"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : from death rays to smartphones2. Optical propagation -- 2.1. Electromagnetic fields -- 2.2. Helmholtz equation and wave optics3. Gaussian beams and lasers -- 3.1. Lasers -- 3.2. Gaussian beams -- 3.3. Coherent a…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page A-1).Preface -- 1. Introduction--the magic of the wheel -- 2. The evolution of the bicycle -- 2.1. Beginnings -- 2.2. Baron Karl Von Drais's running machine -- 2.3. The boneshaker -- 2.4. Early refinements -- 2.5. High-wheelers -- 2.6…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Physics is practical -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Physics in sports -- 1.3. Physics around the house -- 1.4. How does that thing work?2. Physics is beautiful -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The beauty of electromagnetism -- 2.3. …
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Groups -- 1.1. Permutations and symmetries -- 1.2. Subgroups and classes -- 1.3. Representations -- 1.4. Orthogonality2. Lie groups -- 2.1. Lie groups as manifolds -- 2.2. Lie groups as groups of transformation…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Mathematics and measurement of sound-power flow in fluids -- 2. Calibration and normalization of probes in air -- 3. Mathematics of sound-power flow in solids -- 4. Sound sources and methods of exciting sound -- 5. Sound-power…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. The Sakharov conditions -- 3. Baryon number violation in the Standard Model -- 3.1. The axial anomaly -- 3.2. The Chern-Simons form, baryon number violation, and the winding number -- 3.3. Winding number and non…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Preparation -- 1.2. Demonstrating a simple function -- 1.3. Saving a macro-enabled workbook -- 1.4. Using constants and VB functions -- 1.5. User-defined array function -- 1.6. Notes on VBA functions -- 1.…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-1-14-2).Preface -- 1. Nanomanipulation : why optical methods are best -- 2. Key properties of the radiation -- 3. Optically induced mechanical forces -- 4. Laser cooling and trapping of atoms -- 5. Dielectric and metal nanoparticl…
"Version: 20170102"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Where art meets technology--using physics and materials science to create and install sculptures -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Working with varied materials -- 2.3. Machining sculptures from steel -- 2.4. Scu…
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The impact of materials on progress -- 1.2. A possible classification of physical metallurgy -- 1.3. Electrons to components2. Crystal structures -- 2.1. Platonic solids -- 2.2. The crystal, lattice and mo…