Astrophysics for Physicists (Choudhuri Arnab Rai)(Pevná vazba)

Astrophysics for Physicists (Choudhuri Arnab Rai)(Pevná vazba)

Designed for teaching astrophysics to physics students at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level, this textbook also provides an overview of astrophysics for astrophysics graduate students, before they delve into more specialized volumes. Assuming background knowledge at the level of a

Foundations of Astrophysics (Ryden Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Foundations of Astrophysics provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors. With a logical presentation and conceptual and quantitative end-of-chapter problems, the material is accessible to introductory astrophysics students taking a two-semester

Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide (Arfken George B.)(Pevná vazba)

Now in its 7th edition, Mathematical Methods for Physicists continues to provide all the mathematical methods that aspiring scientists and engineers are likely to encounter as students and beginning researchers. This bestselling text provides mathematical relations and their proofs essential to the

Astrophysics in a Nutshell: Second Edition (Maoz Dan)(Pevná vazba)

The ideal one-semester astrophysics introduction for science undergraduates--now expanded and fully updatedWinner of the American Astronomical Society's Chambliss Award, Astrophysics in a Nutshell has become the text of choice in astrophysics courses for science majors at top universities in North

Lectures on Astrophysics (Weinberg Steven)(Pevná vazba)

Lectures on Astrophysics provides an account of classic and contemporary aspects of astrophysics, with an emphasis on analytic calculations and physical understanding. It introduces fundamental topics in astrophysics, including the properties of single and binary stars, the phenomena associated

Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists (Zee A.)(Pevná vazba)

A concise, modern textbook on group theory written especially for physicistsAlthough group theory is a mathematical subject, it is indispensable to many areas of modern theoretical physics, from atomic physics to condensed matter physics, particle physics to string theory. In particular, it is

Astrophysics of Planet Formation (Armitage Philip J.)(Pevná vazba)

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (Carroll Bradley W.)(Pevná vazba)

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmology. Designed to provide students with a working knowledge

High Energy Astrophysics (Longair Malcolm S.)(Pevná vazba)

Providing students with an in-depth account of the astrophysics of high energy phenomena in the Universe, the third edition of this well-established textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in high energy astrophysics. Building on the concepts and techniques

Control Theory for Physicists (Bechhoefer John)(Pevná vazba)

Control theory, an interdisciplinary concept dealing with the behaviour of dynamical systems, is an important but often overlooked aspect of physics. This is the first broad and complete treatment of the topic tailored for physicists, one which goes from the basics right through to the most recent

Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists (Podgorsak Ervin B.)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction to Modern Physics.- Coulomb Scattering.- Rutherford - Bohr Atomic Model.- Production of X Rays.- Two-Particle Collisions.- Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter.- Interaction of Photons with Matter.- Energy Transfer and Energy Absorption in Photon Interactions with Matter.-

Mathematics for Physicists: Introductory Concepts and Methods (Altland Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the key disciplines of mathematics - linear algebra, calculus, and geometry - needed in the undergraduate physics curriculum. Its leitmotiv is that success in learning these subjects depends on a good balance between theory and practice. Reflecting

Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei (Osterbrock Donald E.)(Pevná vazba)

Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei, second edition, is a graduate-level text and reference book on gaseous nebulae, nova and supernova remnants. It will be valuable to anyone seriously interested in

Acoustics-A Textbook for Engineers and Physicists: Volume I: Fundamentals (Ginsberg Jerry H.)(Pevná vazba)

This graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook systematically addresses all core topics in physical and engineering acoustics. Written by a well-known textbook author with 39 years of experience performing research, teaching, and mentoring in the field, it is specially designed to provide

First Comes Like - A Novel (Rai Alisha)(Pevná vazba)

Alisha Rai, author of The Right Swipe and Girl Gone Viral, returns with a story about finding love in all the wrong inboxes.Makeup expert and influencer Jia Ahmed has her eye on the prize: conquering the internet today, the entire beauty world tomorrow, and finally, finally proving herself to her

General Theory of Relativity - A Mathematical Approach (Rahaman Farook (Jadavpur University Kolkata))(Pevná vazba)

Suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in the field of astrophysics and mathematical physics, this book lays the mathematical foundation of tensor calculus. With basics of cosmology and astrophysics, it gives a background of geodesics, linearised gravity, Lie derivatives, rotating black

Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry (Degrasse Tyson Neil)(Pevná vazba)

From the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the mysteries of the cosmos into bite-sized pieces. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry describes the fundamental rules and

Fly by Night Physics: How Physicists Use the Backs of Envelopes (Zee A.)(Pevná vazba)

The essential primer for physics students who want to build their physical intuition Presented in A. Zee's incomparably engaging style, this book introduces physics students to the practice of using physical reasoning and judicious guesses to get at the crux of a problem. An essential primer for

Guide to Mathematical Methods for Physicists, A: Advanced Topics and Applications (Petrini Michela)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides a self-contained and rigorous presentation of the main mathematical tools needed to approach many courses at the last year of undergraduate in Physics and MSc programs, from Electromagnetism to Quantum Mechanics. It complements A Guide to Mathematical Methods for Physicists with

Deep Diversity: A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice (Choudhury Shakil)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive and approachable guide to understanding and working toward racial justice, with tools to start making a difference today.We live in a divided and polarized time. Previously ignored racial and social tensions have erupted around the world in the wake of the Black Lives Matter

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Degrasse Tyson Neil)(Pevná vazba)

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the

Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics (Bricmont Jean)(Pevná vazba)

Physicists in Wonderland.- The First Mystery: Interference and Superpositions.- 'Philosophical' Intermezzo.- The Second Mystery: Nonlocality.- The de Broglie-Bohm Theory.- Are There any Alternative Theories?.- Revisiting the History of Quantum Mechanics.- Quantum Mechanics and Our

Molecular Astrophysics (Tielens A. G. G. M.)(Pevná vazba)

Focusing on the organic inventory of regions of star and planet formation in the interstellar medium of galaxies, this comprehensive overview of the molecular universe is an invaluable reference source for advanced undergraduates through to entry-level researchers. It includes an extensive

Quantum Field Theory: A Diagrammatic Approach (Kleiss Ronald)(Pevná vazba)

Quantum field theory (QFT), the language of particle physics, is crucial to a physicist's graduate education. Based on lecture notes for established courses taught at Radboud University in the Netherlands, this book presents an alternative approach to teaching QFT using Feynman diagrams and