General & Introductory Physics

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Published:
May 01, 2013
Author(s):
Tai L. Chow
Classical Mechanics, Second Edition presents a complete account of the classical mechanics of particles and systems for physics students at the advanced undergraduate level. The book evolved from a set of lecture notes for a course on the subject taught by the author at California State University, 
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Published:
April 10, 2013
Author(s):
James S. Walker; Gary Don
At first glance, mathematics and music seem to be from separate worlds—one from science, one from art. But in fact, the connections between the two go back thousands of years, such as Pythagoras’s ideas about how to quantify changes of pitch for musical tones (musical intervals). Mathematics and 
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Published:
March 13, 2013
Author(s):
Robert Ehrlich
Renewable energy has great significance for the world’s future, given the environmental issues related to energy generation and energy’s importance in our society. Making wise energy choices is not easy, however. It involves balanced consideration of economic, environmental, technical, political, 
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Published:
January 11, 2013
Author(s):
Godfried T. Toussaint
The Geometry of Musical Rhythm: What Makes a "Good" Rhythm Good? is the first book to provide a systematic and accessible computational geometric analysis of the musical rhythms of the world. It explains how the study of the mathematical properties of musical rhythm generates common mathematical 
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Published:
January 07, 2013
Author(s):
Richard Fitzpatrick
Bridging lower-division physics survey courses with upper-division physics courses, Oscillations and Waves: An Introduction develops a unified mathematical theory of oscillations and waves in physical systems. Emphasizing physics over mathematics, the author includes many examples from discrete 
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Published:
November 27, 2012
Author(s):
Ian D. Lawrie
A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics invites its readers to a guided exploration of the theoretical ideas that shape our contemporary understanding of the physical world at the fundamental level. Its central themes, comprising space-time geometry and the general relativistic account of 
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Published:
August 13, 2012
Editor(s):
William M. Haynes
Augmented by a series of practical utilities, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics on DVD, Version 2013 contains all of the information found in the most recent print edition—in a conveniently searchable electronic format. A mainstay for scientists around the world for more than 90 years, the 
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Published:
June 22, 2012
Editor(s):
William M. Haynes
Mirroring the growth and direction of science for a century, the Handbook, now in its 93rd edition, continues to be the most accessed and respected scientific reference in the world. An authoritative resource consisting tables of data, its usefulness spans every discipline. This edition includes& 
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Published:
March 27, 2012
Author(s):
John D'Angelo
Providing the tools necessary for robust debate, Ethics in Science: Ethical Misconduct in Scientific Research explains various forms of scientific misconduct and describes ethical controversies that have occurred in research. The first part of the book includes a description of a variety of 
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Published:
January 25, 2012
Author(s):
Károly Simonyi
While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was 
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