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The Kelvin Probe for Surface Engineering: Fundamentals and Design

A. Subrahmanyam, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai; Suresh Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Price:  $99.95
Cat. #:  AB8077
ISBN:  9781420080773
Publication Date:  December 30, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Answering the need for fabrication specifications and analytical standards, this volume is the first complete source of information on the Kelvin probe. In surface engineering, the probe is considered the most powerful non-destructive technique used to understand active and passive surfaces and...
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Complex and Dusty Plasmas: From Laboratory to Space

Vladimir E. Fortov, Joint Inst. for High Tempertures,Russian Acad. of Science,Mo; Gregor E. Morfill, Max Planck Inst. of Extraterrestrial Physics,Garching,German

Price:  $129.95
Cat. #:  83112
ISBN:  9781420083118
Publication Date:  December 23, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Dusty or complex plasmas are plasmas containing solid or liquid charged particles referred to as dust. Naturally occurring in space, they are present in planetary rings and comet tails, as well as clouds found in the vicinity of artificial satellites and space stations. On a more earthly level,...
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Grain Boundary Migration in Metals: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Applications, Second Edition

Gunter Gottstein, Institut fur Metallkunde, Aachen, Germany; Lasar S. Shvindlerman, Institut fur Metallkunde und Metallphysik, Aachen, Germany

Price:  $149.95
Cat. #:  5435X
ISBN:  9781420054354
Publication Date:  December 22, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

A major goal of materials science is to create new engineering materials and optimize their cost and performance. Understanding how adjacent materials behave at their borders is an essential part of this process. Grain boundaries are the longest-known crystal defects, but although they were...
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Physics of Sailing

John Kimball, University of Albany, New York, USA

Price:  $49.95
Cat. #:  73761
ISBN:  9781420073768
Publication Date:  December 22, 2009
Binding:  Paperback

Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, Physics of Sailing provides a lively, easily accessible introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing. It illustrates the many ways physics can be used to understand the...
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Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics, Second Edition

Carlos I. Calle, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Price:  $59.95
Cat. #:  K10534
ISBN:  9781439810736
Publication Date:  December 22, 2009
Binding:  Paperback

A research scientist at NASA working on planetary exploration, Carlos Calle has the opportunity to ponder what seems imponderable, but while that might make Dr. Calle unique, what makes him truly special is his ability to translate the algebraic formulas and calculus-based logic into concepts that...
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A Shock-Fitting Primer

Manuel D. Salas, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA

Price:  $129.95
Cat. #:  K10388
ISBN:  9781439807583
Publication Date:  December 17, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

A defining feature of nonlinear hyperbolic equations is the occurrence of shock waves. While the popular shock-capturing methods are easy to implement, shock-fitting techniques provide the most accurate results. A Shock-Fitting Primer presents the proper numerical treatment of shock waves and other...
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Understanding Solid State Physics

Sharon Ann Holgate, Visiting Fellow, University of Sussex, UK

Price:  $79.95
Cat. #:  IP662
ISBN:  9780750309721
Publication Date:  December 16, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Enables students to easily grasp basic solid state physics principles Keeping the mathematics to a minimum yet losing none of the required rigor, Understanding Solid State Physics clearly explains basic physics principles to provide a firm grounding in the subject. The author underscores the...
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Solid State and Quantum Theory for Optoelectronics

Michael A. Parker

Price:  $159.95
Cat. #:  DK6035
ISBN:  9780849337505
Publication Date:  December 16, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Solid State and Quantum Theory for Optoelectronics presents a logical progression of material from the mathematics of linear algebra and Hilbert space to fundamental and perturbed solutions of the Schrödinger wave equation to multi-particle systems, second quantization, and Feynman Path integrals....
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Optical Mineralogy

Editor(s):  Pramod Kumar Verma, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Price:  $129.95
Cat. #:  AB7758
ISBN:  9781420077582
Publication Date:  December 15, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Designed to be useful even after students have completed their formal optical mineralogy course, Optical Mineralogy covers advances in instrumentation and includes illustrations of minerals as seen through petrologival microscopes. The initial chapters familiarize readers with essential concepts in...
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Nanoscale Physics for Materials Science

Takaaki Tsurumi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Hiroyuki Hirayama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Martin Vacha, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Tomoyasu Taniyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Price:  $89.95
Cat. #:  K10051
ISBN:  9781439800591
Publication Date:  December 10, 2009
Binding:  Hardback

Although there are many books available on the preparation, properties, and characterization of nanomaterials, few provide an interdisciplinary account of the physical phenomena that govern the novel properties of nanomaterials. Addressing this shortfall, Nanoscale Physics for Materials Science...
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