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An Introduction to Plasma Physics and Its Space Applications, Volume 1 - Fundamentals and Elementary Processes (Hardcover):... An Introduction to Plasma Physics and Its Space Applications, Volume 1 - Fundamentals and Elementary Processes (Hardcover)
Luis Conde
R2,013 Discovery Miles 20 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The growing number of scientific and technological applications of plasma physics in the field of Aerospace Engineering requires that graduate students and professionals understand their principles. This introductory book is the expanded version of class notes of lectures I taught for several years to students of Aerospace Engineering and Physics. It is intended as a reading guide, addressed to students and non-specialists to tackle later with more advanced texts. To make the subject more accessible the book does not follow the usual organization of standard textbooks in this field and is divided in two parts. The first introduces the basic kinetic theory (molecular collisions, mean free path, etc.) of neutral gases in equilibrium in connection to the undergraduate physics courses. The basic properties of ionized gases and plasmas (Debye length, plasma frequencies, etc.) are addressed in relation to their equilibrium states and the collisional processes at the microscopic level. The physical description of short and long-range (Coulomb) collisions and the more relevant collisions (elementary processes) between electrons' ions and neutral atoms or molecules are discussed. The second part introduces the physical description of plasmas as a statistical system of interacting particles introducing advanced concepts of kinetic theory, (non-equilibrium distribution functions, Boltzmann collision operator, etc). The fluid transport equations for plasmas of electron ions and neutral atoms and the hydrodynamic models of interest in space science and plasma technology are derived. The plasma production in the laboratory in the context of the physics of electric breakdown is also discussed. Finally, among the myriad of aerospace applications of plasma physics, the low pressure microwave electron multipactor breakdown and plasma thrusters for space propulsion are presented in two separate chapters.

A Hidden Simplicity of Nuclear Particles - A Systematic Full Re-Classification of the Standard Model Particles (Hardcover):... A Hidden Simplicity of Nuclear Particles - A Systematic Full Re-Classification of the Standard Model Particles (Hardcover)
Fred Howard
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Accelerators and Colliders (Hardcover): Ozan Artun Accelerators and Colliders (Hardcover)
Ozan Artun
R3,304 Discovery Miles 33 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems (Paperback): Stanislaw Sieniutycz Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems (Paperback)
Stanislaw Sieniutycz
R5,088 R4,721 Discovery Miles 47 210 Save R367 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems responds to the need for a synthesizing volume that throws light upon the extensive field of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering perspective that applies basic ideas and key results from the field to chemical engineering problems. This book outlines and interprets the most valuable achievements in applied non-equilibrium thermodynamics obtained within the recent fifty years. It synthesizes nontrivial achievements of thermodynamics in important branches of chemical and biochemical engineering. Readers will gain an update on what has been achieved, what new research problems could be stated, and what kind of further studies should be developed within specialized research.

Recrystallization in Materials Processing (Hardcover): Vadim Glebovsky Recrystallization in Materials Processing (Hardcover)
Vadim Glebovsky
R3,364 Discovery Miles 33 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Big on Bk: Current Insights into the Function of Large Conductance Voltage- and Ca2+- Activated K+ Channels at the Molecular,... Big on Bk: Current Insights into the Function of Large Conductance Voltage- and Ca2+- Activated K+ Channels at the Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Levels, Volume 128 (Hardcover)
Candice Contet
R5,757 R4,824 Discovery Miles 48 240 Save R933 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Big on Bk: Current Insights into the Function of Large Conductance Voltage- and Ca2+- Activated K+ Channels at the Molecular, Cellular and Systemic Levels, a volume in the International Review of Neurobiology series, is a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research into this area. It reviews current knowledge and understanding, and also provides a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field.

A Study of Stark Broadening of High-Z Hydrogenic Ion Lines in Dense Hot Plasmas (Hardcover): Richard Tighe A Study of Stark Broadening of High-Z Hydrogenic Ion Lines in Dense Hot Plasmas (Hardcover)
Richard Tighe
R2,287 Discovery Miles 22 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Geological Controls for Gas Hydrates and Unconventionals (Paperback): Sanjeev Rajput, N K Thakur Geological Controls for Gas Hydrates and Unconventionals (Paperback)
Sanjeev Rajput, N K Thakur
R3,050 R2,861 Discovery Miles 28 610 Save R189 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Geological Controls for Gas Hydrate Formations and Unconventionals tells the story of unconventional hydrocarbon resources, especially gas hydrates, tight gas, shale gas, liquid- rich shale, and shale oil, to future generations. It presents the most current research in unconventionals, covering structural constituents of continental margins and their role in generating hydrocarbons. Additionally, this book answers basic questions regarding quantifications and characterizations, distributions, modes of occurrence, physical and chemical properties, and more - in essence, all the information that is necessary to improve the models for precision prediction of the enigma of gas hydrates and other unconventionals. Blending geology, geophysics, geomechanics, petrophysics, and reservoir engineering, it explains in simple language the scientific concepts that are necessary to develop geological and reservoir models for unconventionals. Serving as a focal point for geoscientists and engineers conducting research that focuses on reservoir characteristics of unconventionals, Geological Controls for Gas Hydrate Formations and Unconventionals is a useful resource for a variety of other specialiststies including physicists, geochemists, exploration geologists, and petroleum and reservoir engineers. It details the key factors for successful exploration and development of unconventional reservoirs including discovery, data evaluation, full-field development, production, and abandonment, along with a vivid description ofn the worldwide occurrence of unconventional hydrocarbons.

Keplerian Ellipses - The Physics of the Gravitational Two-Body Problem (Hardcover): Bruce Cameron Reed Keplerian Ellipses - The Physics of the Gravitational Two-Body Problem (Hardcover)
Bruce Cameron Reed
R1,563 Discovery Miles 15 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The development of man's understanding of planetary motions is the crown jewel of Newtonian mechanics. This book offers a concise but self-contained handbook-length treatment of this historically important topic for students at about the third-year-level of an undergraduate physics curriculum. After opening with a review of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, it proceeds to analyze the general dynamics of 'central force' orbits in spherical coordinates, how elliptical orbits satisfy Newton's gravitational law, and how the geometry of ellipses relates to physical quantities, such as energy and momentum. Exercises are provided, and derivations are set up in such a way that readers can gain analytic practice by filling in the missing steps. A brief bibliography lists sources for readers who wish to pursue further study on their own.

How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch - In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe (Paperback): Harry Cliff How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch - In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe (Paperback)
Harry Cliff
R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Witty, approachable and captivating' - Robin Ince 'A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is' - Sean Carroll 'A delightfully fresh and accessible approach to one of the great quests of science' - Graham Farmelo 'Lays out not just what we know, but how we found out (and what is left to be discovered' - Katie Mack 'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe' - Carl Sagan Inspired by Sagan's famous line, How To Make An Apple Pie From Scratch sets out on a journey to unearth everything we know about our universe: how it started, how we found out, and what we still have left to discover. Will we ever be able to understand the very first moments of the world we inhabit? What is matter really made of? How did anything survive the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? In pursuit of answers, we meet the scientists, astronomers and philosophers who brought us to our present understanding of the world - offering readers a front-row seat to the most dramatic journey human beings have ever embarked on. Harry Cliff's How To Make An Apple Pie From Scratch is an essential, fresh and funny guide to how we got to where we are now - and what we have to come.

Fluid Dynamics: Volume I (Hardcover): Bradley Foster Fluid Dynamics: Volume I (Hardcover)
Bradley Foster
R3,144 Discovery Miles 31 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Biologically-Inspired Energy Harvesting through Wireless Sensor Technologies (Hardcover): Vasaki Ponnusamy, Noor Zaman, Tang... Biologically-Inspired Energy Harvesting through Wireless Sensor Technologies (Hardcover)
Vasaki Ponnusamy, Noor Zaman, Tang Jung Low, Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin
R5,483 Discovery Miles 54 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The need for sustainable sources of energy has become more prevalent in an effort to conserve natural resources, as well as optimize the performance of wireless networks in daily life. Renewable sources of energy also help to cut costs while still providing a reliable power sources. Biologically-Inspired Energy Harvesting through Wireless Sensor Technologies highlights emerging research in the areas of sustainable energy management and transmission technologies. Featuring technological advancements in green technology, energy harvesting, sustainability, networking, and autonomic computing, as well as bio-inspired algorithms and solutions utilized in energy management, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academicians, and students interested in renewable or sustained energy in wireless networks.

Confocal Microscopy (Hardcover): Jian Liu, Jiubin Tan Confocal Microscopy (Hardcover)
Jian Liu, Jiubin Tan
R3,070 Discovery Miles 30 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The confocal microscope is appropriate for imaging cells or the measurement of industrial artefacts. However, junior researchers and instrument users sometimes misuse imaging concepts and metrological characteristics, such as position resolution in industrial metrology and scale resolution in bio-imaging. And, metrological characteristics or influence factors in 3D measurement such as height assessment error caused by 3D coupling effect are so far not yet identified. In this book, the authors outline their practices by the working experiences on standardization and system design. This book assumes little previous knowledge of optics, but rich experience in engineering of industrial measurements, in particular with profile metrology or areal surface topography will be very helpful to understand the theoretical concerns and value of the technological advances. It should be useful for graduate students or researchers as extended reading material, as well as microscope users alongside their handbook.

Introduction to Computational Physics for Undergraduates (Hardcover): Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber Introduction to Computational Physics for Undergraduates (Hardcover)
Omair Zubairi, Fridolin Weber
R2,086 Discovery Miles 20 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is an introductory textbook on computational methods and techniques intended for undergraduates at the sophomore or junior level in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering. It provides an introduction to programming languages such as FORTRAN 90/95/2000 and covers numerical techniques such as differentiation, integration, root finding, and data fitting. The textbook also entails the use of the Linux/Unix operating system and other relevant software such as plotting programs, text editors, and mark up languages such as LaTeX. It includes multiple homework assignments.

Disorder in Domain Theory (Hardcover): Keye Martin Disorder in Domain Theory (Hardcover)
Keye Martin
R1,498 Discovery Miles 14 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Domain theory, a subject that arose as a response to natural concerns in the semantics of computation, studies ordered sets which possess an unusual amount of mathematical structure. This book explores its connection with quantum information science and the concept that relates them: disorder. This is not a literary work. It can be argued that its subject, domain theory and quantum information science, does not even really exist, which makes the scope of this alleged 'work' irrelevant. BUT, it does have a purpose and to some extent, it can also be said to have a method. I leave the determination of both of those largely to you, the reader. Except to say, I am hoping to convince the uninitiated to take a look. A look at what? Twenty years ago, I failed to satisfactorily prove a claim that I still believe: that there is substantial domain theoretic structure in quantum mechanics and that we can learn a lot from it. One day it will be proven to the point that people will be comfortable dismissing it as a 'well-known' idea that many (possibly including themselves) had long suspected but simply never bothered to write down. They may even call it "obvious!" I will not bore you with a brief history lesson on why it is not obvious, except to say that we have never been interested in the difficulty of proving the claim only in establishing its validity. This book then documents various attempts on my part to do just that.

An Experiment with Time (Hardcover): J.W. Dunne An Experiment with Time (Hardcover)
J.W. Dunne
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Numerical Solutions of Initial Value Problems Using Mathematica (Hardcover): Sujaul Chowdhury, Ponkog Kumar Das Numerical Solutions of Initial Value Problems Using Mathematica (Hardcover)
Sujaul Chowdhury, Ponkog Kumar Das
R1,595 Discovery Miles 15 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book contains a detailed account of numerical solutions of differential equations of elementary problems of Physics using Euler and 2nd order Runge-Kutta methods and Mathematica 6.0. The problems are motion under constant force (free fall), motion under Hooke's law force (simple harmonic motion), motion under combination of Hooke's law force and a velocity dependent damping force (damped harmonic motion) and radioactive decay law. Also included are uses of Mathematica in dealing with complex numbers, in solving system of linear equations, in carrying out differentiation and integration, and in dealing with matrices.

Conducting Polymers (Hardcover): Faris Y?lmaz Conducting Polymers (Hardcover)
Faris Yılmaz
R3,378 Discovery Miles 33 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Biophotonics - Vibrational Spectroscopic Diagnostics (Hardcover): Matthew Baker, Katherine a Hollywood, Caryn Hughes Biophotonics - Vibrational Spectroscopic Diagnostics (Hardcover)
Matthew Baker, Katherine a Hollywood, Caryn Hughes
R3,070 Discovery Miles 30 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Biophotonic diagnostics/biomedical spectroscopy can revolutionise the medical environment by providing a responsive and objective diagnostic environment. This book aims to explain the fundamentals of the physical techniques used combined with the particular requirements of analysing medical/clinical samples as a resource for any interested party. In addition, it will show the potential of this field for the future of medical science and act as a driver for translation across many different biological problems/questions.

Modern Analytical Electromagnetic Homogenization (Hardcover): Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia Modern Analytical Electromagnetic Homogenization (Hardcover)
Tom G. Mackay, Akhlesh Lakhtakia
R3,077 Discovery Miles 30 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Electromagnetic homogenization is the process of estimating the effective electromagnetic properties of composite materials in the long-wavelength regime, wherein the length scales of nonhomogeneities are much smaller than the wavelengths involved. This is a bird's-eye view of currently available homogenization formalisms for particulate composite materials. It presents analytical methods only, with focus on the general settings of anisotropy and bianisotropy. The authors largely concentrate on 'effective' materials as opposed to 'equivalent' materials, and emphasize the fundamental (but sometimes overlooked) differences between these two categories of homogenized composite materials. The properties of an 'effective' material represents those of its composite material, regardless of the geometry and dimensions of the bulk materials and regardless of the orientations and polarization states of the illuminating electromagnetic fields. In contrast, the properties of 'equivalent' materials only represent those of their corresponding composite materials under certain restrictive circumstances.

Existence does not play dice . . . unless we ask for it - Introducing BUBBLE THEORY 1.0 (Hardcover): Benjamin (Ben) Lipman Existence does not play dice . . . unless we ask for it - Introducing BUBBLE THEORY 1.0 (Hardcover)
Benjamin (Ben) Lipman
R1,197 Discovery Miles 11 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kinematic Labs with Mobile Devices (Hardcover): Jason M. Kinser Kinematic Labs with Mobile Devices (Hardcover)
Jason M. Kinser
R3,070 Discovery Miles 30 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As technology advances, education has expanded from the classroom into other formats including online delivery, flipped classrooms and hybrid delivery. Congruent with these is the need for alternative formats for laboratory experiences. This explosion in technology has also placed in the hands of a majority of students a sensor suite tucked neatly into their smartphones or smart tablets. The popularity of these devices provides a new avenue for the non-traditional kinematic lab experience. This book addresses this issue by providing 13 labs spanning the common topics in the first semester of university-level physics. Each lab is designed to use only the student's smartphone, laptop and items easily found in big-box stores or a hobby shop. Each lab contains theory, set-up instructions and basic analysis techniques. All of these labs can be performed outside of the traditional university lab setting and initial costs averaging less than $8 per student, per lab, excluding the smartphone and laptop.

A User's Guide-The Sequel (Hardcover): Herb Gruning A User's Guide-The Sequel (Hardcover)
Herb Gruning; Foreword by Paul Van Arragon
R888 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R122 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fluid Dynamics Handbook (Hardcover): Maria Forest Fluid Dynamics Handbook (Hardcover)
Maria Forest
R2,524 Discovery Miles 25 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Statistical Thermodynamics of Semiconductor Alloys (Paperback): Vyacheslav A. Elyukhin Statistical Thermodynamics of Semiconductor Alloys (Paperback)
Vyacheslav A. Elyukhin
R2,616 R2,463 Discovery Miles 24 630 Save R153 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Statistical Thermodynamics of Semiconductor Alloys is the consideration of thermodynamic properties and characteristics of crystalline semiconductor alloys by the methods of statistical thermodynamics. The topics presented in this book make it possible to solve such problems as calculation of a miscibility gap, a spinodal decomposition range, a short-range order, deformations of crystal structure, and description of the order-disorder transitions. Semiconductor alloys, including doped elemental semiconductors are the basic materials of solid-state electronics. Their structural stability and other characteristics are key to determining the reliability and lifetime of devices, making the investigation of stability conditions an important part of semiconductor physics, materials science, and engineering. This book is a guide to predicting and studying the thermodynamic properties and characteristics of the basic materials of solid-state electronics.

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