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Physics and Technology for Future Presidents: An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to Know (ISE) - Richard A MullerHbk | 536pp | 9780691135045 | 2/05/2010 | RRP (inc GST) A$86 | NZ$99 Princeton University Press

Physics and Technology for Future Presidents contains the essential physics that students need in order to understand today’score science and technology issues, and to become the next generation of world leaders. From the physics ofenergy to climate change, and from spy technology to quantum computers, this is the only textbook to focus on the modern physics affecting the decisions of political leaders and CEOs and, consequently, the lives of every citizen.

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Little Book of String Theory Steven S Gubser

Hbk | 184pp | 9780691142890 | 28/02/2010 | RRP (inc GST) A$36.95 | NZ$42.95 Princeton University Press

The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the ''theory of everything.'' It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. But it is unproven and fraught with controversy. After reading this book, you'll be able to draw your own conclusions about string theory.

In Praise of Simple Physics: The Science and Mathematics behind Everyday Questions - Paul Nahin

Hbk | 272pp | 9780691166933 | 1/06/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$55.95 | NZ$64 Princeton University Press

Physics can explain many of the things that we commonly encounter. It can tell us why the night is dark, what causes the tides, and even how best to catch a baseball. With In Praise of Simple Physics, popular math and science writer Paul Nahin presents a plethora of situations that explore the science and math behind the wonders of everyday life. Roaming through a diverse rangeof puzzles, he illustrates how physics shows us ways to wring more energy from renewable sources, to measure the gravity in our car garages, to figure out which of three light switches in the basement controls the light bulb in the attic, and much, muchmore.1 halftone, 59 line illustrations, 3 tables.

Real Analysis: Measure Theory Integration and Hilbert Spaces (ISE) Elias M Stein and Rami Shakarchi

Hbk | 424pp | 9780691113869 | 14/03/2005 | RRP (inc GST) A$65 | NZ$76 Princeton University Press

Real Analysis is the third volume in the Princeton Lectures in Analysis, a series of four textbooks that aim to present, in an integrated manner, the core areas of analysis. Here the focus is on the development of measure and integration theory, differentiation and integration, Hilbert spaces, and Hausdorff measure and fractals. This book reflects the objective of the series as a whole: to make plain the organic unity that exists between the various parts of the subject, and to illustrate the wide applicability of ideas of analysis to other fields of mathematics and science.

Principia: The Authoritative Translation: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy - Isaac Newton

Pbk | 616pp | 9780520290747 | 5/01/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$44.95 | NZ$53.95 University of California Press

In his monumental 1687 work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our space vehicles. This authoritative, modern translation by I. Bernard Cohen and Anne Whitman, the first in over 285 years, is based on the 1726 edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date

Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell (ISE) A Zee


This unique textbook provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, a subject of breathtaking beauty and supreme importance in physics. With his trademark blend of wit and incisiveness, A. Zee guides readers from the fundamentals of Newtonian mechanics to the most exciting frontiers of research today, including de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes, Kaluza-Klein theory, and brane worlds. Unlike other books on Einstein gravity, this book emphasises the action principle and group theory as guides in constructing physical theories. Zee treats various topics in a spiral style that is easy on beginners, and includes anecdotes from the history of physics that will appeal to students and experts alike. 50 halftones, 150 line illustrations.

Astrophysics in a Nutshell 2ed Dan Maoz


Winner of the American Astronomical Society's Chambliss Award, Astrophysics in a Nutshell has become the text of choice in astrophysics courses for science majors at top universities in North America and beyond. In this expanded and fully updated second edition, the book gets even better, with a new chapter on extrasolar planets; a greatly expanded chapter on the interstellar medium; fully updated facts and figures on all subjects, from the observed properties of white dwarfs to the latest results from precision cosmology; and additional instructive problem sets. Throughout, the text features the same focused, concise style and emphasis on physics intuition that have made the book a favorite of students and teachers.

Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy - Isaac Newton

Pbk | 992pp | 9780520290884 | 5/01/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$77 | NZ$91 University of California Press

In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. This authoritative, modern translation by Cohen and Whitman, the first in over 285 years, is based on the 1726 edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms. The illuminating Guide to the Principia by I. Bernard Cohen, along with his and Anne Whitman's translation, make this preeminent work truly accessible for today's

Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (** ISE **) Daniel J Jacob


Atmospheric chemistry is one of the fastest growing fields in the earth sciences. Until now, however, there has been no book designed to help students capture the essence of the subject in a brief course of study. Daniel Jacob, a leading researcher and teacher in the field, addresses that problem by presenting the first textbook on atmospheric chemistry for a one-semester course. Based on the approach he developed in his class at Harvard, Jacob introduces students in clear and concise chapters to the fundamentals as well as the latest ideas and findings in the field. Jacob's aim is to show students how to use basic principles of physics and chemistry to describe a complex system such as the atmosphere. He also seeks to give students an overview of the current state of research and the work that led to this point. Jacob begins with atmospheric structure, design of simple

Statistical and Thermal Physics: With Computer Applications (ISE) Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik


This textbook carefully develops the main ideas and techniques of statistical and thermal physics and is intended for upper-level undergraduate courses. The authors each have more than thirty years' experience in teaching, curriculum development, and research in statistical and computational physics. Statistical and Thermal Physics begins with a qualitative discussion of the relation between the macroscopic and microscopic worlds and incorporates computer simulations throughout the book to provide concrete examples of important conceptual ideas. Unlike many contemporary texts on thermal physics, this book presents thermodynamic reasoning as an independent way of thinking about macroscopic systems. Probability concepts and techniques are introduced, including topics that are useful for understanding how probability and statistics are used. Magnetism

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Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell 2ed (ISE) A Zee


Since it was first published, Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell has quickly established itself as the most accessible and comprehensive introduction to this profound and deeply fascinating area of theoretical physics. Now in this fully revised andexpanded edition, A. Zee covers the latest advances while providing a solid conceptual foundation for students to build on, making this the most up-to-date and modern textbook on quantum field theory available. This expanded edition features several additional chapters, as well as an entirely new section describing recent developments in quantum field theory such as gravitational waves, the helicity spinor formalism, on-shell gluon scattering, recursion relations for amplitudes with complex momenta, and the hidden connection between Yang-Mills theory and Einstein gravity. Zee also provides added exercises,

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Tensor Calculus for Physics: A Concise Guide Dwight Neuenschwander

Pbk | 248pp | 9781421415659 | 21/10/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$83 | NZ$94 Johns Hopkins University Press

Understanding tensors is essential for any physics student dealing with phenomena where causes and effects have different directions. A horizontal electric field producing vertical polarisation in dielectrics; an unbalanced car wheel wobbling in the vertical plane while spinning about a horizontal axis; an electrostatic field on Earth observed to be a magnetic field by orbiting astronauts - these are some situations where physicists employ tensors. But the true beauty of tensors lies in this: When coordinates are transformed from one system to another, tensors change according to the same rules as the coordinates. Tensors therefore allow for the convenience of coordinates while also transcending them. This makes tensors the gold standardfor expressing physical relationships in physics and geometry.

Galactic Dynamics 2ed (ISE) James Binney and Scott Tremaine

Pbk | 904pp | 9780691130279 | 1/01/2008 | RRP (inc GST) A$91 | NZ$106 Princeton University Press

Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers.

Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell (ISE) Anupam Garg


This graduate-level physics textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the basic principles and phenomena of classical electromagnetism. While many electromagnetism texts use the subject to teach mathematical methods of physics, here the emphasis is on the physical ideas themselves. Anupam Garg distinguishes between electromagnetism in vacuum and that in material media, stressing that the core physical questions are different for each. The text includes applications to many topical subjects, such as magnetic levitation, plasmas, laser beams, and synchrotrons.

Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light 2ed (ISE) John Joannapoulos, Steven Johnson, Joshua Winn and Robert Meade


Since it was first published in 1995, Photonic Crystals has remained the definitive text for both undergraduates and researchers on photonic band-gap materials and their use in controlling the propagation of light. This newly expanded and revised edition covers the latest developments in the field, providing the most up-to-date, concise, and comprehensive book available on these novel materials and their applications.

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How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind (Revised and Expanded Edition) (ISE) - Charles H Langmuir and Wally BroeckerHbk | 736pp | 9780691140063 | 1/07/2012 | RRP (inc GST) A$79 | NZ$92 Princeton University Press

Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic account of how our habitable planet was assembled from the stuff of stars introduced readers to planetary, Earth, and climate science by way of a fascinating narrative. Now this great book has been made even better.

Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow 2ed (** ISE **) Steven Vogel

Pbk | 488pp | 9780691026169 | 1/04/1996 | RRP (inc GST) A$43.95 | NZ$51.95 Princeton University Press

Both a landmark text and reference book, Steven Vogel's Life in Moving Fluids has also played a catalytic role in research involving the applications of fluid mechanics to biology. In this revised edition, Vogel continues to combine humor and clearexplanations as he addresses biologists and general readers interested in biological fluid mechanics, offering updates on the field over the last dozen years and expanding the coverage of the biological literature. His discussion of the relationship between fluid flow and biological design now includes sections on jet propulsion, biological pumps, swimming, blood flow, and surface waves, and on acceleration reaction and Murray's law. This edition contains an extensive bibliography for readers interested in designing their own experiments.

Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists A Zee


Although group theory is a mathematical subject, it is indispensable to many areas of modern theoretical physics, from atomicphysics to condensed matter physics, particle physics to string theory. In particular, it is essential for an understanding of the fundamental forces. Yet until now, what has been missing is a modern, accessible, and self-contained textbook on the subject written especially for physicists.

Fundamentals of Physics II: Electromagnetism, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics - R Shankar

Pbk | 608pp | 9780300212365 | 28/09/2016 | RRP (inc GST) A$45.95 | NZ$53.95 Yale University Press

R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times. In this second book based on his online Yale course, Shankar explains essential concepts, including electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mechanics. It provides an ideal introduction for college-level students of physics, chemistry, and engineering; for motivated AP Physics students; and for general readers interested in advances in the sciences. 156 black andwhite illustrations.

Physics: A Student Companion Lowry Kirkby

Pbk | 416pp | 9781904842682 | 7/10/2011 | RRP (inc GST) A$69 | NZ$79 Scion Publishing Ltd

Physics: A Student Companion offers readers a thorough overview of basic physics with rapid access to fundamental concepts and their derivations. Covering the core fields of mechanics and relativity, electromagnetism, waves and optics, quantum mechanics, and thermal physics, this book is an essential learning tool for students, as well as a handy reference for graduates and researchers in the physical sciences. The perfect companion to the mainstream physics textbooks, providing fast access to the essential material. Highlights and consolidates the key equations, derivations, theories and concepts that are the fundamentals of your physics course Provides a structured outline of the core ideas, to be used alongside lecture notes andclasses. Offers an ideal reference for graduates and researchers in the physical sciences. If you are looking for a better option

Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling Jesse M Kinder and Philip Nelson

Pbk | 160pp | 9780691170503 | 23/07/2015 | RRP (inc GST) A$44.95 | NZ$49.95 Princeton University Press

Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help you, the student, teach yourself enough of the Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. You will learn how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting, and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. No prior programming experience is assumed. This tutorial focuses on fundamentals and introduces a wide range ofuseful techniques, including: basic Python programming and scripting; numerical arrays; two- and three-dimensional graphics; monte Carlo simulations; numerical methods, including solving ordinary differential equations; image processing and animation.

Biophysics: Searching for Principles (ISE) William Bialek


Interactions between the fields of physics and biology reach back over a century, and some of the most significant developments in biology--from the discovery of DNA's structure to imaging of the human brain--have involved collaboration across this disciplinary boundary. For a new generation of physicists, the phenomena of life pose exciting challenges to physics itself, and biophysics has emerged as an important subfield of this discipline. Here, William Bialek provides the first graduate-level introduction to biophysics aimed at physics students.

Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine Mark Strikman, Kevork Spartalian and Milton W Cole


Many 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 describes the fundamental physical principles underlying these technological advances, emphasizing their applications to the practice of modern medicine.

Group Theory: Birdtracks, Lie's, and Exceptional Groups (ISE) Predrag Cvitanovic


If classical Lie groups preserve bilinear vector norms, what Lie groups preserve trilinear, quadrilinear, and higher order invariants? Answering this question from a fresh and original perspective, Predrag Cvitanovic takes the reader on the amazing, four-thousand-diagram journey through the theory of Lie groups. This book is the first to systematically develop, explain, and apply diagrammatic projection operators to construct all semi-simple Lie algebras, both classical and exceptional.

Air and Water: The Biology and Physics of Life's Media (** ISE **) (POD) - Mark W Denny


Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic 'media.'

High-Energy Astrophysics Fulvio Melia


High-Energy Astrophysics provides graduate and advanced undergraduate students with the most complete, self-contained introduction to the subject available. This textbook covers all the essentials, weaving together the latest theory with the experimental techniques, instrumentation, and observational methods astronomers use to study high-energy radiation from space.

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Theory of Stellar Atmospheres: An Introduction to Astrophysical Non-equilibrium Quantitative Spectroscopic Analysis - Ivan Hubeny and Dimitri MihalasPbk | 944pp | 9780691163291 | 21/10/2014 | RRP (inc GST) A$169 | NZ$196 Princeton University Press

This book provides an in-depth and self-contained treatment of the latest advances achieved in quantitative spectroscopic analyses of the observable outer layers of stars and similar objects. Written by two leading researchers in the field, it presents a comprehensive account of both the physical foundations and numerical methods of such analyses. The book is ideal for astronomers who want to acquire deeper insight into the physical foundations of the theory of stellar atmospheres, or who want to learn about modern computational techniques for treating radiative transfer in non-equilibrium situations. It can also serve as a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the discipline for graduate students. Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of the fieldCovers computational methods as well as the underlying physicsServes as an ideal reference book for researchers and a

Electromagnetic Processes Robert J Gould


This book provides an understanding of the theoretical foundations for the calculation of electromagnetic processes. Photon production processes are particularly important in astrophysics, since almost all of our knowledge of distant astronomical objects comes from the detection of radiation from these sources. Further, the conditions therein are extremely varied and a wide variety of naturally occurring electromagnetic phenomena can be described by limiting forms of the basic theory. The first chapter reviews some basic principles that are the underpinnings for a general description of electromagnetic phenomena, suchas special relativity and, especially, relativistic covariance. Classical and quantum electrodynamics (QED) are then formulated in the next two chapters, followed by applications to three basic processes (Coulomb scattering, Compton scattering, and

Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell (ISE) Carlos Abertulani


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. Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell is the definitive new resource for anyone considering a career in this dynamic field.

Quantum Vacuum: A Scientific and Philosophical Concept, from Electrodynamics to String Theory and the Geometry of the Microscopic World - Luciano BoiHbk | 232pp | 9781421402475 | 1/11/2011 | RRP (inc GST) A$129 | NZ$146 Johns Hopkins University Press

A vacuum, classically understood, contains nothing. The quantum vacuum, on the other hand, is a seething cauldron of nothingness: particle pairs going in and out of existence continuously and rapidly and exerting influence over an enormous range of scales. Acclaimed mathematical physicist and natural philosopher Luciano Boi expounds the quantum vacuum, exploring the meaning of nothingness and its relationship with physical reality.

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