This clear and concise introduction to nuclear physics provides an excellent basis for a core undergraduate course. The book opens by setting nuclear physics in the context of elementary particle physics and then shows how simple models can provide an understanding of the properties of nuclei and the nature of nuclear reactions. The book also includes chapters on nuclear fission, its application in nuclear power reactors, the role of nuclear physics in energy production and nucleosynthesis...

The second edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions, and the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry. It has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less, and this book gives a coherent presentation of the phenomena and the theory that describes them. It includes an account of progress in the theory of strong interactions and...

After accidentally cursing his ex-boyfriend, a reluctant hero must complete a dangerous quest to undo his spell . . . all while falling for a brooding new crewmate with dark secrets.Kieran has never had much luck in love or magic. Other than being freed from a family curse that would have killed him and doomed his twin sister, life isn’t going his way.So, after getting put on notice by his boyfriend and accidentally writing a poem so bad (and magically haza...

From the author of the New York Times bestselling My Dearest Darkest comes another incredible sapphic horror. When four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them. This summer is going to get gory.Two years ago, a small percentage of population underwent a transformation known as the Hollowing. Those affected were only able to survive by consum...

These two volumes provide a translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. All the works included in that edition are translated here, together with a number of additional texts crucial for an understanding of Cartesian philosophy, including important material from Descartes' scientific writ...

Christmas is always filled with wonder, hopes and dreams. We always seem to reflect back on the year and remember the good times as well as the bad and things we never thought we would make it through. But here you are looking forward to family and friends. What if you were given one wish what would you want?

The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is one of the most fascinating, oldest and most difficult questions human beings have ever posed themselves. In an increasingly secularized culture, it remains a question to which we are ineluctably and powerfully drawn.Drawing skillfully on a wealth of thinkers, writers and scientists from Augustine, Descartes, Freud and Camus, to Spinoza, Pascal, Darwin, and Wittgenstein, On the Meaning of Life breathes new vitality into one of ...

"I've come here to remember. Except I cannot remember someone I never knew. I can only try to connect to the past, through his remains.There's a lawn and an oak tree. The earth has been turned and churned and sown and resown with grass seed. But his ashes, they assured me, are buried in the section in front of me.This is the closest I've come, physically, to Stanley. I get up from my bench and walk towards the oak tree. I stand under it and spread out my arms.His as...

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Elean Cottingham-Berry Legacy is about an invaluable, unique, and treasured behind-the-scenes portrait of a great and loving woman, Elean Cottingham-Berry. Elean Cottingham-Berry lived for ninety-seven years, while maintaining a wholesome and extraordinary life.Her brother, Dr. Sherman Cottingham, and sister, Willie Fay Thompson, share her story with fondness and compassion, remembering Elean, a strong example of generations to come.About the Author:Dr. Sherman Cottin...

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes a cozy fantasy romance about a teen witch who must complete her magical training by breaking a powerful family’s curse. But her own affliction—to never find true love—gets in the way when she falls for the girl she’s trying to save.Magic is in Delilah Bea’s blood. Her absentee father is the world’s most famous cursebreaker, while all the women in her family are fated to never f...

These two 1985 volumes provide a translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. All the works included in that edition are translated here, together with a number of additional texts crucial for an understanding of Cartesian philosophy, including important material from Descartes' scientific...