Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Physics - General

Sound-Power Flow: A practitioner's handbook for sound intensity is a guide for practitioners and research scientists in different areas of acoustical science. There are three fundamental quantities in acoustics: sound pressure, sound particle velocity, and sound intensity. This book is about sound intensity and demonstrates the advantages and uses of acoustical sensing compared with other forms of sensing. It describes applications such as: measuring total sound power; directional hearing of humans and mammals; echolocation; measuring sound-power flow in ducts; and uses of non-contact,...

The bicycle is a common, yet unique mechanical contraption in our world. In spite of this, the bike's physical and mechanical principles are understood by a select few. You do not have to be a genius to join this small group of people who understand the physics of cycling. This is your guide to fundamental principles (such as Newton's laws) and the book provides intuitive, basic explanations for the bicycle's behaviour. Each concept is introduced and illustrated with simple, everyday examples.

Although cycling is viewed by most as a fun activity, and almost everyone acquires the...

Giant vesicles are being widely used as a model membrane system, both for basic biological systems and for their promising applications in the development of smart materials, in particular for drug delivery, as well as use in driving new technologies for the cosmetics industry. This practical manual gives the reader a toolbox for starting work with giant vesicles, including expert's tips on proper preparation methods, measurement, and characterization methods. The contents build from a simple model to use of vesicles as advanced membrane and cell system models. It also includes...

This book introduces the concepts and practical tools necessary to understand the behavior of biological macromolecules at a quantitative level. It begins by describing biochemical phenomena using principles of classical and statistical thermodynamics. Unlike other books, this text goes beyond theory to explain in detail how the equations are applied to the analysis of experimental measurements. This emphasis on real-world applications is continued throughout and is a major feature of the book.

Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry, Volume 13 provides timely and critical reviews of important topics in computational chemistry. Topics in this new release include chapters on the Quantum Chemical Model for Molecular Properties and Processes at the Extreme High Pressure, a section on Interpreting Bonding and Spectra with Correlated, One-Electron Concepts from Electron Propagator Theory, Benchmark databases of intermolecular interaction energies: design, construction, and significance, Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics: Theory, Implementation and Applications, and...

This book will focus on the development of scalable and performance portable scientific applications for future exascale computer systems. The main body of the book will be a series of chapters that center on the programming practices of application developers to achieve scalability on high-end computer systems while at the same time maintain architectural and performance portability for different computer technologies. Scientific application developers learn best by example, and this book will be designed to provide a wide range of examples of what developers have done and are doing to...

Niels Bohr and Philosophy of Physics: Twenty-First Century Perspectives examines the philosophical views, influences and legacy of the Nobel Prize physicist and philosophical spokesman of the quantum revolution, Niels Bohr.

The sixteen contributions in this collection by some of the best contemporary philosophers and physicists writing on Bohr's philosophy today all carefully distinguish his subtle and unique interpretation of quantum mechanics from views often imputed to him under the banner of the "Copenhagen Interpretation." With respect to philosophical influences on...

This second edition of the Handbook of Optoelectronics gives a complete overview of the field, from fundamentals to technology developments and industry applications. It covers the entire discipline, which encompasses the study and use of electronic devices for generating, controlling, and detecting light, which pervades every aspect of our lives. This revised edition contains numerous new topics, from VCSELs to biosensors, flexible displays, 3D optical data storage, and laser diodes. An entirely new section focuses on important commercial applications. (The previous edition of this title...

Covering the years 2008-2012, this book profiles the life and work of recent winners of the Abel Prize:

- John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits, 2008
- Mikhail Gromov, 2009
- John T. Tate Jr., 2010
- John W. Milnor, 2011
- Endre Szemeredi, 2012.

The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a description of each mathematician's work. In addition, each profile contains a complete bibliography, a curriculum vitae, as well as photos -- old and new. As an added feature, interviews with the Laureates are presented on an accompanying web site (http:...

This volume examines all aspects of using agent or individual-based simulation. This approach represents systems as individual elements having their own set of differing states and internal processes. The interactions between elements in the simulation represent interactions in the target systems. What makes this "social" is that it can represent an observed society.

Social systems include all those systems where the components have individual agency but also interact with each other. This includes human societies and groups, but also increasingly socio-technical systems where the...