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| Author | : Mike Guidry |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 665 |
| Release | : 2022-03-31 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1316518612 |
A pedagogical introduction to the modern applications of groups, algebras, and topology for undergraduate and graduate students in physics.
| Author | : Laura Ruetsche |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2011-06-02 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0191617377 |
Traditionally, philosophers of quantum mechanics have addressed exceedingly simple systems: a pair of electrons in an entangled state, or an atom and a cat in Dr. Schrödinger's diabolical device. But recently, much more complicated systems, such as quantum fields and the infinite systems at the thermodynamic limit of quantum statistical mechanics, have attracted, and repaid, philosophical attention. Interpreting Quantum Theories has three entangled aims. The first is to guide those familiar with the philosophy of ordinary QM into the philosophy of 'QM infinity', by presenting accessible introductions to relevant technical notions and the foundational questions they frame. The second aim is to develop and defend answers to some of those questions. Does quantum field theory demand or deserve a particle ontology? How (if at all) are different states of broken symmetry different? And what is the proper role of idealizations in working physics? The third aim is to highlight ties between the foundational investigation of QM infinity and philosophy more broadly construed, in particular by using the interpretive problems discussed to motivate new ways to think about the nature of physical possibility and the problem of scientific realism.
| Author | : Rosalie Osmond |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781927079195 |
What is it like to have the fixed assumptions of your world suddenly shaken? The people of Waldenstein, a tiny, isolated German community in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, survive lives of intolerable hardship through their unquestioning belief in a pre-Enlightenment Lutheranism. But when the most prominent man in the community fathers the child of his neighbour's daughter, Erika, and a new clergyman from Europe arrives to shake the certainties of faith, their firm ideas are overturned. Erika flees to England, to encounter her own uncertainties there, and years later her son, obsessed with finding his father, comes back to confront both the changing world of Waldenstein and his half-siblings.
| Author | : Len Pismen |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 2020-01-02 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3030368149 |
This book is about morphogenesis as the genesis of forms. It is not restricted to plants growing from seed or animals developing from an embryo (although these do supply the most abundant examples) but also addresses kindred processes, from inorganic to social to biomorphic technology. It is about our morphogenetic universe: unplanned, unfair and frustratingly complicated but benevolent in allowing us to emerge, survive, and inquire into its laws.
| Author | : Steven Weinberg |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 510 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780521550024 |
A comprehensive introduction to quantum field theory by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg, first published in 1996.
| Author | : Philip W. Anderson |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2018-03-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0429973748 |
First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
| Author | : Steven A. Kivelson |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 472 |
| Release | : 2024-06-25 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0691249733 |
An engaging undergraduate introduction to the statistical mechanics of phase transitions Statistical mechanics deploys a powerful set of mathematical approaches for studying the thermodynamic properties of complex physical systems. This textbook introduces students to the statistical mechanics of systems undergoing changes of state, focusing on the basic principles for classifying distinct thermodynamic phases and the critical phenomena associated with transitions between them. Uniquely designed to promote active learning, Statistical Mechanics of Phases and Phase Transitions presents some of the most beautiful and profound concepts in physics, enabling students to obtain an essential understanding of a computationally challenging subject without getting lost in the details. Provides a self-contained, conceptually deep introduction to the statistical mechanics of phases and phase transitions from a modern perspective Carefully leads students from spontaneously broken symmetries to the universality of phase transitions and the renormalization group Encourages student-centric active learning suitable for both the classroom and self-study Features a wealth of guided worksheets with full solutions throughout the book that help students learn by doing Includes informative appendixes that cover key mathematical concepts and methods Ideal for undergraduate physics majors and beginning graduate students Solutions manual for all end-of-chapter problems (available only to instructors)
| Author | : Sandip Tiwari |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 682 |
| Release | : 2017-03-31 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0191078042 |
Nanoscale devices differ from larger microscale devices because they depend on the physical phenomena and effects that are central to their operation. This textbook illuminates the behavior of nanoscale devices by connecting them to the electronic, as well as magnetic, optical and mechanical properties, which fundamentally affect nanoscale devices in fascinating ways. Their small size means that an understanding of the phenomena measured is even more important, as their effects are so dominant and the changes in scale of underlying energetics and response are significant. Examples of these include classical effects such as single electron effects, quantum effects such as the states accessible as well as their properties; ensemble effects ranging from consequences of the laws of numbers to changes in properties arising from different magnitudes of the interactions, and others. These interactions, with the limits on size, make their physical behavior interesting, important and useful. The collection of four textbooks in the Electroscience Series culminates in a comprehensive understanding of nanoscale devices — electronic, magnetic, mechanical and optical — in the 4th volume. The series builds up to this last subject with volumes devoted to underlying semiconductor and solid-state physics.
