"Version: 20180301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Energy and its uses -- 1.1. Our energy needs -- 1.2. Forms of energy -- 1.3. Primary and end-use energy -- 1.4. Renewable energy -- 1.5. Why renewable energy? -- 1.6. Availability of renewable energy -- 1.7. Activities -- 1.8. Summary2. …
"Version: 20180701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction and outline -- 2. Some rules for sum rules -- 2.1. Causality and analyticity -- 2.2. Derivation of dispersion relation -- 2.3. Crossing symmetry -- 2.4. Unitarity -- 2.5. Low-energy theorems -- 2.6. Divergencies, subtraction…
"Version: 20190701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Recognizing the threat : origins of the NPT negotiations -- 1.1. Early nonproliferation proposals -- 1.2. Atoms for peace -- 1.3. The impact of the Irish resolution -- 1.4. The threat from new technologies -- 1.5. The multilateral nuclea…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Maxwell's equations--electrodynamics -- 2. Conservation laws -- 3. Electromagnetic waves -- 4. Potentials and fields -- 5. Radiation.This book of problems and solutions is a natural continuation of Ilie and Schrecengost's first book Elec…
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. National missile defense history -- 2. Theater missile defense -- 3. The current architecture -- 4. Ballistic missile threats -- 5. Conclusion.This book provides an introduction to the complex story of missile defense, by recounting past…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Many-body relativistic mechanics and gauge theory -- 2.1. The classical two-body problem -- 2.2. The classical N-body problem -- 2.3. Electromagnetism3. Quantum mechanical two-body problem and consequences for many-bod…
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why are surfaces important? -- 1.2. Ultra-high vacuum science and technology -- 1.3. Exercises2. Thermodynamics of surfaces : equilibrium crystal shape -- 2.1. Surface thermodynamic functions -- 2.2. Surface tension …
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Planetary nebulae -- 1.2. Discovery and history -- 1.3. Components of planetary nebulae2. Formation of planetary nebulae -- 2.1. Planetary nebulae as a stage in stellar evolution -- 2.2. Proto-planetary nebulae -- 2.…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Of gods and waves -- 1.1. Wave anatomy -- 1.2. The wave equation2. Shock waves and the media -- 2.1. Speed of sound in air -- 2.2. Shock front formation3. Impact waves and falling rocks -- 3.1. Mid-air explosions -- 3.2. Meteor strikes -…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Numerical solution of differential equations using Euler and second order Runge-Kutta methods -- 1.1. Euler solution of differential equation -- 1.2. Second order Runge-Kutta solution of the differential equation2. Motion under constant …