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  • Joy Of The Search For Knowledge, Theby C Y Wong; S Y Lo; J S I Lo

    World Scientific Publishing Company 1999; US$ 38.00

    This invaluable collection of essays pays tribute to Dan Tsui, 1998 Nobel laureate in Physics. It paints a portrait of his outstanding personal attributes through the eyes of his friends and relatives. In addition, it provides a record of the environment which accompanied him in his search for knowledge. This book, capturing Dan Tsui's experience and... more...

  • Zeldovichby R.A. Sunyaev

    CRC Press 2004; US$ 139.95

    This multi-author volume presents remininiscences about Academician Ya.B. Zeldovich who was undoubtedly one of the greatest physicists and cosmologists of the twentieth century. more...

  • Gerhard Herzbergby Boris Stoicheff

    NRC Research Press 2002; US$ 49.95

    Gerhard Herzberg (1904-1999) was one of the greatest scientists of the last century. Born and educated in Germany, he started his research just as the exciting discovery of quantum mechanics began unraveling the mysteries of the microscopic world. Herzberg chose to study spectroscopy, the light emitted and absorbed by atoms and molecules, which has... more...

  • Great Physicistsby William H. Cropper

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 18.99

    100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. Here, economists... more...

  • Isaac Newtonby Gale E. Christianson

    Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 18.99

    Part of the "Oxford's Lives and Legacies" series, this book presents a portrait of Isaac Newton and the times in which he lived. It also sheds light on Newton's later life as master of the mint in London, where he managed to convict and hang the arch criminal William Chaloner, and his presidency of the Royal Society. more...

  • Hydrodynamic Fluctuations in Fluids and Fluid Mixturesby Jose M. Ortiz de Zarate; Jan V. Sengers

    Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 96.95

    This book deals with density, temperature, velocity and concentration fluctuations in fluids and fluid mixtures. The book first reviews thermal fluctuations in equilibrium fluids on the basis of fluctuating hydrodynamics. It then shows how the method of fluctuating hydrodynamics can be extended to deal with hydrodynamic fluctuations when the system... more...

  • The World of Andrei Sakharovby Gennady E. Gorelik

    Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 20.99

    How did Andrei Sakharov, a theoretical physicist and the acknowledged father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, become a human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize? This study of Andrei Sakharov as a scientist as well as a public figure aims to examine the real context of Sakharov's life. more...

  • Hawking and the Mind of Godby Peter Coles

    Icon Books 2000; US$ 7.95

    It is Stephen Hawking's belief that when the theory of everything is discovered, we will at last know the mind of God. Peter Coles explains and examines this belief. more...

  • Wave Scattering By Small Bodies Of Arbitrary Shapesby Alexander G Ramm

    World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 86.00

    This book presents analytical formulas which allow one to calculate the S-matrix for the acoustic and electromagnetic wave scattering by small bodies or arbitrary shapes with arbitrary accuracy. Equations for the self-consistent field in media consisting of many small bodies are derived. Applications of these results to ultrasound mammography and electrical... more...

  • Yoshio Nishinaby Dong-Won Kim

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 83.95

    Yoshio Nishina made a great contribution to the emergence of a research network that produced two Nobel prize winners, and he also raised the overall level of physics in Japan. Focusing on his roles as researcher, teacher, and statesman of science, this book analyzes Nishina's position in and his contributions to the Japanese physics community. more...