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Handbook of Electron Spin Resonance - Vol. 1 (Hardcover, 1994 ed.): Charles P., Jr. Poole, Horacio A. Farach Handbook of Electron Spin Resonance - Vol. 1 (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
Charles P., Jr. Poole, Horacio A. Farach
R4,375 Discovery Miles 43 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Market: Physicists, chemists, biochemists, and biologists. Here's the first book to gather the vast range of experimental data in electron spin resonance (ESR) into a single volume. Concise yet comprehensive, it offers an easy-to-use collection of up-to-date experimental data, methods, and theory. The Handbook includes key contributions from leading scientists and provides over 200 tables and figures. Although specific ESR subfields are covered in numerous books and journals, the Handbook of Electron Spin Resonance is the only comprehensive reference to present extensive tabulation of data and experimental results. The Handbook also provides introductions to theoretical backgrounds, methods, and instrumentation.

Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction To Perturbative Methods In Gauge Theories (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd... Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction To Perturbative Methods In Gauge Theories (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Taizo Muta
R1,848 Discovery Miles 18 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume develops the techniques of perturbative QCD in great pedagogical detail starting with field theory. Aside from extensive treatments of the renormalization group technique, the operator product expansion formalism and their applications to short-distance reactions, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge theories. Examples and exercises are provided to amplify the discussions on important topics. This is an ideal textbook on the subject of quantum chromodynamics and is essential for researchers and graduate students in high energy physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics.

Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction To Perturbative Methods In Gauge Theories (3rd Edition) (Hardcover, 3rd... Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction To Perturbative Methods In Gauge Theories (3rd Edition) (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
Taizo Muta
R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume develops the techniques of perturbative QCD in great pedagogical detail starting with field theory. Aside from extensive treatments of the renormalization group technique, the operator product expansion formalism and their applications to short-distance reactions, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge theories. Examples and exercises are provided to amplify the discussions on important topics. This is an ideal textbook on the subject of quantum chromodynamics and is essential for researchers and graduate students in high energy physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics.

Principles Of Radiation Interaction In Matter And Detection (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Claude Leroy,... Principles Of Radiation Interaction In Matter And Detection (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Claude Leroy, Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
R8,393 Discovery Miles 83 930 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book, like its first edition, addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter and the principle of particle detectors in a wide scope of fields, from low to high energy, including space physics and the medical environment. It provides abundant information about the processes of electromagnetic and hadronic energy deposition in matter, detecting systems, and performance and optimization of detectors.In this second edition, new sections dedicated to the following topics are included: space and high-energy physics radiation environment, non-ionizing energy loss (NIEL), displacement damage in silicon devices and detectors, single event effects, detection of slow and fast neutrons with silicon detectors, solar cells, pixel detectors, and additional material for dark matter detectors.This book will benefit graduate students and final-year undergraduates as a reference and supplement for courses in particle, astroparticle, and space physics and instrumentation. A part of it is directed toward courses in medical physics. The book can also be used by researchers in experimental particle physics at low, medium, and high energy who are dealing with instrumentation.

Principles Of Radiation Interaction In Matter And Detection (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Claude Leroy,... Principles Of Radiation Interaction In Matter And Detection (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Claude Leroy, Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
R3,472 Discovery Miles 34 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book, like its first edition, addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter and the principle of particle detectors in a wide scope of fields, from low to high energy, including space physics and the medical environment. It provides abundant information about the processes of electromagnetic and hadronic energy deposition in matter, detecting systems, and performance and optimization of detectors. In this second edition, new sections dedicated to the following topics are included: space and high-energy physics radiation environment, non-ionizing energy loss (NIEL), displacement damage in silicon devices and detectors, single event effects, detection of slow and fast neutrons with silicon detectors, solar cells, pixel detectors, and additional material for dark matter detectors. This book will benefit graduate students and final-year undergraduates as a reference and supplement for courses in particle, astroparticle, and space physics and instrumentation. A part of it is directed toward courses in medical physics. The book can also be used by researchers in experimental particle physics at low, medium, and high energy who are dealing with instrumentation.

Pushing The Frontiers Of Atomic Physics - Proceedings Of The Xxi International Conference On Atomic Physics (Hardcover):... Pushing The Frontiers Of Atomic Physics - Proceedings Of The Xxi International Conference On Atomic Physics (Hardcover)
Winthrop W. Smith, Robin Cote, Phillip L. Gould, Michael G Rozman
R3,935 Discovery Miles 39 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This unique book highlights the state of the art of the booming field of atomic physics in the early 21st century. It contains the majority of the invited papers from an ongoing series of conferences, held every two years, devoted to forefront research and fundamental studies in basic atomic physics, broadly defined. This conference, held at the University of Connecticut in July 2008, is part of a series of conferences, which began in 1968 and had its historical origins in the molecular beam conferences of the I. I. Rabi group. It provides an archival and up-to-date summary of current research on atoms and simple molecules as well as their interactions with each other and with external fields, including degenerate Bose and Fermi quantum gases and interactions involving ultrafast lasers, strong field control of X-ray processes, and nanoscale and mesoscopic quantum systems. The work of three recent Nobel Laureates in atomic physics is included, beginning with a lecture by Eric Cornell on "When Is a Quantum Gas a Quantum Liquid?". There are also papers by Laureates Steven Chu and Roy Glauber. The volume also contains the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize lecture by Cheng Chin on "Exploring Universality of Few-Body Physics Based on Ultracold Atoms Near Feshbach Resonances".

Topics in Atomic and Nuclear Collisions - Proceedings of a NATO ASI Held in Predeal, Romania, August 31-September 11, 1992... Topics in Atomic and Nuclear Collisions - Proceedings of a NATO ASI Held in Predeal, Romania, August 31-September 11, 1992 (Hardcover, New)
B. Remaud, Etc
R2,479 Discovery Miles 24 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nuclear Collisions and Structure: Descriptions of Heavy Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies; E. Lehman. Boltzman Master Equation Theory of Nuclear Reactions; M. Cavinato, et al. Formation and Decay of Hot Nuclei; B. Tamain. Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Hot Nucleus DeExcitation; M. Gui et, al. Atomic Collisions: New Means and Objectives in the X and XUv Spectroscopy and Imagery; Y. Cauchois. Collisions of Molecules with Clusters; J. Jellinek, Z.B. Guvenc. Theory of Slow Atomic Collisions; F. Masnou-Seeuws. RMatrix Calculation of Multichannel Quantum Defect Parameters in Heavy Alkaline Earth Atoms; M. Aymar. New Phenomena at High Energy Collisions: Renaissance of Interest in Cosmic Rays; H. Rebel. The Sharp Lepton Problem and the C(Q0) Scenario; J.J. Griffin. Electromagnetic and Mesonic Cherenkov Effects in Nuclear Media; W. Stocker, D.B. Ion. 16 additional articles. Index.

Single Molecule Spectroscopy, v. 67 - Nobel Conference Lectures (Hardcover): Rudolf Rigler, Thomas Basche, Michel Orrit Single Molecule Spectroscopy, v. 67 - Nobel Conference Lectures (Hardcover)
Rudolf Rigler, Thomas Basche, Michel Orrit
R2,444 Discovery Miles 24 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book surveys recent advances related to the application of single molecule techniques in various fields of science. The topics, each described by leading experts in the field, range from single molecule experiments in quantum optics and solid-state physics to analogous investigations in physical chemistry and biophysics. A unifying theme of all chapters is the power of single molecule techniques to unravel fluctuations and heterogeneities usually hidden in the ensemble average of complex systems. The concept for the book originated from a gathering of some of the world's leading scientists at the Nobel Conference in Sweden.

X-Ray Lasers 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 30 May - 4 June 2010, Gwangju, Korea... X-Ray Lasers 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on X-Ray Lasers, 30 May - 4 June 2010, Gwangju, Korea (Hardcover, Edition.)
Jongmin Lee, Chang Hee Nam, Karol A. Janulewicz
R5,225 Discovery Miles 52 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book provides a thorough account of the current status of achievements made in the area of soft X-Ray laser source development and of the increasingly diverse applications being demonstrated using such radiation sources. There is significant effort worldwide to develop very bright, short duration radiation sources in the X-Ray spectral region - driven by the multitude of potential applications in all branches of science. This book contains updates on several different approaches for comparative purposes but concentrates on developments in the area of laser-produced plasmas, whereby transient population inversion and gain between ion states is pumped by optical lasers interacting with pre-formed plasmas. Topics covered will include Laser-driven XRLs, Collisional XRLs, Recombination XRLs, Transient Inversion Collisional XRLs, Optical Field Ionization XRLs, Alternative XRL, pumping schemes Theory and simulations of XRL gain media and beam properties High order harmonic sources of XUV radiation, Free-electron lasers and other accelerator based X-Ray sources, X-Ray Laser drives, X-Ray optics and instrumentation Spectroscopy, and other diagnostics of laser media Applications of XRLs.

Niels Bohr, 1913-2013 - Poincare Seminar 2013 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Olivier Darrigol, Bertrand Duplantier, Jean-Michel... Niels Bohr, 1913-2013 - Poincare Seminar 2013 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Olivier Darrigol, Bertrand Duplantier, Jean-Michel Raimond, Vincent Rivasseau
R3,053 R1,881 Discovery Miles 18 810 Save R1,172 (38%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This fourteenth volume in the Poincare Seminar Series is devoted to Niels Bohr, his foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory and their continuing importance today. This book contains the following chapters: - Tomas Bohr, Keeping Things Open; - Olivier Darrigol, Bohr's Trilogy of 1913; -John Heilbron, The Mind that Created the Bohr Atom; - Serge Haroche & Jean-Michel Raimond, Bohr's Legacy in Cavity QED; - Alain Aspect, From Einstein, Bohr, Schroedinger to Bell and Feynman: a New Quantum Revolution?; - Antoine Browaeys, Interacting Cold Rydberg Atoms: A Toy Many-Body System; - Michel Bitbol & Stefano Osnaghi, Bohrs Complementarity and Kants Epistemology. Dating from their origin in lectures to a broad scientific audience these seven chapters are of high educational value. This volume is of general interest to physicists, mathematicians and historians.

Introduction To The Physics Of Particle Accelerators, An (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Mario Conte, William... Introduction To The Physics Of Particle Accelerators, An (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Mario Conte, William W. MacKay
R1,701 Discovery Miles 17 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a concise and coherent introduction to the physics of particle accelerators, with attention being paid to the design of an accelerator for use as an experimental tool. In the second edition, new chapters on spin dynamics of polarized beams as well as instrumentation and measurements are included, with a discussion of frequency spectra and Schottky signals. The additional material also covers quadratic Lie groups and integration highlighting new techniques using Cayley transforms, detailed estimation of collider luminosities, and new problems.

Subatomic Physics Solutions Manual (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Ernest M. Henley, Alejandro Garcia Subatomic Physics Solutions Manual (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Ernest M. Henley, Alejandro Garcia
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the solutions manual for many (particularly odd-numbered) end-of-chapter problems in Subatomic Physics, 3rd Edition by Henley and Garcia. The student who has worked on the problems will find the solutions presented here a useful check on answers and procedures.

Subatomic Physics (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Alejandro Garcia, Ernest M. Henley Subatomic Physics (3rd Edition) (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Alejandro Garcia, Ernest M. Henley
R1,885 Discovery Miles 18 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the third and fully updated edition of the classic textbook on physics at the subatomic level. An up-to-date and lucid introduction to both particle and nuclear physics, the book is suitable for both experimental and theoretical physics students at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels.Topics are introduced with key experiments and their background, encouraging students to think and empowering them with the capability of doing back-of-the-envelope calculations in a diversity of situations. Earlier important experiments and concepts as well as topics of current interest are covered, with extensive use of photographs and figures to convey principal concepts and show experimental data.The coverage includes new material on:Detectors and acceleratorsNucleon elastic form factor dataNeutrinos, their masses and oscillationsChiral theories and effective field theories, and lattice QCDRelativistic heavy ions (RHIC)Nuclear structure far from the region of stabilityParticle astrophysics and cosmology

Quantum Antennas (Hardcover): Harish Parthasarathy Quantum Antennas (Hardcover)
Harish Parthasarathy
R3,517 Discovery Miles 35 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is about several questions regarding how to describe the quantization of the current density in an antenna and about the nature of the quantum electromagnetic field produced by such a quantum current density. The second quantized current density can be built out of the Dirac field of electrons and positrons while the free electromagnetic or photon field is built out of solutions to the wave equation with coefficients being operators, namely the creation and annihilation operators of the photons. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Reference Data on Multicharged Ions (Hardcover): Vitalij G. Pal'chikov, V.P. Shevelko Reference Data on Multicharged Ions (Hardcover)
Vitalij G. Pal'chikov, V.P. Shevelko
R2,407 Discovery Miles 24 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Reference Data on Multicharged Ions summarizes spectroscopic and collisional atomic data for highly charged positive ions: oscillator strength, energy levels, transition probabilities, cross sections and rate coefficients of different elementary processes taking place in hot plasmas.
The book does not give complicated theory and formulas; it presents the data in abbreviated form using tables, figures and, if possible, scaling laws for different characteristics. The data is interpreted on physical grounds, and ample references are given to the original literature.

Quantitative Particle Physics - Proceedings of a NATO ASI Held in Cargese, France, July 20-August 1, 1992 (Hardcover, New):... Quantitative Particle Physics - Proceedings of a NATO ASI Held in Cargese, France, July 20-August 1, 1992 (Hardcover, New)
Maurice Levy, Etc
R2,474 Discovery Miles 24 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

History of Weak Interactions; T.D. Lee. Physics at LEP; L. Foa. Electroweak Precision Tests; R. Barbieri. Chiral Perturbation Theory; G. Ecker. CP- and T-Violations in the Standard Model; J.M. Gerard. Heavy Flavor Physics; K. Berkelman. Physics at HERA; G. Wolf. Physics with Hadron Colliders; M.J. Shochet. Neutrino Physics; B.C. Barish. Inflation after COBE; M.S. Turner. Oblique Electroweak Parameters and Additional Fermion Generators; G. Bhattacharyya. Electroweak Symmetry Breaking from the Top; N. Evans. Higgs Mass Limits from Electroweak Baryogenesis; S. Myint. Carbon 60; T.D. Lee. Index.

Progress in Optics: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, Volume 65 - A Tribute to Emil Wolf (Hardcover): Taco Visser Progress in Optics: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, Volume 65 - A Tribute to Emil Wolf (Hardcover)
Taco Visser
R4,827 Discovery Miles 48 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Progress in Optics, Volume 65: A Tribute to Emil Wolf, provides the latest release in a series that presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in optics research. In this update, readers will find timely chapters on Specular mirror interferometer, Maximum Likelihood Estimation in the Context of an Optical Measurement, Surface Plasmons, The Development of Coherence Theory, and much more.

Analyzing Biomolecular Interactions by Mass Spectrometry (Hardcover): J Kool Analyzing Biomolecular Interactions by Mass Spectrometry (Hardcover)
J Kool
R3,962 Discovery Miles 39 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This monograph reviews all relevant technologies based on mass spectrometry that are used to study or screen biological interactions in general. Arranged in three parts, the text begins by reviewing techniques nowadays almost considered classical, such as affinity chromatography and ultrafiltration, as well as the latest techniques. The second part focusses on all MS-based methods for the study of interactions of proteins with all classes of biomolecules. Besides pull down-based approaches, this section also emphasizes the use of ion mobility MS, capture-compound approaches, chemical proteomics and interactomics. The third and final part discusses other important technologies frequently employed in interaction studies, such as biosensors and microarrays. For pharmaceutical, analytical, protein, environmental and biochemists, as well as those working in pharmaceutical and analytical laboratories.

Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions (Hardcover): Ramona Vogt Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions (Hardcover)
Ramona Vogt
R3,401 Discovery Miles 34 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in high energy heavy-ion physics. It is relevant for students who will work on topics being explored at RHIC and the LHC.
In the first part, the basic principles of these studies are covered including kinematics, cross sections (including the quark model and parton distribution functions), the geometry of nuclear collisions, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics and relevant aspects of lattice gauge theory at finite temperature.
The second part covers some more specific probes of heavy-ion collisions at these energies: high mass thermal dileptons, quarkonium and hadronization. The second part also serves as extended examples of concepts learned in the previous part. Both parts contain examples in the text as well as exercises at the end of each chapter.
- Designed for students and newcomers to the field
- Focuses on hard probes and QCD
- Covers all aspects of high energy heavy-ion physics
- Includes worked example problems and exercises

Lattice Methods For Quantum Chromodynamics (Hardcover): Thomas A. DeGrand, Carleton DeTar Lattice Methods For Quantum Chromodynamics (Hardcover)
Thomas A. DeGrand, Carleton DeTar
R3,167 Discovery Miles 31 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Numerical simulation of lattice-regulated QCD has become an important source of information about strong interactions. In the last few years there has been an explosion of techniques for performing ever more accurate studies on the properties of strongly interacting particles. Lattice predictions directly impact many areas of particle and nuclear physics theory and phenomenology.This book provides a thorough introduction to the specialized techniques needed to carry out numerical simulations of QCD: a description of lattice discretizations of fermions and gauge fields, methods for actually doing a simulation, descriptions of common strategies to connect simulation results to predictions of physical quantities, and a discussion of uncertainties in lattice simulations. More importantly, while lattice QCD is a well-defined field in its own right, it has many connections to continuum field theory and elementary particle physics phenomenology, which are carefully elucidated in this book. /remove

Metallic Chains / Chains of Metals, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Michael Springborg, Yi Dong Metallic Chains / Chains of Metals, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Michael Springborg, Yi Dong
R3,571 Discovery Miles 35 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The present book describes a large variety of different types of chain systems (nanowires), including shorter chains that are artificially produced for instance in break-junction experiments, chains synthesized as guests inside the channels of a host crystal, crystalline chain compounds, organic polymers (synthetic metals), and charge-transfer salts, thus covering an unusual wealth of systems. Both experimental and theoretical studies are discussed. Particular emphasis is put on illustrating the special phenomena that occur in such quasi-one-dimensional systems, and how theoretical and experimental efforts have been used in identifying those properties that are specific for truly one-dimensional systems from those of quasi-one-dimensional systems. Moreover, it is shown that metallic chains can be found in a large range of systems, but also that chains of metals not always are metallic.
- Gives a unifying description of very many different phenomena and systems
- High-Tc superconductors, conjugated polymers, gold nanowires, carbon nanotubes, chain compounds, and charge-transfer salts are all treated in one volume
- Illustrates the very broad range of quasi-one-dimensional systems

Microdosimetric Response of Physical and Biological Systems to Low- and High-LET Radiations - Theory and Applications to... Microdosimetric Response of Physical and Biological Systems to Low- and High-LET Radiations - Theory and Applications to Dosimetry (Hardcover)
Yigal Horowitz
R4,091 Discovery Miles 40 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of the aims of this book was to focus the attention of specialists to the diversity of the effects of the ionising radiation on biological and physical systems. Special emphasis has been placed on the exquisite complexities/differences introduced by high ionisation density versus low ionisation density irradiation in both biological and physical systems (Scholz - Chapter 1, Horowitz - Chapter 2, Olko - Chapter 3). As well we wanted to point out the need for novel experimental and theoretical approaches required to advance the important fields of micro and nanodosimetry. Important first steps have already been taken, for example, the accelerated application of semiconductor detectors in their various forms to microdosimetry and as well to practical, important applications in the radiation dosimetry of oncological procedures (Rosenfeld - Chapter 6). The vast number of applications of TLD to radiation dosimetry are not neglected; a special chapter is devoted to the application of TLDs to medical dosimetry applications (Mobit and Kron - Chapter 7) as well as a tutorial approach in an additional chapter to the cavity theories required to extrapolate dose from the detector medium to the tissue medium (Mobit and Sandison - Chapter 5). One of the major features of this book is the intensive, in depth, coverage of the theory and modelling of TL both from the solid state physics point of view (Chen - Chapter 4) and the microdosimetic point of view (Horowitz - Chapter 2 and Olko - Chapter 3). The many puzzling, quaint, quizzical features of TL science can now be understood in the framework of these advanced theoretical models, explained in straightforward, understandable terms.
-Quantifies/unifies the effects of ionising radiation in both the biological and physical systems
- Authoritative treatment of applications of semiconductor detectors and thermoluminescence dosemeters in medica l radiation dosimetry
- Basic and advanced aspects of microdosimetry applied to both biological and physical systems
- In-depth review of the effects of the density of ionising radiation in tsl and osl
- Concise and elegant treatment of cavity theory in medical oncological dosimetry
- Comprehensive review of this important interdisciplinary field including hundreds of ilustrations and references

Photo-Excited Processes, Diagnostics and Applications - Fundamentals and Advanced Topics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): A Peled Photo-Excited Processes, Diagnostics and Applications - Fundamentals and Advanced Topics (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
A Peled
R1,475 Discovery Miles 14 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Photo-Excited Processes, Diagnostics and Applications covers the area of photo-excitation and processing of materials by photons from the basic principles and theories to applications, from IR to x-rays, from gas phase to liquid and solid phases. The various chapters give a wide spectral view of this developing field.

Twelve leading groups worldwide set down to write this book during the past two years which include the most updated techniques used in their laboratories for investigating photo-excited processes and new applications. This book will be useful to scientists and engineers who have a strong interest in photo-assisted processes development for microelectronics and photonics.

The Political Arena (1934-1961), Volume 11 (Hardcover, 11th edition): Finn Aaserud The Political Arena (1934-1961), Volume 11 (Hardcover, 11th edition)
Finn Aaserud
R1,601 Discovery Miles 16 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Part I is devoted to Niels Bohr's mission to promote an "open world" between nations, that is, full sharing of information in the scientific and technical, as well as in the cultural spheres the scientific and technical, as well as in the cultural spheres. He started his mission immediately upon escaping from Nazi-occupied Denmark in the autumn of 1943, when he realized that the bomb was on the way to becoming a reality. As he wrote in 1944, he considered that the existence of the atomic bomb "would not only seem to necessitate but should also, due to the urgency of mutual confidence, facilitate" the realization of an open world. During the Second World War, while being actively involved in the Allied atomic bomb project, Bohr was able to obtain access to Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt to promote his view. After the war he continued his confidential approaches to the statesmen while publishing more generally oriented articles on the issue.
Although Bohr put in as much work in appeals to the statesmen as in his other writings, they were not intended for publication. This has called for the inclusion of a greater number than in earlier volumes of the Collected Works of previously unpublished documents as well as a particularly extensive historical introduction written by the editor. The material adds up to a fascinating sotry of the political dedication and social responsibility ofone of the major scientists of the twentieth century.
Part II documents Bohr's other social and political activities, such as his long-time presidency in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and his promotion of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Taking a broader approach than most of his other publications, these occasional writings, which are most often published versions of talks at public events, are particularly well suited to present Bohr to the general public, as a thinker as well as a person.


* Niels Bohr
* Open World
* Atomic Bomb Project
* Science and Politics
* Collected Works
* Archival Documents
* Original Photographs

Ready to Trample on All Human Law - Finance Capitalism in the Fiction of Charles Dickens (Hardcover): Paul A Jarvie Ready to Trample on All Human Law - Finance Capitalism in the Fiction of Charles Dickens (Hardcover)
Paul A Jarvie
R4,496 Discovery Miles 44 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the relationship of several of Dickens's texts (Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend) with the system of finance capitalism, both as reflections of the evolution of that system, and as attempts to shape and influence, if not the system itself, at least public opinion about the system and the actions of those who participated in it. Specifically, the book examines elements of Dickens's work that form a critique of financial capitalism. Dickens's critique is rooted in the difference between use-value and exchange-value, and in the difference between productive circulations and mere accumulation. The critique details how, in a money-based society, exchange-value and accumulation become dominant to the point where they infect even the most important social relations.
In terms of distinctive features, the book attempts to understand Dickens's critique of financial capitalism from within two very different points of view. The first of these is philosophical, from Aristotle's distinction between "chrematistic" accumulation and "economic" use of money to Marx's focus on the teleology of capitalism as death. The second context is that of nineteenth-century financial journalism, of "City" writers like David Morier Evans and M. L. Meason, who, while functioning as "cheerleaders" for financial capitalism, also reflected some of the very real "dis-ease" associated with capital formation and accumulation.
The core concepts of this critique and their fundamental relationships are constant in the novels, but the critique broadens and becomes more pessimistic over time. The ill effects of living in a money-based society are presented more asthe consequences of individual evil in earlier novels, while in the later books they are seen as far more systemic and pervasive.

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