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Joy Of The Search For Knowledge, The
World Scientific Publishing Company 1999; US$ 38.00This 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...
Gerhard Herzberg
NRC Research Press 2002; US$ 49.95Gerhard 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 Physicists
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 18.99100 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 Newton
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 18.99Part 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 Mixtures
Elsevier Science 2006; US$ 96.95This 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 Sakharov
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 20.99How 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 God
Icon Books 2000; US$ 7.95It 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 Shapes
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 86.00This 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 Nishina
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 83.95Yoshio 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...









