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"The scientific study of networks, including computer networks, social networks, and biological networks, has received an enormous amount of interest in the last few years. The rise of the Internet and the wide availabil...

This book and this synthesis address the pressing need for better management of coastal wetlands worldwide because these wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate; in some countries the loss is 70%–80% in the last ...

Subjects / keywords: INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS TRIESTE; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; 515 G562g

Abstract This new edition of this classic text on condensed matter physics includes the great advances that have taken place since its first publication in 1974. New chapters describe the main types and properties of liq...

Subjects / keywords: Dynamical systems theory; Classical mechanics; Physics; Computer science; Statistical physics; Theoretical physics; Quantum mechanics

Partial table of contents: THE ALGEBRA OF LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS AND QUADRATIC FORMS. Transformation to Principal Axes of Quadratic and Hermitian Forms. Minimum-Maximum Property of Eigenvalues. SERIES EXPANSION OF ARBITR...

Subjects / keywords: Physics; Theoretical physics

Subjects / keywords: Beauty; German; Mathematics education; Power (physics); Physics; Theoretical physics; Mathematics; Epistemology; Philosophy; Quantum mechanics; Linguistics

Abstract The molecular structure hypothesis - that a molecule is a collection of atoms linked by a network of bonds - was forged in the crucible of nineteenth-century experimental chemistry and has continued to serve as ...

The field of quantum optics has witnessed significant theoretical and experimental developments in recent years. This book provides an in-depth and wide-ranging introduction to the subject, emphasising throughout the bas...

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leads to two remarkable predictions: first, that the ultimate destiny of many massive stars is to undergo gravitational collapse and to disappear from view, leaving behind a 'black...

Abstract This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation, the text begins with a survey of cla...

This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the professional literature on ...

Subjects / keywords: Theory of relativity; Theoretical physics; Physics

Subjects / keywords: Linear operators; Perturbation (astronomy); Mathematics; Statistical physics; Computer science; Theoretical physics; Physics; Mathematical analysis; Quantum mechanics; Bounded function

Principles of Optics is one of the classic science books of the twentieth century, and probably the most influential book in optics published in the past 40 years. The new edition is the first ever thoroughly revised and...

This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to...

Solitons have been of considerable interest to mathematicians since their discovery by Kruskal and Zabusky. This book brings together several aspects of soliton theory currently only available in research papers. Emphasi...

Subjects / keywords: Conducting polymers; Solid state physics; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; Electronic books

Subjects / keywords: Mechanics; Environmental science; Physics

A theoretical physicist and feminist theorist, Karen Barad elaborates her theory of agential realism, a schema that is at once a new epistemology, ontology, and ethics.