Bringing a reasonable voice to the culture wars that have sprung up around the notion of scientific truth, this book offers a clear and constructive response to those who contend, in parodies, polemics and op-ed pieces, that there really is no such thing as verifiable objective truth--and consequently no such thing as scientific authority. ...

In this book we find engaging discussions of solitons and superconductors, quarks and strings, phase space, tachyons, time, chaos, and indeterminacy, as well as the investigations that have led to their elucidation. ...

This text deals with the phenomenological theory of first-order structural phase transitions, with a special emphasis on reconstructive transformations in which a group-subgroup relationship between the symmetries of the phases is absent. It starts with a unified presentation of the current approach to first-order phase transitions, using the more recent results of the Landau theory of phase transitions and of the theory of singularities. A ...

This volume of personally selected papers by one of the world's leading astrophysicists will be of interest to active workers and students in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation, and also in high-energy and nuclear physics. The book is of a level accessible to beginning graduate students. ...

Derived from the content of the respected "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms," Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. All include:
* Pronunciation guide for every term * Acronyms, cross-references, and abbreviations * Appendices with conversion tables; listings of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation; tables of relevant data; ...

The aim of this book is to discuss, and to some extent explore, that borderland territory between physics and philosophy in an interesting and contemporary light. Contents: what are physics and philosophy; how do we know; the two voices of science and philosophy; the passing of the mechanical age; the new physics; from appearance to reality; some problems of philosophy. ...

Rigorous, systematic study by renowned physicist offers advanced students a thorough background in mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, stressing atomic, nuclear, and microscopic matters. Contents: 1. Mechanics. 2. Electrodynamics. 3. Quantum Mechanics. 4. Statistical Physics. Appendix. Bibliography. Subject Index. Unabridged republication of the 1961 edition. 56 Figures. ...

The physics of black holes and spacetime singularities is now a well established area of research in gravitation theory. Over recent years researchers have begun to study the internal structure of black holes and spacetime singularities. This book is primarily the proceedings of a workshop devoted to the subject. The chapters are mainly written versions of the talks given at the workshop. However, the authors have written extended introductions ...

"More interesting than any best seller among novels which we have ever seen."--"London Morning Post""A detailed, easy-to-follow explanation of gases, liquids, and solids."--"Industrial Bulletin"Developed from a Nobel Prize-winning physicist's popular lectures at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, this easy-to-understand book explains the nature of atoms, metal, gases, diamonds, ice, crystals, liquids, and other aspects of science. Many ...

This classic early introduction to Einstein's theory, written by a prominent physicist, provides an excellent introduction for the uninitiated and the necessary methods for those pursuing the theory's more complicated applications. It considers the two main postulates upon which the theory rests and their experimental evidence, followed by an elementary deduction of the postulates' consequences, a variety of kinematic applications, and the ...