This book develops the theory, renormalization group theory, and illustrates the broad applicability of the renormalization group to major problems in condensed matter physics. It will be especially useful for students, as well as researchers in condensed matter physics, soft matter physics, biophysics, and statistical physics.

October 2025

This book takes the reader on a journey in the mathematical universe from conic sections to mathematical modelling of planetary systems. This book is addressed to undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in the geometry of conic sections, including the historical background and mathematical methods used.

October 2025

This book is dedicated to the theory of supernovae, focusing on new computational methods and simulations. It contains three parts: basic principles, numerical methods, and applications.

October 2025

This book presents a set of low-cost physics experiments, making use of the new technologies available (data collection and analysis systems by computers, Internet, video, commercial electronics, smartphones, etc.), while highlighting the methodological aspects of physics and science in general. The projects are aimed at university students of science and engineering, although some may be used in high schools.

October 2025

This workbook, written by two master teachers, contains 36 field-tested activities that span the introductory astronomy course and can be used in any size classroom. Activities are built around a concept that leads students from basic knowledge to a deeper understanding through guided interactions.

October 2025

Presents a riveting biography of the Nobel Prize-winning experimental physicist hailed as 'the greatest scientific detective of the twentieth century', Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988).

October 2025

How are thermals in gliding related to thermodynamic adiabatic processes? In what way can the concept of entropy be used to analyze a solar power plant in the desert? This book presents thermodynamics with a constant focus on practical applications from everyday life and technology. A deep understanding of thermodynamic principles is skillfully conveyed by applying theory to real-world situations.

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The Hiroshima Men's unique narrative recounts the decade-long journey towards this first atomic attack. This thrilling account takes the reader from the corridors of power in the White House and the Pentagon to the test sites of New Mexico; from the air war above Germany to the Potsdam Conference of Truman, Churchill, and Stalin to the savage reconquest of the Pacific to the deadly firebombing air raids across the Japanese islands.

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The book is aimed primarily at experimentalists but starts with a relatively simple theoretical description of the origin of this radiation and then discusses its application either as a beam diagnostic tool or as a tuneable source of THz radiation. There is also a brief overview of other THz sources in order to allow the reader to assess the advantages of Smith-Purcell radiation.

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Written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals working in the applied sciences, this clearly written book offers realistic, practical coverage of diffusion-type problems, hyperbolic-type problems, elliptic-type problems, and numerical and approximate methods. Each chapter contains a selection of relevant problems (answers are provided) and suggestions for further reading.

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