AIP Physics Desk Reference

ISBN-13: 9780387989730 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 888 str.

E. Richard Cohen; Richard E. Cohen; Richard E. Cohen

Opis

Originally published by the American Institute of Physics as the Physics Vade Mecum, this third edition has been completely updated to reflect contemporary modern physics. It is a concise compilation of the most frequently used physics data and formulae with their derivations, and this edition contains six new chapters, with outdated chapters dropped, and new chapters added on atmospheric physics, electricity and magnetism, elementary particle physics, fluid dynamics, geophysics, nonlinear physics, particle accelerators, polymer physics, and quantum theory. A new, final chapter deals with practical laboratory data, while the references and bibliographies have been updated. The book should prove a valuable tool for researchers, professionals and students in physics as well as others who use physics data.

Spis treści

Inhalt:

- Symbols, Units, and Nomenclature
- Mathematical Basics
- Acoustics
- Astronomy
- Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Atomic and Molecular Collision Processes
- Atomic Spectroscopy
- Biological Physics
- Crystallography
- Earth, Ocean and Atmosphere Physics
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Elementary Particles
- Fluid Dynamics
- Geophysics and Geodesy
- Mechanics
- Medical Physics
- Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
- Nonlinear Physics and Complexity
- Nuclear Physics
- Optics
- Particle Accelerators and Storage Rings
- Plasma Physics
- Polymer Physics
- Quantum Theory
- Solid State Physics
- Surfaces and Films
- Thermodynamics and Thermophysics
- Practical Lab Data

O autorze

George L. Trigg, an internationally experienced and qualified senior editor in Physics, lives in New Paltz/New York. For many years he was co-editor of the most renowned expert journal in Physics, Physical Review Letters. Professor Trigg was co-editor for the Encyclopedia of Physics from its first edition, which was published in 1981 and won international praise.