"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is life? -- 1.2. Could life be silicon-based? -- 1.3. Time constraints -- 1.4. Scenarios for the origin of life on Earth -- 1.5. Searching for life beyond Earth2. Cosmic synthesis of the biologically important c…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a halo? -- 1.2. Examples of halo nuclei -- 1.3. Experimental evidence for halos -- 1.4. The three phases of halo studies2. The structure of halo nuclei -- 2.1. One-neutron halos -- 2.2. Three-body systems--th…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface : why the physical microbe? -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Diversity -- 1.2. Size -- 1.3. Energy -- 1.4. Food -- 1.5. Diffusion versus size2. Growth -- 2.1. Exponential growth -- 2.2. Stationary phase -- 2.3. Lag phase and decline -- 2.…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the 2nd edition -- 1. Molecular symmetry -- 1.1. Symmetry operations and elements -- 1.2. Classification of molecular symmetry -- 1.3. Implications of symmetry2. Basic quantum mechanics -- 2.1. Wave functions specify a system's s…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Elementary reactions -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Elementary reactions -- 1.3. The rates of elementary reactions : energetic considerations -- 1.4. The rates of elementary reactions : simple collision theory and the Arrhenius …
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. States of matter -- 1.2. Characteristics of the gas phase -- 1.3. Gases and vapours -- 1.4. Phase diagrams and phase transitions : under what conditions is a substance a gas?2. Pressure and temperature -- 2.1. Pressu…
"Version: 20170701"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why am I writing this book? -- 1.2. An essential tension -- 1.3. A few words on names2. Cecilia Payne -- 2.1. Beyond Curie -- 2.2. No insuperable objections -- 2.3. The Harvard Computers -- 2.4. Starstuff -- 2.5. Two…
"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: 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 -…