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The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

door Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands ...

"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum ... Meer lezen

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"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum
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Energy

A Beginner's Guide

door Vaclav Smil ...

Serie series Beginner's Guides
With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything.In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets – from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the car we drive and the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuels.Energy: A Beginner's Guide ... Meer lezen

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With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything.In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets – from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the car we drive and the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuels.Energy: A Beginner's Guide
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Cycles of Time

An Extraordinary New View of the Universe

door Sir Roger Penrose ...

What came before the Big Bang?How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end?In this remarkable book Roger Penrose brilliantly illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the universe.Cycles of Time contains a penetrating analysis of the second law of thermodynamics - according to which the 'randomness' of our world is continually increasing - and a thorough examination of the light-cone ... Meer lezen

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What came before the Big Bang?How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end?In this remarkable book Roger Penrose brilliantly illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the universe.Cycles of Time contains a penetrating analysis of the second law of thermodynamics - according to which the 'randomness' of our world is continually increasing - and a thorough examination of the light-cone
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Into the Black

The electrifying true story of how the first flight of the Space Shuttle nearly ended in disaster

door Rowland White ...

On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built – the high watermark of post-war aviation development. A direct descendant of the record-breaking X-planes the likes of which Chuck Yeager had tested in the skies over the Mojave Desert, Columbia was a winged rocket plane, ... Meer lezen

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On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built – the high watermark of post-war aviation development. A direct descendant of the record-breaking X-planes the likes of which Chuck Yeager had tested in the skies over the Mojave Desert, Columbia was a winged rocket plane,
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The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

door Peter Atkins ...

Serie series Very Short Introductions
From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of Thermodynamics. These laws specify the nature of 'energy' and 'temperature', and are soon revealed to reach out and define the arrow of time itself: why things change and why death must come.In this Very ... Meer lezen

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From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas or the cooling of a hot metal, to the unfolding of a thought in our minds and even the course of life itself, everything is governed by the four Laws of Thermodynamics. These laws specify the nature of 'energy' and 'temperature', and are soon revealed to reach out and define the arrow of time itself: why things change and why death must come.In this Very
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Order Out of Chaos

Man’s New Dialogue with Nature

door Ilya Prigogine, Isabelle Stengers ...

Serie series Radical Thinkers
Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge. In this landmark book, Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and acclaimed philosopher Isabelle Stengers offer an exciting and accessible account of the philosophical implications of thermodynamics. Prigogine and Stengers bring contradictory philosophies of time and chance into a novel and ambitious ... Meer lezen

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Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge. In this landmark book, Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and acclaimed philosopher Isabelle Stengers offer an exciting and accessible account of the philosophical implications of thermodynamics. Prigogine and Stengers bring contradictory philosophies of time and chance into a novel and ambitious
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Thermodynamique de l'évolution

Un essai de thermo-bio-sociologie

door François Roddier ...

Ils ne sont pas nombreux les livres qui nous donnent la vie. Celui-ci en est un. Il nous donne la vie parce qu’il va nous permettre d’éclairer l’avenir de l’humanité, si celle-ci veut survivre. Pour son auteur, le savant François Roddier, « Ce livre adresse un message aux générations actuelles et futures. L’Histoire montre que chaque fois qu’une société est en crise, elle cherche des coupables et ... Meer lezen

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Ils ne sont pas nombreux les livres qui nous donnent la vie. Celui-ci en est un. Il nous donne la vie parce qu’il va nous permettre d’éclairer l’avenir de l’humanité, si celle-ci veut survivre. Pour son auteur, le savant François Roddier, « Ce livre adresse un message aux générations actuelles et futures. L’Histoire montre que chaque fois qu’une société est en crise, elle cherche des coupables et
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Engineering Thermodynamics With Worked Examples (Second Edition)

door Nihal E Wijeysundera ...

The laws of thermodynamics have wide ranging practical applications in all branches of engineering.This invaluable textbook covers all the subject matter in a typical undergraduate course in engineering thermodynamics, and uses carefully chosen worked examples and problems to expose students to diverse applications of thermodynamics.This new edition has been revised and updated to include two new ... Meer lezen

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The laws of thermodynamics have wide ranging practical applications in all branches of engineering.This invaluable textbook covers all the subject matter in a typical undergraduate course in engineering thermodynamics, and uses carefully chosen worked examples and problems to expose students to diverse applications of thermodynamics.This new edition has been revised and updated to include two new
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Life's Ratchet

How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos

door Peter M Hoffmann ...

Life is an enduring mystery. Yet, science tells us that living beings are merely sophisticated structures of lifeless molecules. If this view is correct, where do the seemingly purposeful motions of cells and organisms originate? In Life's Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.Below the calm, ordered exterior of a living organism lies ... Meer lezen

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Life is an enduring mystery. Yet, science tells us that living beings are merely sophisticated structures of lifeless molecules. If this view is correct, where do the seemingly purposeful motions of cells and organisms originate? In Life's Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.Below the calm, ordered exterior of a living organism lies
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The Janus Point

A New Theory of Time

door Julian Barbour ...

In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time—and shapes the destiny of the universe.Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward?Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to ... Meer lezen

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In a universe filled by chaos and disorder, one physicist makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time—and shapes the destiny of the universe.Time is among the universe's greatest mysteries. Why, when most laws of physics allow for it to flow forward and backward, does it only go forward?Physicists have long appealed to the second law of thermodynamics, held to
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Willard Gibbs

The Whole Is Simpler than Its Parts

door Muriel Rukeyser ...

Marginalian Editions presents a groundbreaking poet’s biography of the forgotten scientist who founded physical chemistry, shaping much of the 20th century—and an ingenious, expansive treatise on American creativity, character, and remembrance.Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) was an American visionary whose work shaped a century of science by bridging classical mechanics and quantum physics. A ... Meer lezen

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Marginalian Editions presents a groundbreaking poet’s biography of the forgotten scientist who founded physical chemistry, shaping much of the 20th century—and an ingenious, expansive treatise on American creativity, character, and remembrance.Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) was an American visionary whose work shaped a century of science by bridging classical mechanics and quantum physics. A
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Einstein’s Fridge

The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe

door Paul Sen ...

‘Hugely readable and entertaining’ JIM AL-KHALILI‘An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline’s breadth, largely told through its history’ PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLDEinstein’s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.The laws of thermodynamics govern everything ... Meer lezen

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A Course in Modern Mathematical Physics

Groups, Hilbert Space and Differential Geometry

door Peter Szekeres ...

This book, first published in 2004, provides an introduction to the major mathematical structures used in physics today. It covers the concepts and techniques needed for topics such as group theory, Lie algebras, topology, Hilbert space and differential geometry. Important theories of physics such as classical and quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and special and general relativity are also ... Meer lezen

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This book, first published in 2004, provides an introduction to the major mathematical structures used in physics today. It covers the concepts and techniques needed for topics such as group theory, Lie algebras, topology, Hilbert space and differential geometry. Important theories of physics such as classical and quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and special and general relativity are also
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Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets

Spectroscopy, Structure, and Dynamics

Bewerkt door Alkwin Slenczka, Jan Peter Toennies ...

Serie Boek 145 - Topics in Applied Physics
This open access book covers recent advances in experiments using the ultra-cold, very weakly perturbing superfluid environment provided by helium nanodroplets for high resolution spectroscopic, structural and dynamic studies of molecules and synthetic clusters. The recent infra-red, UV-Vis studies of radicals, molecules, clusters, ions and biomolecules, as well as laser dynamical and laser ... Meer lezen

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This open access book covers recent advances in experiments using the ultra-cold, very weakly perturbing superfluid environment provided by helium nanodroplets for high resolution spectroscopic, structural and dynamic studies of molecules and synthetic clusters. The recent infra-red, UV-Vis studies of radicals, molecules, clusters, ions and biomolecules, as well as laser dynamical and laser
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Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

... or Why Things Tend to Go Wrong and Seem to Get Worse

door Robert Fleck ...

Serie series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book is a brief and accessible popular science text intended for a broad audience and of particular interest also to science students and specialists. Using a minimum of mathematics, a number of qualitative and quantitative examples, and clear illustrations, the author explains the science of thermodynamics in its full historical context, focusing on the concepts of energy and its ... Meer lezen

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This book is a brief and accessible popular science text intended for a broad audience and of particular interest also to science students and specialists. Using a minimum of mathematics, a number of qualitative and quantitative examples, and clear illustrations, the author explains the science of thermodynamics in its full historical context, focusing on the concepts of energy and its
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Thermodynamics: Principles And Applications

door Ismail Tosun ...

This eminently readable introductory text provides a sound foundation to understand the abstract concepts used to express the laws of thermodynamics. The emphasis is on the fundamentals rather than spoon-feeding the subject matter. The concepts are explained with utmost clarity in simple and elegant language. It provides the background material needed for students to solve practical problems ... Meer lezen

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This eminently readable introductory text provides a sound foundation to understand the abstract concepts used to express the laws of thermodynamics. The emphasis is on the fundamentals rather than spoon-feeding the subject matter. The concepts are explained with utmost clarity in simple and elegant language. It provides the background material needed for students to solve practical problems
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Ejectors for Efficient Refrigeration

Design, Applications and Computational Fluid Dynamics

door Giuseppe Grazzini, Adriano Milazzo, Federico Mazzelli ...

Serie series Energy (R0)
Encompassing both practical applications and recent research developments, this book takes the reader from fundamental physics, through cutting-edge new designs of ejectors for refrigeration. The authors’ unique vision marries successful design, system optimization, and operation experience with insights on the application of cutting-edge Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models. This robust ... Meer lezen

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Encompassing both practical applications and recent research developments, this book takes the reader from fundamental physics, through cutting-edge new designs of ejectors for refrigeration. The authors’ unique vision marries successful design, system optimization, and operation experience with insights on the application of cutting-edge Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models. This robust
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Thermodynamics and Morphodynamics in Wave Energy

door Antonio Moñino, Encarnación Medina-López, Rafael J. Bergillos, María Clavero, Alistair Borthwick, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez ...

Serie series Energy (R0)
This book examines the performance of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters. It discusses the influence of humid air inside the chamber and changes in the seabed, and also investigates the role of wave energy converters in coastal protection.The authors use a real gas model to describe the thermodynamics of the air–water vapour mixture inside the chamber, and the compression and ... Meer lezen

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This book examines the performance of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters. It discusses the influence of humid air inside the chamber and changes in the seabed, and also investigates the role of wave energy converters in coastal protection.The authors use a real gas model to describe the thermodynamics of the air–water vapour mixture inside the chamber, and the compression and
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Quantum Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms and Low Temperature Solids

door Kaden Richard Alan Hazzard ...

Serie series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The primary focus of this thesis is to theoretically describe nanokelvin experiments in cold atomic gases, which offer the potential to revolutionize our understanding of strongly correlated many-body systems. The thesis attacks major challenges of the field: it proposes and analyzes experimental protocols to create new and interesting states of matter and introduces theoretical techniques to ... Meer lezen

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The primary focus of this thesis is to theoretically describe nanokelvin experiments in cold atomic gases, which offer the potential to revolutionize our understanding of strongly correlated many-body systems. The thesis attacks major challenges of the field: it proposes and analyzes experimental protocols to create new and interesting states of matter and introduces theoretical techniques to
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Entropy Based Design and Analysis of Fluids Engineering Systems

door Greg F. Naterer, Jose A. Camberos ...

Entropy-based design (EBD) is an emerging new methodology that incorporates the Second Law into computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and measurement techniques. The book provides an overview of the design tool and its applications in various areas like microfluidics, multiphase flows, turbulence, compressible flows and others. It develops computational and experimental methods to track regions of ... Meer lezen

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Entropy-based design (EBD) is an emerging new methodology that incorporates the Second Law into computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and measurement techniques. The book provides an overview of the design tool and its applications in various areas like microfluidics, multiphase flows, turbulence, compressible flows and others. It develops computational and experimental methods to track regions of
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Structural Dynamics

door Einar N. Strømmen ...

Serie series Engineering (R0)
The first part of this book covers the general theory of structural dynamics, in a calculous format as well as a finite element formulation. Secondly, it contains methods of eigenvalue calculations of civil engineering structural systems. And third, it contains a major part covering dynamic displacement response calculations as induced by earthquake, turbulent wind, vortex shedding and moving ... Meer lezen

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The first part of this book covers the general theory of structural dynamics, in a calculous format as well as a finite element formulation. Secondly, it contains methods of eigenvalue calculations of civil engineering structural systems. And third, it contains a major part covering dynamic displacement response calculations as induced by earthquake, turbulent wind, vortex shedding and moving
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Machine Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering

Bewerkt door K. Palanikumar, Elango Natarajan, S. Ramesh, J. Paulo Davim ...

Serie series Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series
Machine Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering explains the latest applications of machine intelligence and data-driven decision-making in mechanical engineering industries. By providing introductory theory, trouble-shooting case studies, detailed algorithms and implementation instructions, this interdisciplinary book will help readers explore additional applications in their own fields. Those ... Meer lezen

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Machine Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering explains the latest applications of machine intelligence and data-driven decision-making in mechanical engineering industries. By providing introductory theory, trouble-shooting case studies, detailed algorithms and implementation instructions, this interdisciplinary book will help readers explore additional applications in their own fields. Those
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Turbulence and Interactions

Proceedings of the TI 2018 Conference, June 25-29, 2018, Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, France

Bewerkt door Michel Deville, Christophe Calvin, Vincent Couaillier, Marta De La Llave Plata, Jean-Luc Estivalèzes, Thiên Hiêp Lê, Stéphane Vincent ...

Serie series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents a snapshot of the state-of-art in the field of turbulence modeling, with an emphasis on numerical methods. Topics include direct numerical simulations, large eddy simulations, compressible turbulence, coherent structures, two-phase flow simulation and many more. It includes both theoretical contributions and experimental works, as well as chapters derived from keynote lectures, ... Meer lezen

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This book presents a snapshot of the state-of-art in the field of turbulence modeling, with an emphasis on numerical methods. Topics include direct numerical simulations, large eddy simulations, compressible turbulence, coherent structures, two-phase flow simulation and many more. It includes both theoretical contributions and experimental works, as well as chapters derived from keynote lectures,
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Analytical Thermodynamics

door Dongqing Li ...

Serie series Engineering (R0)
This book provides the foundations of analytical thermodynamics for graduate level. The content is based on the author’s lecture notes developed over 30 years of academic teaching. It aims to present thermodynamics to the readers as easy to understand as possible, being suitable for professors teaching advanced thermodynamics or graduate students learning thermodynamics. The chapters include the ... Meer lezen

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This book provides the foundations of analytical thermodynamics for graduate level. The content is based on the author’s lecture notes developed over 30 years of academic teaching. It aims to present thermodynamics to the readers as easy to understand as possible, being suitable for professors teaching advanced thermodynamics or graduate students learning thermodynamics. The chapters include the
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eBooks in de categorie Thermodynamica

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

Energy

Cycles of Time

Into the Black

The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction

Order Out of Chaos

Thermodynamique de l'évolution

Engineering Thermodynamics With Worked Examples (Second Edition)

Life's Ratchet

The Janus Point

Willard Gibbs

Einstein’s Fridge

A Course in Modern Mathematical Physics

Molecules in Superfluid Helium Nanodroplets

Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics: Principles And Applications

Ejectors for Efficient Refrigeration

Thermodynamics and Morphodynamics in Wave Energy

Quantum Phase Transitions in Cold Atoms and Low Temperature Solids

Entropy Based Design and Analysis of Fluids Engineering Systems

Structural Dynamics

Machine Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering

Turbulence and Interactions

Analytical Thermodynamics