"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso."Version: 20160601"--Title page verso.EPUB version includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.5. Synthesis and spectrum analysis -- 5.1. Wave mixing and synthesis -- 5.2. Fourier spectrum analysis -- 5.3. Creation by sudden impact -- 5.4. Creation by sudden expansion -- 5.5. Impact spectra -- 5.…
"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. Electrostatics principles -- 2.1. Coulomb's law and the principle of superposition -- 2.2. The electric field -- 2.3. Gauss's law -- 2.4. Electric potential -- 2.5. Conductors in electrostatic fields -- 2.6.…
"Version: 20170501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Population and its effects -- 1.1. Population -- 1.2. Water and food -- 1.3. Pollution -- 1.4. The effects of pollution2. Energy conservation and the first law of thermodynamics -- 2.1. The first law of thermodynamics -- 2.2. …
"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: 20241201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Fundamental scaling relationships : advection versus diffusion -- 1.3. Summary2. Networks in ecological systems -- 2.1. Background : ecological networks -- 2.2. Soil networks -- 2.3. Root networks -- 2.4. Vegetation networks -- 2.5. River networks3. Percolation theory, effective-…
"Version: 20141201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Acknowledgements -- Newtonian mechanics -- Special relativity -- General relativity -- Wacky questions : sci-fi, super heroes, computer games, fantastic weapons, etc. -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- A. Energy -- B. Approximations in Kepler's laws -…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. The physics of geobiology and geochemistry -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Fundamental scaling relationships : advection versus diffusion -- 1.3. Summary2. Percolation theory, the effective-medium approximation and up…
"Version: 20230501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General introduction to the karst problem -- 1.1. Definitions -- 1.2. Distribution of karst types around the world -- 1.3. Some aspects of the karst problem -- 1.4. Sinkholes, their classification, and nomenclature2. An overview of geophysical methods suitable for karst problem resolving -- 2.1. Aspects of sinkhole haz…
"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The basic concept of performing measurements -- 1.2. Error sources in performing measurements -- 1.3. Time series analysis2. Time and frequency -- 2.1. Historical background : a short history of time -- 2.2. Clocks used in space geodesy -- 2.3. From frequency to time -- 2.4. Historically important …
"Version: 20141101"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Composition of the atmosphere -- Observed vertical structureThermodynamics of dry air -- Pressure, temperature and the ideal gas law -- Hydrostatic balance -- Atmospheric energy and the first law of thermodynamics -- Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- Static stabilityThermodynamics of moist air -- …