"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- part I. Classical theory of light. 2. Electromagnetic field and light-matter interaction -- 2.1. Maxwell's equations, wave equation, and the Helmholtz equation -- 2.2. The propagator for the Helmholtz equation -- 2.3. Helmholtz equation in cylindrical coordinates : Bessel beams -- 2.4. Paraxial approxim…
"Version: 20180801"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Motivation and introduction -- 1.1. The four fundamental interactions -- 1.2. Particle exchange and force mediation -- 1.3. Examining a simple model -- 1.4. Relativity emerges -- 1.5. The necessity of fields and a conundrum -- 1.6. Exerc…
"Version: 20140901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. Basic field theory -- Newtonian mechanics and Galilean relativity -- The action principle -- The stretched string as a field theory -- The wave equation -- Energy and momentum in field t…
"Version: 20250601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. General relativity essentials -- 1.1. Equivalence principle -- 1.2. Relativistic mechanics -- 1.3. Differential geometry primer -- 1.4. Curvature tensor -- 1.5. The stress-energy-momentum tensor -- 1.6. Einstein's equation -- 1.7. Killing vectors and maximally symmetric spaces -- 1.8. The Hilbert-Einstein action -- 1.9…
"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: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Field overview -- 1.1. A brief history of OT -- 1.2. Dielectric beads : the standard tools for OT -- 1.3. Optical forces on dielectric beads -- 1.4. Performing measurements with dielectric beads -- 1.5. Absorbing materials and photophoretic forces2. The dipole approximation : Rayleigh regime -- 2.1. Quasi-static approx…
"Version: 20190501"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.1. Starting Maple -- 1.1. What is Maple? -- 1.2. The Maple interface -- 1.3. Entering simple expressions -- 1.4. The use of evalf[d](term) -- 1.5. Some handy algebraic commands -- 1.6. Context menus -- 1.7. Formatted output with printf -- 1.8. Data structures -- 1.9. Defining…
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Prelude2. Invitation to integrable quantum field theories -- 2.1. Classical integrability -- 2.2. Exact S-matrices3. The sine-Gordon model -- 3.1. A very special theory -- 3.2. Classical aspects -- 3.3. Quantum aspects -- 3.4. Breather S-matrix, mixed S-matrix -- 3.5. Sine-Gordon and the XXZ spin-c…