"Version: 20190101"--Title page verso."This is a revised and enlarged edition of the monograph previously published by Springer in 1996 under the slightly shorter title Supersymmetric methods in quantum and statistical physics"--Page xi.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Supersymmetric quantum mechanics -- 2.1. Definition of SUSY quantum mechanics -- 2.2. Properties of N …
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction to: Statistical physics of condensed matter systems : a primer -- part I. Classical statistical physics. 1. The statistical description of a classical system -- 1.1. Basic concepts -- 1.2. Equilibrium distribution probability -- 1.3. The Boltzmann distribution law -- 1.4. A statistical definition of temperatu…
"Version: 20141001"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction : getting started -- List of the simulation programs -- How to operate the simulation programs -- Keplerian motions in celestial mechanics -- Numerical and analytical methodsReview of the simulations -- Kepler's laws -- Kepler's first law -- Kepler's second law -- Kepler's third law -- The approximate nature of Ke…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Essentials. 1. Basic properties of stars and the stellar plasma -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Blackbody radiation and luminosity -- 1.3. Abundances and mass fractions -- 1.4. Further thermodynamic relations -- 1.5. Equations-of-state for stellar plasmas -- 1.6. Basics of scattering -- 1.7. Spin, parity, and selecti…
"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.EPUB and Kindle versions includes embedded videos.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The components of lightning -- 1.1. Features of lightning plasma -- 1.2. Lightning is more than a spark -- 1.3. Conditions for leader propagation -- 1.4. Lightning leaders in nature2. Lightning leaders versus free-burning arcs -- 2.1. Similarities and differe…
"Version: 20150701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Of snails and snakes -- 1.2. The three key elements -- 1.3. Stochasticity -- 1.4. Towards a mathematics of evolution -- 1.5. Organization of this book2. Cell biology and molecular genetics -- 2.1. Cellular architecture and proliferation -- 2.2. DNA, RNA and proteins -…
"Version: 20150901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- About the author -- Introduction -- part 1. Introduction to tumor biology from a biophysical point of view -- 1. Initiation of a neoplasm or tumor -- 1.1. Initiation of a neoplasm, tumor growth and neoangiogenesis -- 1.2. Malignant progression of cancer (metastasis) -- 1.3. Hallmarks of cancer -- 1.4. The impac…
"Version: 20140801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The authors -- Glossary of common terms -- Introduction -- The process matrix and how to determine it : quantum process tomography -- Model systems and energy scalesInteraction of light pulses with ensembles of chromophores : polarization gratings -- Laser-induced polarization gratings -- Induced linear and nonlinear pola…
"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 -- …
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What is the meaning of a short-term earthquake forecast? -- 1.1. Basic concepts of seismology -- 1.2. What other measurements are available to complement seismological observations? -- 1.3. Brief summary on earthquake prediction/forecasting2. Earthquake precursors -- 2.1. An introduction to earthquake precursors -- 2.2…