Books in category of Physics

Being a professional engineer, although retired, I have lots of time to pursue my interest in astrophysics and associated topics. …

This classic text, aimed at senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and astronomy, presents a wide range of …

This text presents the two complementary aspects of thermal physics as an integrated theory of the properties of matter. Conceptual …

Describing many of the most important aspects of Lie group theory, this book presents the subject in a 'hands on' …

After 1905, Einstein's miraculous year, physics would never be the same again. In those twelve months, Einstein shattered many cherished …

This book provides an accessible introduction to loop quantum gravity and some of its applications, at a level suitable for …

The Nobel Prize-winning scientist’s presentation of his landmark theory According to Einstein himself, this book is intended "to give an …

No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) -- physicist, …

Theodore Frankel explains those parts of exterior differential forms, differential geometry, algebraic and differential topology, Lie groups, vector bundles and …

A neuroscientist investigates how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time."Time" is the …

The theory of stochastic processes provides a huge arsenal of methods suitable for analyzing the influence of noise on a …

The Early Universe has become the standard reference on forefront topics in cosmology, particularly to the early history of the …

We give a pedagogical introduction to string theory, D-branes and p-branesolutions.

A leading theoretical physicist working on particle physics, string theory, and cosmology, Randall tries to share her excitement about the …

Theodore Frankel explains those parts of exterior differential forms, differential geometry, algebraic and differential topology, Lie groups, vector bundles and …

The third edition of Van Kampen's standard work has been revised and updated. The main difference with the second edition …

This best-selling, calculus-based text is recognized for its carefully crafted, logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of physics. …

This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological …

Clearly written treament elucidates fundamental concepts and demonstrates their plausibility and usefulness. Language is informal, examples are vivid and lively, …

This is a textbook that derives the fundamental theories of physics from symmetry.It starts by introducing, in a completely self-contained …

Given a series of wind speeds and directions from the port of Fremantle the aim of this monograph is to …

The solutions manual for students provides answers to approximately 25 percent of the text's end of chapter problems, in the …

This book has two aims; first, to provide a new account of time's arrow in light of relativity theory; second, …

In these Messenger Lectures, originally delivered at Cornell University and recorded for television by the BBC, Richard Feynman offers an …

These notes have three (perhaps ambitious) aims: (a) to introduce undergraduates to special relativity from its founding principle to its …

This is a practical introduction to the principal ideas in gauge theory and their applications to elementary particle physics, explaining …