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Invitation to contemporary physics / Q. Ho-Kim, N. Kumar, C.S. Lam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ho-Kim, Q. (Quang), 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Astrophysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (535 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This completely revised second edition of our hugely popular book invites the reader to explore ten of the most important areas of modern physics: Symmetry, Lasers, Superconductivity, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Nanoscience, Quantum Computation, Chaos and Fractals, Stellar Evolution, Particles, and Cosmology.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER I LASERS AND PHYSICS; CHAPTER II SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; CHAPTER III SYMMETRY OF NATURE AND NATURE OF SYMMETRY; CHAPTER IV CHAOS: CHANCE OUT OF NECESSITY; CHAPTER V BRIGHT STARS AND BLACK HOLES; CHAPTER VI THE INNERMOST SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE; CHAPTER VII COSMOLOGY; APPENDICES; GLOSSARY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611871888
- 9781281871886
- 1281871885
- 9789812388872
- 9812388877
- OCLC:
- 85849660
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