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Lecture Notes in Physics: Particle Polarization in High Energy Physics: An Introduction and Case Studies on Vector Particle Production at the Lhc (Paperback)

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Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics: Particles and Fundamental Interactions: An Introduction to Particle Physics (Paperback)

The book provides theoretical and phenomenological insights on the structure of matter presenting concepts and features of elementary particle physics and fundamental aspects of nuclear physics. Starting with the basics (nomenclature classification... more

Very Short Introductions Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction Book 69 (Paperback)

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid exciting and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise... more

Symmetries and Conservation Laws in Particle Physics: An Introduction to Group Theory for Particle Physicists (Hardcover)

This book will explain how group theory underpins some of the key features of particle physics. It will examine symmetries and conservation laws in quantum mechanics and relate these to groups of transformations. Group theory provides the language for... more

Physics at very high energies : proceedings of Summer Institute on Particle Physics August 16-27 1982 / program directors Gary J. Feldman Frderick J. Gilman Da [Leather Bound]

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Very Short Introductions Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

Superconductivity--the flow of electric current without resistance in certain materials as temperatures near absolute zero--is one of the greatest discoveries of 20th century physics but it can seem impenetrable to those who lack a solid scientific... more

Pre-Owned Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Paperback

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Very Short Introductions The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal--everything is moved or restrained by four simple laws. Written by Peter Atkins one of the world s leading... more

Pre-Owned Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Darwin: A Very Short Introduction: 35 (Very Short Introductions) Paperback

Darwin s theory that man s ancestors were apes caused an uproar within the scientific world as well as public frenzy when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory and skepticism... more

Very Short Introductions Nothing: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

This short smart book tells you everything you need to know about nothing. What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space-- nothing --exist? To answer these questions eminent scientist Frank Close takes us on a lively and accessible... more

Very Short Introductions Galileo: A Very Short Introduction Book 44 (Paperback)

In a startling reinterpretation of Galileo s trial Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo s prosecution and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers.... more

Very Short Introductions The Brain: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

The Brain: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Short... more

Very Short Introductions Michael Faraday: A Very Short Introduction Book 253 (Paperback)

Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction the principle behind the electric generator and transformer he has frequently been portrayed as the father of electrical... more

Pre-Owned Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction: 69 (Very Short Introductions) Paperback - USED

In simple language without mathematics this book explains the strange and exciting ideas that make the subatomic world so different from the world of the every day. It offers the general reader access to one of the greatest discoveries in the history... more

Very Short Introductions Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction Book 51 (Paperback)

Written in simple and accessible language this non-technical introduction to cosmology or the creation and development of the universe explains the discipline covers its history details the latest developments and explains what is known what is... more

Pre-Owned The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Paperback

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Very Short Introductions Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant Sharp Inspiring Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current... more

Very Short Introductions Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

Landscapes are all around us but most of us know very little about how they have developed what goes on in them and how they react to changing climates tectonics and human activities. Examining what landscape is and how we use a range of ideas and... more

Very Short Introductions Relativity: A Very Short Introduction Book 190 (Paperback)

If you move at high speed time slows down space squashes up and you get heavier. Travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet be flattened thinner than a CD without feeling a thing-and live forever! As for the angles of a triangle they... more

Electroweak and Strong Interactions: An Introduction to Theoretical Particle Physics (Hardcover)

Acclaimed in its first edition this graduate-level tutorial provides a very accessible introduction to the primary concepts and tools of theoretical particle physics. more

Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics The Physics of Particle Detectors Book 12 (Hardcover)

Here is a comprehensive introduction to the physical principles and design of particle detectors covering all major detector types in use today. After discussing the size and energy scales involved in different physical processes the book considers... more

Pre-Owned Introduction to the Physics of Particle Accelerators (Second Edition) Paperback

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Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics (Hardcover)

This book brings together the most important topics in experimental particle physics in the late twentieth century to give a brief but balanced overview of the subject. The author begins by reviewing particle physics and discussing electromagnetic and... more

Pre-Owned Nuclei and Particles; An Introduction to Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics BWB2079559

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Pre-Owned The Ideas of Particle Physics: An Introduction for Scientists (Paperback) by G D Coughlan J E Dodd

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Pre-Owned Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics 9780521301701 /

From a review of particle physics and electromagnetic and nuclear interactions this text progresses to three nearly universal aspects of particle physics experiments and details the properties of particle detectors. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are... more

Introduction to Particle Physics 9780471653721 Used / Pre-owned

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A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics (Hardcover)

Most of the progress made in particle physics during the last two decades has to led to the formulation of the so called Standard Model of elementary particles and its quantitative experimental test. The book deals with this progress but includes... more

Pre-Owned Elementary particles : a short history of some discoveries in atomic physics (Other) BWB12982350

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Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics an: The Lund Model (Series #7) (Paperback)

This 1998 book describes the very successful Lund model of the dynamics of particle physics. The Lund model inspired by quantum chromodynamics has provided a very promising approach to the dynamics of quark and gluon interactions. Starting with a brief... more

Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics an: QCD as a Theory of Hadrons: From Partons to Confinement (Paperback)

This 2004 book provides a pedagogical introduction to the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The text introduces the basic theory of QCD and its historical development covering pre-QCD ideas of strong... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: Fundamentals of Particle Accelerator Physics (Hardcover)

This book offers a concise and coherent introduction to accelerator physics and technology at the fundamental level but still in connection to advanced applications ranging from high-energy colliders to most advanced light sources i.e. Compton sources... more

Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics Nuclear Physics an: QCD as a Theory of Hadrons: From Partons to Confinement (Hardcover)

This 2004 book provides a pedagogical introduction to the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The text introduces the basic theory of QCD and its historical development covering pre-QCD ideas of strong... more

Graduate Texts in Physics: Particle Physics (Paperback)

This textbook teaches particle physics very didactically. It supports learning and teaching with numerous worked examples questions and problems with answers. Numerous tables and diagrams lead to a better understanding of the explanations. The content... more

Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics: An Introduction to Regge Theory and High Energy Physics (Series #4) (Paperback)

This book presents an extended introduction to the theory of hadrons the elementary particles which occur in the atomic nucleus. Originally published in 1977 this book presents an extended introduction to the theory of hadrons the elementary particles... more

Pre-Owned Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) by Nick Jenkins

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Information: a Very Short Introduction 9780199551378 Used / Pre-owned

Luciano Floridi unpacks this fundamental concept - what information is how it is measured its value and meaning - cutting across the sciences and humanities from DNA to the Internet and the ethical issues related to privacy copyright and accessibility.... more