Practical quantum computing still seems more than a decade away, and researchers have not even identified what the best physical ...
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This book takes you on a tour of the main ideas forming the language of modern mathematical physics. Here you will meet novel ...
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Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science ...
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On May 18-21, 2004, the Max-Planck-Society’s Harnack-Haus in Dahlem, Berlin hosted the international symposium "Exploring ...
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This new edition of Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora is based on the author's own experiences as a scientist. It describes ...
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While the basic operating principles of Helical Magnetic Flux Compression Generators are easy to understand, the details ...
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This textbook introduces the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, their active galactic nuclei, their evolution and their ...
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Research on extrasolar planets is one of the exciting fields of activity in astrophysics, from early speculations on the ...
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Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, ...
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The present threat of the terrorist attacks or accidental explosions, the climate change which brings strong stormy winds ...
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Following the birth of the laser in 1960, the field of "nonlinear optics" rapidly emerged. Today, laser intensities and ...
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The book details the vast progress that has been achieved in the understanding of the physical mechanisms of rogue wave phenomenon ...
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The study of the statistics of extreme events is an essential first step in the mitigation of natural catastrophies, that ...
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Introduces the factorization method in quantum mechanics at an advanced level with an aim to put mathematical and physical ...
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This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if ...
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Giant tools are not necessarily required to produce scientifically valid results in the field of astronomy. Even the amateur ...
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Feminist work in the history of philosophy has come of age as an innovative field in the history of philosophy. This volume ...
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This is the second edition of this advanced textbook written for scientists who require further training in femtosecond science. ...
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As concepts and methodologies have evolved over the past two decades, the realm of ultrafast science has become vast and ...
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This book provides an introductory description of mode-locked lasers, the connection between time and frequency descriptions ...
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