"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Roller-coaster comets -- 2.1. The paths of comets -- 2.2. Two kinds of comets -- 2.3. Celestial clockwork -- 2.4. A Universe in motion -- 2.5. The gravity of the situation -- 2.6. Looping comets -- 2.7. Orbits of your …
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-46).Foreword -- 1. Origins -- 2. Background -- 3. Gateways -- 4. Summation -- 5. Disclosure.Few artworks have been the subject of more extensive modern interpretation than Melencolia I by renowned artist, mathematician, and scient…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. What is computation? -- 1.1. Defining computation -- 1.2. The roles of computation in scientific research -- 1.3. Further reading2. Computation in science -- 2.1. Traditional science : celestial mechanics -- 2.2. Scientific mo…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction. The setting for women in physics after World War II -- 2. Women physicists in the national laboratories -- 3. Women physicists in research universities -- 4. Women physicists in industry -- 5. Women physicists in…
"Version: 20151101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1. Science, science fiction and science fantasy -- 1.1. Setting the scene -- 1.2. How should we look at nature? Asking the right question -- 1.3. The innocence of youth2. Complexity -- 3. Materialism : what is…
"Version: 20160201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. Attitudes. How do students view science? -- 2.1. The questionnaire study -- 2.2. The student interview study -- 2.3. The interviews with Danish and American science educator/administrators3. Anxieties. Why do st…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How many women are in physics? -- 2.1. Historical women in physics -- 2.2. High school physics/upper secondary physics -- 2.3. Current trends in women's participation in physics -- 2.4. College/tertiary educ…
"Version: 20251001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Introduction to surfaces and interfaces -- 2.1. Surfaces and interfaces -- 2.2. Solid surfaces -- 2.3. Liquid surfaces3. Introduction to plasma surface interactions -- 3.1. Plasma at atmospheric pressure -- 3.2. Plasma components at interfaces -- 3.3. Surface kinetics4. Plasma-solid interactions -- 4…
"Version: 20240401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Polarization and directional effects in the radiation of satellites of hydrogenic spectral lines from plasmas and their applications -- 2.1. Satellites under the one-dimensional one-mode monochromatic electric field -- 2.2. Satellites under the one-dimensional two-mode monochromatic electric field --…
"Version: 20150301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author biographyTokamak MHD equilibrium -- The Grad-Shafranov equation -- Toroidal flux coordinates -- The tokamak force balance : the hoop forceIdeal MHD instabilities -- The global MHD spectrum -- Internal an…