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  • Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars

    Magnetic Field, Density Stratification, Rotation

    by Gary A. Glatzmaier ...
    Series series Princeton Series in Astrophysics
    This book provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. Using a teaching method perfected in the classroom, Gary Glatzmaier begins by offering a step-by-step guide on how to design codes for simulating nonlinear time-dependent thermal ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD

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  • The Fabric of Reality

    by David Deutsch ...
    An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Effective Computation in Physics

    Field Guide to Research with Python

    by Anthony Scopatz, Kathryn D. Huff ...
    More physicists today are taking on the role of software developer as part of their research, but software development isnâ??t always easy or obvious, even for physicists. This practical book teaches essential software development skills to help you automate and accomplish nearly any aspect of research in a physics-based field.Written by two PhDs in nuclear engineering, this book includes ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Introducing Stephen Hawking

    A Graphic Guide

    by J.P. McEvoy ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    'An ideal introduction [to Stephen Hawking]' - Independent'Astonishingly comprehensive - clearer than Hawking himself' - FocusStephen Hawking was a world-famous physicist with a cameo in The Simpsons on his CV, but outside of his academic field his work was little understood. To the public he was a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling A Brief History of ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magnetoconvection

    by N. O. Weiss, M. R. E. Proctor ...
    Series series Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics
    The last thirty years have seen great leaps forward in the subject of magnetoconvection. Computational techniques can now explain exotic nonlinear behaviour, transition to chaos and the formation of structures that can be observed on the surface of the Sun. Here, two leading experts present the current state of knowledge of the subject. They provide a mathematical and numerical treatment of the ... Read more

    $164.99 CAD

  • Astroparticle Physics: Theory and Phenomenology

    by Günter Sigl ...
    Series Book 1 - Atlantis Studies in Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology
    This books aims at giving an overview over theoretical and phenomenological aspects of particle astrophysics and particle cosmology. To be of interest for both students and researchers in neighboring fields of physics, it keeps a balance between well established foundations that will not significantly change in the future and a more in-depth treatment of selected subfields in which significant new ... Read more

    $345.99 CAD

  • Mathematical Physics - Proceedings Of The 13th Regional Conference

    by Ibrahim Semiz, Ugur Camci ...
    This volume showcases selected recent work presented at the 13th Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics held in Antalya, Turkey in 2010. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Faheem Hussain, one of the initiators of the Regional Conference series, and one of the organizers of the 12th Regional Conference. The “region”, originally comprised of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, extends now to ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence

    by Wolfram Schmidt ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this "SpringerBrief" the author considers the underlying problems and questions that are common to numerical models of turbulence in different astrophysical systems.Turbulence has emerged as an important research topic in several areas of astrophysics. Understanding and modeling turbulence is particularly important for the dynamics of the interstellar medium, but also for the intergalactic ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Shadow of Black Holes

    An Analytic Description

    by Arne Grenzebach ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book introduces an analytic method to describe the shadow of black holes. As an introduction, it presents a survey of the attempts to observe the shadow of galactic black holes. Based on a detailed discussion of the Plebański–Demiański class of space-times, the book derives analytical formulas for the photon regions and for the boundary curve of the shadow as seen by an observer in the domain ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Three-body Problem from Pythagoras to Hawking

    by Mauri Valtonen, Joanna Anosova, Konstantin Kholshevnikov, Aleksandr Mylläri, Victor Orlov, Kiyotaka Tanikawa ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book, written for a general readership, reviews and explains the three-body problem in historical context reaching to latest developments in computational physics and gravitation theory. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in science and it is most relevant even in today’s physics and astronomy.The long history of the problem from Pythagoras to Hawking parallels the evolution ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Basics of Plasma Astrophysics

    by Claudio Chiuderi, Marco Velli ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book is an introduction to contemporary plasma physics that discusses the most relevant recent advances in the field and covers a careful choice of applications to various branches of astrophysics and space science. The purpose of the book is to allow the student to master the basic concepts of plasma physics and to bring him or her up to date in a number of relevant areas of current research ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Introduction To General Relativity: Solutions To Problems

    by John Dirk Walecka ...
    It is important for every physicist today to have a working knowledge of Einstein's theory of general relativity. Introduction to General Relativity published in 2007 was aimed at first-year graduate students, or advanced undergraduates, in physics. Only a basic understanding of classical lagrangian mechanics is assumed; beyond that, the reader should find the material to be self-contained.The ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD