 436. To Wilhelm Westphal, 2 March 1923 437. From Mauricio David, 2 March 1923 Not selected for translation 438. To the Spanish Academy of Sciences, 4 March 1923 Discursos pronunciados en la sesion solemne que se digno presidir S. M. el Rey el dia 4 de marzo de 1923 celebrada para hacer entrega del diploma de academico corresponsal al profesor Albert Einstein. Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales. Madrid: Talleres Poligraficos, 1923 439. From Michael I. Pupin, 4 March 1923 Not selected for translation 440. From Carl Brinkmann, 9 March 1923 Not selected for translation 441. To Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 10 March 1923 442. From Maja Winteler-Einstein, 11 March 1923 443. From Zionistische Vereinigung fur Deutschland (Betty Frankenstein), 14 March 1923 444. From Vossische Zeitung, 15 March 1923 Not selected for translation 445. From Svante Arrhenius, 17 March 1923 446. To Albert Karr-Krusi, 20 March 1923 Not selected for translation 447. To Pierre Comert, 21 March 1923 448. From Paul Winteler, 22 March 1923 Not selected for translation 449. To Svante Arrhenius, 23 March 1923 450. To Carl Brinkmann, 23 March 1923 451. To Zionistische Vereinigung fur Deutschland, 23 March 1923 452. From Michele Besso, 23 March 1923 453. To [Ilse Einstein], before 24 March 1923 454. To Heinrich Luders, 24 March 1923 455. To Sergei F. von Oldenburg, 24 March 1923 456. From Paul Ehrenfest, 27 March 1923 457. From Richard Stern, 28 March 1923 Not selected for translation 458.From Hermann Anschutz-Kaempfe, 31 March 1923 APPENDIXES Not selected for translation A. An Interview with Einstein B. Einstein Discusses His Theory C. Lecture on Light Emission D. Speech at Reception in Singapore E. Lecture at Keio University F. Speech at Jewish Reception in Shanghai G. Notes in Palestine H. Lectures at the University of Madrid I. Honorary Doctorate Speech at the Uni

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Book SynopsisThe most famous scientist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein was also one of the century's most outspoken political activists. This title gathers his important public and private political writings and puts them into historical context.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 "A goldmine for readers interested in Einstein as an engaged intellectual of his era. Editors David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann have done an excellent job of collecting, thematically assembling and historically contextualizing Einstein's private letters and public statements on the great political issues of his time."--Yaron Ezrahi, Nature "Editors David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann have done an excellent job of collecting, thematically assembling and historically contextualizing Einstein's private letters and public statements on the great political issues of his time. The book is also a fascinating record of Einstein's private thoughts and public stance on the reception of the relativity revolution. Included here are his reaction to the virulent anti-Semitic, anti-relativity German scientists, his tortured relations with the Prussian Academy of Sciences after the rise of the Nazis and his later expressed identification with Galileo for his struggle 'to overcome the anthropocentric and mythical thinking of his contemporaries and to lead them back to an objective and causal attitude towards the cosmos.'"--C. R. Macauley, Nature "Einstein on Politics treats all these issues in detail by combining his most important statements--both public and private--in thematic chapters and by carefully contextualizing each statement. The result is fascinating, illuminating and sometimes moving, resonating both with today's noisy debates about nuclear weapons, international terrorism and civil liberties, and with the ethical dilemmas with which we struggle in the quieter recesses of the mind."--Andrew Robinson, New Scientist "[G]reat as Einstein's allure remains, the majority of people will probably wish to read just one Einstein book, and this is one they should strongly consider. In addition to being comprehensive, accessible and well written, it is clearly the most up to date, making sensible use of the latest and most authoritative scholarship."--Daniel J. Kennefick, American Scientist online "This brilliant anthology of [Einstein's] journalism and private correspondence brings to life his lucid contributions to the raging debates of the last century over the bomb, his humanitarian objections to war, his belief in a socialist economy and the apparent contradiction between his advocacy of internationalism and his support for Zionism."--David Harounoff, Tribune "To enhance understanding of Einstein's humanism and activism, Rowe and Schulmann have gathered, organized, and explicated a full spectrum of his reflections, allowing the reader direct access to Einstein's reasoning as he confronts a world of violence rendered exponentially more catastrophic by virtue of his own scientific breakthroughs. Powerful in its personal and political disclosures, this is an essential primary source."--Booklist "Offers readers a panoramic view of his writings on Zionism and anti-Semitism, nationalism, the fate of Jews during the Holocaust, war, peace, pacifism and nuclear proliferation. Einstein was a vigorous stylist and these selections from his private correspondence attest to his fluency with words."--Sheldon Kirshner, Canadian Jewish News "Anyone with an interest in Einstein's non-scientific activities in the public realm will profit from reading this book."--Hubert Goenner, Nature Physics "The most renowned scientist of the last century was famous not only for his seminal contributions to making sense of the universe, from the very large to the very small, but also for his humanism and interest in promoting the possibility of a world without conflict. This book collects many of Einstein's letters and essays that discuss issues pertaining exclusively to his views on the latter. They cover an incredible range of topics from WWI to the UN and much that embroiled the Western world in between. The editors have provided good introductions to each chapter, following Einstein's discursions in chronological order."--N. Sadanand, Choice "Utilizing a meticulously collected set of both published and unpublished materials, the editors set forth in admirable detail his writings on the issues of the day, which are inextricably connected to his support for the Zionist movement and the creation of Israel. If readers connect Einstein only to the world of science and mathematics, this volume will clearly serve to expand their horizons."--Sanford R. Silverburg, AJL Newsletter "[T]he documents presented are quite valuable, and the book deserves a wide readership for that alone."--Matthew Stanley, Historical Studies in Natural Sciences "Einstein was an important man, and Rowe and Schulmann edited an important book about him"--Antoine Capet, H-Net "This book, ingeniously put together by Rowe and Schulmann, provides a thematic and chronological frame of reference that allows a lucid view of Einstein's political passions, which up to now have been largely unknown even to the interested public. It is a multiply rewarding book, one that all readers are bound to enjoy."--Kosta Tsipis, Journal of Cold War Studies "Einstein on Politics is an excellent and thought-provoking volume, which can be of interest to scholars as well as to the public at large."--Giorgio Baruchello, European Legacy "David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann have compiled exactly the book readers ... may want to consult during or after reading a biography of the 'mere scientist' who held passionate and often outspoken views on the major issues of his time."--Stuart Mitchner, Town Topics (Princeton, NJ)Table of ContentsList of Texts vii Preface xix Note on Sources and Method xxxi Acknowledgments xxxiii Historical Introduction 1 Chapter 1. The First World War and Its Impact, 1914-1921 61 Chapter 2. Science Meets Politics: The Relativity Revolution, 1918-1923 93 Chapter 3. Anti-Semitism and Zionism, 1919-1930 136 Chapter 4. Internationalism and European Security, 1922-1932 189 Chapter 5. Articles of Faith, 1930-1933 223 Chapter 6. Hitler's Germany and the Threat to European Jewry, 1933-1938 266 Chapter 7. The Fate of the Jews, 1939-1949 315 Chapter 8. The Second World War, Nuclear Weapons, and World Peace, 1939-1950 356 Chapter 9. Soviet Russia, Political Economy, and Socialism, 1918-1952 406 Chapter 10. Political Freedom and the Threat of Nuclear War, 1931-1955 459 Bibliography 509 Index 515 Plate Credits 524

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Book SynopsisThe more than one thousand letters and several dozen writings included in this volume cover the years immediately before the final formulation of new quantum mechanics. The discovery of the Compton effect in 1923 vindicates Einstein's light quantum hypothesis. Niels Bohr still criticizes Einstein's conception of light quanta and advances an alternaTable of ContentsList of Texts xiii List of Illustrations xxxiii INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Introduction to Volume 14 xxxv Editorial Method of the Series lxxxv Acknowledgments xciii Note on the Translation xcv List of Abbreviations xcvi Location Symbols xcvii Descriptive Symbols c TEXTS 1 Alphabetical List of Correspondence 783 Chronology 805 Calendar of Abstracts 821 Appendixes 905 Literature Cited 1007 Index 1031 Index of Citations 1097

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an authoritative and in-depth treatment of potential energy landscape theory, a powerful analytical approach to describing the atomic and molecular interactions in condensed-matter phenomena. Drawing on the latest developments in the computational modeling of many-body systems, Frank Stillinger applies this approach to a diverseTrade Review"Remarkably comprehensive, clearly presented, and rich with examples. The scope of topics is encyclopedic, taking readers from broad classes to paradigmatic specifics such as helium and water. The book is quite different from and complementary to David Wales's book, Energy Landscapes."—R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago"This is an extraordinary book, remarkable for its breadth of coverage, depth of physical insight, clarity, and technical rigor. Invoking the energy landscape viewpoint as an overarching and unifying theme, Stillinger takes the reader on a fascinating journey whose ports of call include crystals, liquids, glasses, clusters, helium, polymers, and that most ubiquitous and intriguing of substances, water. A masterful panorama of condensed-matter physics and chemistry as viewed through the lens of the inherent structure formalism, presented by one of the subject's acknowledged masters."—Pablo G. Debenedetti, Princeton University"Stillinger has produced the most readable of all books on the subject, equally suitable for a course in chemistry or physics. It is also ideal for self-study by practitioners who want to better understand some of the more complex ideas that characterize current work in this area."—H. Eugene Stanley, Boston University"Stillinger provides a formalism for describing energy landscapes along with many examples of how this formalism may be used to understand the energetics of condensed-matter phenomena. His presentation will be of significant value to junior scientists, including beginning graduate students, as well as senior researchers. The book is a pleasure to read, with many interesting insights and discussions."—Paul Whitford, Northeastern UniversityTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*I. Potential Energy Functions, pg. 1*II. Statistical Mechanical Basics, pg. 28*III. Basins, Saddles, and Configuration-Space Mapping, pg. 55*IV. Crystal Phases, pg. 79*V. Liquids at Thermal Equilibrium, pg. 134*VI. Supercooled Liquids and Glasses, pg. 195*VII. Low-Density Matter, pg. 240*VIII. The Helium Isotopes, pg. 278*IX. Water, pg. 313*X. Polymeric Substances, pg. 375*XI. Protein Folding Phenomena, pg. 428*References, pg. 463*Index, pg. 489

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Book Synopsis"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ...The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein, 1936 Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and richly illustrated biography. The main narraTrade Review"A peerless introduction to the man, his life, and his scientific theories... [T]his is by far the best book about Einstein that I have ever come across."--Patrick Moore, BBC Sky at Night magazine "Most appealing... [C]ontains material on all aspects of Einstein's scientific work and private life ... It is filled with a myriad of familiar and not-so-familiar images."--Physics World "Einstein's life was full of paradoxes, and this lovely coffee table book, with essays by Stephen Hawking, Philip Anderson, Steven Weinberg and others, reveals them all."--New Scientist "A thoroughly grounded biography of Einstein. This book appeals to anyone interested in the universe, science or physics. This is one of the best books on Einstein to be found."--School Librarian "Andrew Robinson's main biographical narrative is enhanced by 12 essays by eminent scientists, scholars and artists that put Einstein's life and work in perspective."--Bill Condie, Cosmos Magazine "The commentaries are excellent, extremely helpful, and a very welcome addition to the literature on Einstein's theories of relativity... With its plentiful photographs and iconic, whimsical images, Robinson's work has great aesthetic appeal. The book offers a general introduction to Einstein in which his scientific achievements and his vivid personality are clearly conveyed... A fitting tribute to the man and his work, on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's general theory of relativity."--MetascienceTable of ContentsAuthor's Note 8 Preface by Freeman Dyson 10 Part One: The Physicist 1 The World of Physics Before Einstein 14 Autobiographical Notes by Albert Einstein 26 2 The Making of a Physicist 32 A Brief History of Relativity by Stephen Hawking 42 3 The Miraculous Year, 1905 52 4 General Relativity 66 Varying e: Vodka Without Alcohol? by Joao Magueijo 78 5 Arguing About Quantum Theory 82 6 The Search for a Theory of Everything 95 Einstein's Search for Unification by Steven Weinberg 102 7 Physics Since Einstein 109 Einstein's Scientific Legacy by Philip Anderson 122 Part Two: The Man 8 The Most Famous Man in the World 130 9 Personal and Family Life 140 Einstein's Love Letters by Robert Schulmann 150 Einstein and Music by Philip Glass 153 10 Germany, War and Pacifism 156 11 America 166 12 Zionism, the Holocaust and Israel 176 Einstein on Religion, Judaism and Zionism by Max Jammer 185 13 Nuclear Saint and Demon 191 Einstein's Quest for Global Peace by Joseph Rotblat 202 14 The End of an Era 207 Einstein's Last Interview by I. Bernard Cohen 212 15 Einstein's Enduring Magi 226 Einstein: Twentieth-Century Icon by Arthur C. Clarke 235 Afterword: Einstein's Nachlass by Diana Kormos Buchwald 240 Chronology of Einstein's Life 245 Sources of Quotations 246 Bibliography 250 Contributors 251 Index 252 Credits 256

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Robinson's text is an excellent overview of modern statistical techniques and is sure to become a definitive reference. He ably and concisely presents all of the necessary foundational mathematics while also providing a thorough description of sophisticated methods used by practicing engineers and scientists. I particularly enjoyed the division of the book into frequentist and Bayesian approaches and Robinson's clear discussion of the relative merits of each method."—Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University"With an accessible and consistent style, Data Analysis for Scientists and Engineers stands out for its depth of materials and pedagogical presentation. Building from simple concepts, the book's mathematical rigor and accuracy are solid and logical. This book is appropriate for senior undergraduates, graduate students at all levels, and practicing scientists."—Wade Fisher, Michigan State University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This short book on a vast subject is the work of a master. With a few sure and authoritative words [Weyl] gives us the heart of the matter. There is no book ... quite like this one on the subject of symmetry and I doubt if any book will be written in the future that will not in some way lean upon this one... [I]t contains so much besides mathematics that it can still be read with profit and enjoyed by someone who has not advanced beyond long division."--John Tyler Bonner, Science "Dr. Weyl presents a masterful and fascinating survey of the applications of the principle of symmetry in sculpture, painting, architecture, ornament, and design; its manifestations in organic and inorganic nature; and its philosophical and mathematical significance."--Scientific American "Weyl offers deep insight into [the concept of symmetry], its foundations in group theory, its applications in physics, chemistry, and biology, and its role in art."--Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler in Laws of the Game "Vivid and picturesque... [Weyl is] an outstanding thinker."--Wolfgang Yourgrau, Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchTable of ContentsBilateral symmetry 3 Translatory, rotational, and related symmetries 41 Ornamental Symmetry 83 Crystals. The General mathmatical idea of symmetry 119 Appendices A. Determination of all finite groups of proper rotations in 3-space 149 B. Inclusion of improper rotations 155 Acknowledgements 157 Index 161

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"From Photon to Neuron: Light, Imaging, Vision completes a trilogy begun by Biological Physics and Physical Models of Living Systems. Those works establish Nelson as the preeminent author of textbooks at the intersection of physics and biology. . . . Nelson uses words, pictures, formulas, and code to teach students how to construct models and interpret data. His books provide a master class in how to integrate those four different approaches into a complete learning experience."---Bradley Roth, Physics Today"A thorough and sweeping tour from the fundamental physics of light to the neurobiology of the retina, with many asides into modern advances in imaging. Lavishly illustrated and carefully explained. . . . The book itself is a gem."---Sönke Johnsen, American Journal of Physics"As elegant as it is deep. A masterful tour of the science of light and vision, it goes beyond artificial boundaries between disciplines and presents all aspects of light as it appears in physics, chemistry, biology and the neural sciences. . . . In the same way that the author instructs non-physics students in some basic physics concepts and tools, he also provides physicists with accessible and very clear presentations of many biological phenomena involving light. . . . One of the most insightful, cross-disciplinary texts I have read in many years. It is mesmerising and will become a landmark in rigorous, but highly accessible interdisciplinary literature."---Luis Alvarez-Gaumé, CERN Courier

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book provides an essential introduction to the physics of quantum many-body systems."---T. C. Mohan, Zentralblatt MATH

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Book SynopsisThe essential introduction to magnetic reconnectionwritten by a leading pioneer of the fieldPlasmas comprise more than 99 percent of the visible universe; and, wherever plasmas are, magnetic reconnection occurs. In this common yet incompletely understood physical process, oppositely directed magnetic fields in a plasma meet, break, and then reconnect, converting the huge amounts of energy stored in magnetic fields into kinetic and thermal energy. In Magnetic Reconnection, Masaaki Yamada offers an illuminating synthesis of modern research and advances on this important topic. Magnetic reconnection produces such phenomena as solar flares and the northern lights, and occurs in nuclear fusion devices. A better understanding of this crucial cosmic activity is essential to comprehending the universe and varied technological applications, such as satellite communications. Most of our knowledge of magnetic reconnection comes from theoretical and computational models and laboratory experiment

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A pleasure to read. . . . Newton himself would have been charmed by this book."---Steven G. Krantz, UMAP Journal"The Mathematical Mechanic documents novel ways of viewing physics as a method of understanding mathematics. Levi uses physical arguments as tools to conjecture about mathematical concepts before providing rigorous proofs. . . . The Mathematical Mechanic is an excellent display of creative, interdisciplinary problem-solving strategies. The author has explained complex concepts with simplicity, yet the mathematics is accurate." * Mathematics Teacher *"A most interesting book. . . . Many of the ideas in it could be used as motivational or illustrative examples to support the teaching of non-specialists, especially physicists and engineers. In conclusion--a thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking read."---Nigel Steele, London Mathematical Society Newsletter"The Mathematical Mechanic reverses the usual interaction of mathematics and physics. . . . Careful study of Levi's book may train readers to think of physical companions to mathematical problems. . . . Mathematicians will find The Mathematical Mechanic provides exercise in new ways of thinking. Instructors will find it contains material to supplement mathematics courses, helping physically-minded students approach mathematics and helping mathematically-minded students appreciate physics."---John D. Cook, MAA Reviews"Mark Levi reverses the old stereotype that math is merely a tool to aid physicists by showing that many questions in mathematics can be easily solved by interpreting them as physical problems. . . . Some sections of the book require readers to brush up on their calculus but Levi's clear explanations, witty footnotes, and fascinating insights make the extra effort painless." * SEED Magazine *"The book is chock-full of these seemingly magical physical thought experiments involving bicycle wheels, pistons, springs, soap films, pendulums, and electric circuits, with applications to geometry, maximization and minimization problems, inequalities, optics, integrals, and complex functions. . . . I highly recommend it to anyone who is (even slightly) interested in physics, and appreciates mathematical elegance and cleverness. It would make a great gift for almost anyone, whether a high school student or university professor, armchair physicist or professional mathematician."---Boris Yorgey, The Math Less Traveled"The Mathematical Mechanic is a pleasant surprise."---E. Kincanon, Choice

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers""[A] remarkably diverse story . . . full of vitality."---Andrew Robinson, Lancet"[A] chatty, wide-ranging tour of electricity’s role in biology and medicine."---Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker"A fascinating history of humanity’s gradual understanding of electricity. . . . Jorgensen’s study is full of entertaining details, and his passion is evident . . . The result is a sparkling reminder of the strange wonders of life." * Publishers Weekly *"Jorgensen weaves together tales of serendipitous revelations, strange misconceptions, and emerging understandings, showing how the ancients’ first impression of electricity’s animating role has been borne out by the discoveries of modern neuroscience."---Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History"A fascinating biomedical approach to the history of knowledge about electricity and its future uses."---E. J. Delaney, Choice

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Book SynopsisThe authors present a rigorous treatment of the first principles of the algebraic and analytic core of quantum field theory. Their aim is to correlate modern mathematical theory with the explanation of the observed process of particle production and of particle-wave duality that heuristic quantum field theory provides. Many topics are treated hereTrade Review"The book provides an important overview and a useful synthesis of some significant contributions to the mathematical understanding of quantum field theory."--Physics TodayTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. xiii*1. The Free Boson Field, pg. 3*2. The Free Fermion Field, pg. 75*3. Properties of the Free Fields, pg. 96*4. Absolute Continuity and Unitary Implementability, pg. 118*5. C-Algebraic Quantization, pg. 142*6. Quantization of Linear Differential Equations, pg. 153*7. Renormalized Products of Quantum Fields, pg. 174*8. Construction of Nonlinear Quantized Fields, pg. 208*Appendix A. Principal Notations, pg. 251*Appendix BETA. Universal Fields and the Quantization of Wave Equations, pg. 254*Glossary, pg. 258*Bibliography, pg. 281*Index, pg. 289

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Book SynopsisMan's view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray astronomy, can penetrate the universe to depths never before explored. P.J.E. Peebles has written a pioneering work in this newly defined area of inTrade Review"James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Introduction, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*I. Golden Moments in Cosmology 1912-1950, pg. 1*II. The Homogeneity and Isotropy of the Universe, pg. 31*III. Hubble's Constant and the Cosmic Time Scale, pg. 43*IV. The Mean Mass Density of the Universe, pg. 56*V. The Microwave Background and the Primeval Fireball Hypothesis, pg. 121*VI. A Child's Garden of Cosmological Models, pg. 159*VII. History of the Universe - Scenarios, pg. 190*VIII. Primeval Helium, pg. 240*Appendix. Notation, Conventions and Units, pg. 278

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION. Concepts of Ferromagnetism. Factors Affecting Magnetic Quality. MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. Technical and Pure Iron. Iron-Silicon Alloys. Iron-Nickel Alloys. Iron-Cobalt Alloys. Other Iron Alloys of High Permeability. Other High Permeability Materials. Permanent Magnets. MAGNETIC PHENOMENA AND THEORIES. Magnetic Theory. The Magnetization Curve and the Domain Theory. Magnetic Properties of Crystals. Stress and Magnetostriction. Temperature and the Curie Point. Energy, Specific Heat, and Magnetocaloric Effect. Magnetism and Electrical Properties. Change of Magnetization with Time. Special Problems in Domain Theory. MEASUREMENTS. Measurement of Magnetic Quantities. Appendix 1: Symbols Used in Text. Appendix 2: Some Physical Properties of the Elements. Appendix 3: Values of Some Constants. Appendix 4: Magnetic Properties of Various Materials. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Physical Principles of Magnetism... is such a classic -- a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of magnetism... The corrected reissue is a welcome addition to this much--needed archival series. Dr. Morrish presents an excellent introduction to the physics and mathematics of magnetism without oversimplification...Table of Contents1. The Magnetic Field. 1. Historical. 2. The Magnetic field Vector H. 3. The Magnetization Vector M. 4. Magnetic Induction, the Vector B. 5. The Demagnetization Factor D. 6. Energy of Interaction. 7. Magnetic Effects of Currents. The Magnetic Shell. Faraday's Law. 8. Maxwell's and Lorentz's Equations. 9. The Magnetic Circuit. 10. Dipole in a Uniform Field. 2. Diamagnetic and Paramagnetic Susceptibilities. 1. Introduction. 2. Review of Quantum Mechanical and Other Results. Diamagnetism. 3. The Langevin Formula for Diamagnetic Susceptibility. 4. Susceptibility of Atoms and Ions. 5. Susceptibility of Molecules. Paramagnetism. 6. Curie's Law. 7. Theoretical Derivations of Curie's Law. 8. Quantum Mechanical Treatment. 9. Susceptibility of Quasi-free Ions: the Rare Earths. 10. The Effect of the Crystalline Field. 11. The Iron Group Salts. 12. Covalent Binding and the 3d, 4d, 5d, and 5f-6d Transition Groups. 13. Saturation in Paramagnetic Substances. 14. Paramagnetic Molecules. 15. Paramagnetic Susceptibility of the Nucleus. 3. Thermal, Relaxation, and Resonance Phenomena in Paramagnetic Materials. 1. Introduction. Thermal Phenomena. 2. Summary of Thermodynamic Relationships. 3. The Magnetocaloric Effect: The Production and Measurement of Low Temperatures. Paramagnetic Relaxation. 4. The Susceptibility in an Alternating Magnetic Field. 5. Spin-Lattice Relaxation. 6. Spin-spin Relaxation. Paramagnetic Resonance. 7. Conditions for Paramagnetic Resonance. 8. Line Widths: the Effect of Damping. 9. Fine and Hyperfine Structure: the Spin-Hamiltonian. 10. The Spectra of the Transition Group Ions. The 3d group ions. Covalent binding and the 3d, Ad, 5d, and 5f-6d groups. 4/rare earth ions in salts. Transition ions in various host lattices. 11. The Spectra of Paramagnetic Molecules and Other Systems. Paramagnetic gases. Free radicals. Donors and acceptors in semiconductors. Traps, F-centers, etc. Defects from radiation damage. 12. The Three-Level Maser and Laser. 4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 1. Introduction. 2. Line Shapes and Widths. 3. Resonance in Nonmetallic Solids. 4. The Influence of Nuclear Motion on Line Widths and Relaxations. 5. The Chemical Shift: Fine Structure. 6. Transient Effects: the Spin-Echo Method. 7. Negative Temperatures. 8. Quadrupole Effects and Resonance. 9. Nuclear Orientation. 10. Double Resonance. 11. Beam Methods. 5. The Magnetic Properties of an Electron Gas. 1. Statistical and Thermodynamic Functions for an Electron Gas. 2. The Spin Paramagnetism of the Electron Gas. 3. The Diamagnetism of the Electron Gas. 4. Comparison of Susceptibility Theory with Experiment. 5. The De Haas-Van Alphen Effect. 6. Galvanomagnetic, Thermomagnetic, and Magnetoacoustic Effects. 7. Electron Spin Resonance in Metals. 8. Cyclotron Resonance. 9. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Metals. 10. Some Magnetic Properties of Superconductors. 6. Ferromagnetism. 1. Introduction. 2. The Classical Molecular Field Theory and Comparison with Experiment. The spontaneous magnetization region. The paramagnetic region. Thermal effects. 3. The Exchange Interaction. 4. The Series Expansion Method. 5. The Bethe-Peierls-Weiss Method. 6. Spin Waves. 7. Band Model Theories of Ferromagnetism. 8. Ferromagnetic Metals and Alloys. 9. Crystalline Anisotropy. 10. Magnetoelastic Effects. 7. The Magnetization of Ferromagnetic Materials. 1. Introduction. 2. Single-Domain Particles. Critical size. Hysteresis loops. Incoherent rotations. Some experimental results. Other effects. 3. Superparamagnetic Particles. 4. Permanent Magnet Materials. 5. Domain Walls. 6. Domain Structure. 7. The Analysis of the Magnetization Curves of Bulk Material. Domain wall movements. Coercive force. Initial permeability. Picture frame specimens. The approach to saturation. Remanence. Nucleation of domains: whiskers. Barkhausen effect. Preisach-type models. External stresses. Minor hysteresis loops. 8. Thermal Effects Associated with the Hysteresis Loop. 9. Soft Magnetic Materials. 10. Time Effects. 11. Thin Films. 8. Antiferromagnetism. 1. Introduction. 2. Neutron Diffraction Studies. 3. Molecular Field Theory of Antiferromagnetism. Behavior above the Neel temperature. The Neel temperature. Susceptibility below the Neel temperature. Sublattice arrangements. The paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition in the presence of an applied magnetic field. Thermal effects. 4. Some Experimental Results for Antiferromagnetic Compounds. 5. The Indirect Exchange Interaction. 6. More Advanced Theories of Antiferromagnetism. The series expansion method. The Bethe-Peierls-Weiss method. Spin waves. 7. Crystalline Anisotropy: Spin Flopping. 8. Metals and Alloys. 9. Canted Spin Arrangements. 10. Domains in Antiferromagnetic Materials. 11. Interfacial Exchange Anisotropy. 9. Ferrimagnetism. 1. Introduction. 2. The Molecular Field Theory of Ferrimagnetism. Paramagnetic region. The ferrimagnetic Neel temperature. Spontaneous magnetization. Extension to include additional molecular fields. Triangular and other spin arrangements. Three sublattice systems. Ferromagnetic interaction between sublattices. 3. Spinels. 4. Garnets. 5. Other Ferrimagnetic Materials. 6. Some Quantum Mechanical Results. 7. Soft Ferrimagnetic Materials. 8. Some Topics in Geophysics. 10. Resonance in Strongly Coupled Dipole Systems. 1. Introduction. 2. Magnetomechanical Effects. 3. Ferromagnetic Resonance. 4. Energy Formulation of the Equations of Motion. 5. Resonance in Ferromagnetic Metals and Alloys. 6. Ferromagnetic Resonance of Poor Conductors. 7. Magnetostatic Modes. 8. Relaxation Processes. Relaxation via spin waves in insulators. Relaxation via spin waves in conductors. Fast relaxation via paramagnetic ions. Slow relaxation via electron redistribution. 9. Nonlinear Effects. 10. Spin-Wave Spectra of Thin Films. 11. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Gyromagnetic Media. 12. Resonance in Unsaturated Samples. 13. Ferrimagnetic Resonance. 14. Antiferromagnetic Resonance. 15. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Ordered Magnetic Materials. 16. The Mossbauer Effect. Appendix I. Systems of Units. Appendix II. Demagnetization Factors for Ellipsoids of Revolution. Appendix III. Periodic Table of the Elements. Appendix IV. Numerical Values for Some Important Physical Constants. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisStudents will find this book a useful aid to learning the unfamiliar mathematical aspects of stochastic processes while applying them to physical processes that he or she has already encountered.Trade ReviewStudents will love this book. It tells them without fuss how to do simple and useful numerical calculations, with just enough background to understand what they are doing... a refreshingly brief and unconvoluted work. -- Vinay Ambegaokar American Journal of Physics The book is very clearly set out and very easy to read. Undergraduate students and those wishing to learn about stochastic processes for the first time would enjoy the clear pedagogic presentation. -- B.I. Henry The Physicist [ An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics] presents fundamental ideas with admirable clarity and concision. The author presents in about 100 pages enough material for the student to appreciate the very different natures of stochastic and sure processes and to solve simple but important problems involving noise. Any physicist wondering what noise is about would be well advised to pack Lemons' books for their next train journey. -- Professor S.M. Barnett Contemporary Physics Self-contained and provides adequate insight into stochastic processes in physics. It is quite readable and will be useful to students interested in learning about stochastic processes and their relevance in understanding the physical phenomena. It also provides teachers a good approach to communicate the essence of the subject to students. -- Suresh V. Lawande Mathematical ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Random Variables Chapter 2: Expected Values Chapter 3: Random Steps Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables Chapter 5: Normal Variable Theorems Chapter 6: Einstein's Brownian Motion Chapter 7: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes Chapter 8: Langevin's Brownian Motion Chapter 9: Other Physical Processes Chapter 10: Fluctuations without Dissipation Appendix A: "On the Theory of Brownian Motion," by Paul Langevin, translated by Anthony Gythiel Appendix B: Kinetic Equations Answers to Problems References Index

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Book SynopsisAs the supply/cost crunch tightens, issues related to energy become increasingly compelling. This is a guide for the general public to the fossil fuel crisis facing Canada, and Ontario in particular. It is also about other long-term matters of greater importance: the economic, socio-political, and cultural consequences of the choices which now have to be made, primarily by governments.The authors argue that energy policy is social policy. Therefore our ideas about the kind of society we want must be a governing consideration in working out a policy to take Canada through the energy crisis. The four writers bring to bear on the problem the perspectives of engineering, philosophy, environmental studies, and economics. The result is a balanced guide for the continuing debate on the adaptation of society to the imperatives of energy.

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Book SynopsisAccessible to scientist and general reader alike, this definitive history and synthesis serves as a complete source of information for all of the methods, ancient and modern, used to derive the age of the earth.Trade Review"...Dalrymple authoritatively unfolds the evidence for an Earth that is billions of years old." -- Science & Theology News

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, four leading American scientists and humanists unfold the controversial potential of Schrödinger's thought.Trade Review"This volume expands our understanding of the astonishingly broad application of Erwin Schrödinger's thought to contemporary science and philosophy, and it does so in a stimulating, original, and thoroughly engrossing way. It is both a compelling read and a treasure house of insights on the enduring relevance of Schrödinger's singular scientific genius." -- Gregory Maertz"For those who have read Schrödinger's lectures, I recommend this book as a sophisticated discussion of the issues he raises." -- David Lorimer * Network Review *"An imaginative and highly interdisciplinary invitation to rethink the work of Erwin Schrödinger, one of the most remarkable scientist-philosophers of the last two hundred years. Each author brings a different perspective—two from the humanities, two from the sciences. And the whole turns out to be even more than the sum of its parts, thanks to its well-defined focus on Schrödinger's thought." -- Peter Galison"In this most recent reexamination of Schrodinger's seminal work, Stanford University professors (two of literate, a pathologist, and a physicist) give the reader new and important insights into the thought of the man who helped shape a great deal of the 20th century. A must have for any student of science and philosophy. Extensive notes and references give added value to this work. . . Highly recommended." -- C. G. Wood * Choice *

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, four leading American scientists and humanists unfold the controversial potential of Schrödinger's thought.Trade Review"This volume expands our understanding of the astonishingly broad application of Erwin Schrödinger's thought to contemporary science and philosophy, and it does so in a stimulating, original, and thoroughly engrossing way. It is both a compelling read and a treasure house of insights on the enduring relevance of Schrödinger's singular scientific genius." -- Gregory Maertz"For those who have read Schrödinger's lectures, I recommend this book as a sophisticated discussion of the issues he raises." -- David Lorimer * Network Review *"An imaginative and highly interdisciplinary invitation to rethink the work of Erwin Schrödinger, one of the most remarkable scientist-philosophers of the last two hundred years. Each author brings a different perspective—two from the humanities, two from the sciences. And the whole turns out to be even more than the sum of its parts, thanks to its well-defined focus on Schrödinger's thought." -- Peter Galison"In this most recent reexamination of Schrodinger's seminal work, Stanford University professors (two of literate, a pathologist, and a physicist) give the reader new and important insights into the thought of the man who helped shape a great deal of the 20th century. A must have for any student of science and philosophy. Extensive notes and references give added value to this work. . . Highly recommended." -- C. G. Wood * Choice *

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Book SynopsisGives an exposition of the relations among the following three topics: monoidal tensor categories (such as a category of representations of a quantum group), 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory, and 2-dimensional modular functors (which naturally arise in 2-dimensional conformal field theory).Table of ContentsIntroduction Braided tensor categories Ribbon categories Modular tensor categories 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory Modular functor Moduli spaces and complex modular functor Wess-Zumino-Witten model Bibliography Index Index of notation.

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