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Radiation Detection and Measurement

Author: Glenn F. Knoll
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Genre: Professional & Technical
My Rating:

: 4.5 (5 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: A Classic Text on Radiation Detection and Measurement Now Updated and Expanded Building on the proven success of this widely-used text, the Third Edition will provide you with a clear understanding of the methods and instrumentation used in the detection and measurement of ionizing radiation. It provides in-depth coverage of the basic principles of radiation detection as well as illustrating their application in a full set of modern instruments. In addition to a complete description of well-established detection and spectroscopic methods, many recently developed approaches are also explored. These include extensive new discussions of semiconductor detectors with unique properties, recently developed scintillation materials and photomultiplier tubes, and several gas-filled detectors of new design. Many other updates and additions have been made throughout the text and two appendices have been added. Over 100 new figures and tables have been included. Key Features of the Third Edition
* Every chapter has been updated with extensive addition of new references to relevant articles in the scientific literature.
* A number of new detection techniques have been added, strengthening the status of the text as the most comprehensive coverage of the topic to be found in any single book.
* The writing style has maintained the readability that has attracted favorable response from readers and reviewers of the earlier editions.
* The author uses his extensive research experience in radiation measurements, nuclear instrumentation, and radiation imaging to provide you with an invaluable resource.

The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor

Author: Ken Silverstein
Publisher: Villard
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
My Rating:

: 3.5 (14 votes)
Location: APS
Summary: Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science. While he was working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project: building a model nuclear reactor in his backyard garden shed.

Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. Following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental emergency that put his town’s forty thousand suburbanites at risk. The EPA ended up burying his lab at a radioactive dumpsite in Utah. This offbeat account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris has the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller.

The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor

Author: Ken Silverstein
Publisher: Villard
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
My Rating:

: 3.5 (15 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science. While he was working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project: building a model nuclear reactor in his backyard garden shed.

Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. Following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental emergency that put his town’s forty thousand suburbanites at risk. The EPA ended up burying his lab at a radioactive dumpsite in Utah. This offbeat account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris has the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller.

Radioactive Substances

Author: Marie Curie
Publisher: Dover Publications
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 5.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: "For the price of a movie ticket and a handful of popcorn, a reader can have a copy of Dr. Marie Curie's 1904 doctoral dissertation (English translation). This is not a typical dissertation, of course. For this research, she, her husband, and Henri Becquerel (her mentor) shared the Nobel prize in Physics in 1903 . . . recommended for the historical significance, the interesting presentation of the results, and example of outstanding research under challenging conditions."—"Florida Scientist," No. 1 2003
This volume reproduces the celebrated scientist's doctoral thesis, in which she proved beyond all doubt that radium is a chemical element. This work served as the prelude to Marie Curie's receipt of the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics, which she shared with her husband, Pierre Curie, and her mentor, Henri Becquerel. Here, Curie describes her methods of investigation and their results: establishing the atomic character of the radioactivity found in the compounds of uranium and thorium; the extraction from pitchblende of polonium and radium; the isolation of pure radium chloride; and the determination of the accurate atomic weight of radium. She also discusses her experimentation with the electric, photographic, luminous, heat, and color effects of radioactivity.

Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry

Author: Gregory R. Choppin, Jan-Olov Liljenzin, Jan Rydberg
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This book is well written in a very readable style. It is logical in its approach and covers a wide variety of topics within the nuclear sciences. It should appeal to the serious scholar of radiochemistry at both the undergraduate or postgraduate level. It is also worthy of note that the authors have dedicated the book to Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg.

The new edition of a well-known, respected text in the specialized field of nuclear chemistry includes an interactive website with testing and evaluation modules based on exercises in the book.

Although the text does not cover practical radiometric separations in great detail, it does provide the reader with a strong overview of this important field of science.

Relativity for Scientists and Engineers

Author: Ray Skinner
Publisher: Dover
Genre: Science
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Rider of the Pale Horse: A Memoir of Los Alamos and Beyond

Author: Mcallister Hull, Amy Bianco
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
My Rating:

: 5.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: A scientist's recollection of his life as a junior member of the Manhattan Project, "Rider of the Pale Horse" recounts McAllister Hull's involvement in various nuclear-related enterprises during and after World War II. Fresh from a summer job working with explosives in the chemistry department of an ordnance plant, Hull was drafted in 1943, after his freshman year in college. Unlike other accounts written by scientists and historians of that era, Hull's narrative offers a realistic picture of the dangerous and messy job that GIs and civilian powder men were asked to do. Life in the workshops where bomb components were constructed was very different from life in the offices where they were designed.
Hull's description of his postwar work supporting the Bikini Atoll tests in the Pacific and the early concerns about the effects of a hydrogen bomb explosion illuminate the Dark Age of nuclear weaponry. John Hull's handsome illustrations show technicians and scientists at work and bring the story to life.
""Rider of the Pale Horse" adds valuably to the total record of the most important technological development of the twentieth century."--Richard Rhodes, author of "The Making of the Atom Bomb"
"Hull gives a bottom-up view as seen by a foot-soldier. His account of the grubby details of the project is illuminated by his later view of its historical repercussions and bears new witness to a turning-point of history."--Freeman Dyson, author of "Disturbing the Universe"

Roadside Geology of Indiana

Author: Mark J. Camp, Mark J. Camp
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Genre: Travel
My Rating:

: 4.5 (4 votes)
Location: Home
Summary: "Roadside Geology of Indiana" is a field guide perfect for anyone who wishes to learn about Indiana's ancient past by getting out and exploring the countryside. There is no better way to experience geology than to get outside and get one's hands dirty, and this book allows just that by providing a field trip excursion across every part of the state. Provided are outcrop sites and quarries to visit as well as brief histories of mining towns and other historical trivia related to Indiana's bedrock geology. Divided into routes along individual roadways, this book is a well-organized adventure from the Ordovician bedrock of southeastern Indiana through the Pleistocene glacial features that characterize the north. Need to pass through Indiana but want to learn something along the way? This book is perfect for Sunday evening drives or holiday layovers. So get out there and enjoy!

Rockhounds Guide to New Mexico

Author: Melinda Crow
Publisher: Falcon
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 3.0 (1 votes)
Location: Home
Summary: More than one third of New Mexico is public land holding huge amounts of mineralogical treasure. Find unusual mineral displays, fossils, jasper, agate, petrified wood, and more obsidian than one rockhound could collect in a lifetime. The array and quality of material found in New Mexico are almost mind boggling. The Rockhound's Guide to New Mexico describes 75 of the state's best rockhounding sites, covering the popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide describes where and how to collect specimens, includes maps and directions to each site, and provides recommendations for accommodations, camping, and other special attractions. The Rockhound's Guide to New Mexico offers a complete introduction to the many-faceted hobby and is an outstanding guide and sourcebook.

Route 66: A Guidebook to the Mother Road

Author: Bob Moore, Patrick Grauwels, Yannis Argyropoulos
Publisher: U S D C Inc
Genre: Arts & Photography
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Route 66: Traveler's Guide and Roadside Companion

Author: Tom Snyder
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Genre: History
My Rating:

: 4.0 (15 votes)
Location: Home
Summary: Fully revised and expandedNew stories-more detailsNearly 30 feet of strip maps350 towns and attractionsMore highway memorabiliaMini-tours-rentals-discountsChicago-L.A. mileage table

Schaum's Outline of Physical Chemistry

Author: Clyde R. Metz
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 3.5 (4 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: If you want top grades and excellent understanding of physical chemistry, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you accompanying related problems with fully worked solutions. You also get hundreds of additional problems to solve on your own, working at your own speed. This superb Outline clearly presents every aspect of physical chemistry. Famous for their clarity, wealth of illustrations and examples, and lack of dreary minutie, SchaumÕs Outlines have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Compatible with any textbook, this Outline is also perfect for self-study. For better grades in courses covering physical chemistryÑyou canÕt do better than this SchaumÕs Outline!

Schaum's Outline of Quantum Mechanics

Author: Eliahu Zaarur, Phinik Reuven
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (16 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary:
This powerful study guide makes sometimes-daunting material accessible. More than 240 problems solved step-by-step help students gain a firm grasp of proper methods and a solid foundation for further study. All the essentials of this basic course are covered clearly and concisely, cutting study time and making important points memorable. The next-best thing to a private tutor, this study guide helps boost grades and proves ideal for professionals, too, who wish to study solo to master this discipline.

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of College Physics

Author: Frederick J. Bueche
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
Genre: Reference
My Rating:

: 4.5 (9 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary:
More than 500,000 students have purchased previous editions of this book! That's because this powerful study tool offers clear explanations and constant reinforcements, so that students quickly grasp this potentially difficult subject matter. It takes students from vectors to thermodynamics to applied nuclear physics, teaching effective problem-solving skills. The numerous, valuable appendixes make often-needed, basic information easy to find quickly, so this book is also an excellent reference.
The new edition of this best-selling book gives users a solid grasp of the principles of general physics through their application to a large number of carefully selected problems. The Ninth Edition features a new order of presentation that reflects the current physics curriculum and textbooks. Existing problems have been updated, and new problems have been added that deal with more realistic and practical situations, including those in the life sciences.

Secret Mesa: Inside Los Alamos National Laboratory

Author: Jo Ann Shroyer
Publisher: Wiley
Genre: Computers & Internet
My Rating:

: 5.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: "It's easy to feel watched in Los Alamos. During my first visit to the town several years ago, I stopped by the side of the road to take a picture of what I thought was just the Santa Fe National Forest. A small pickup truck did a quick U-turn and parked next to me until I left. When this happened again on another public highway in the area, I began to wonder whose woods these really were.
"Later I learned that the technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory extend far beyond the obvious cluster of gray and tan buildings at its center. They are spread out over forty-three square miles of woods and canyons and are hemmed in by national forest and parklands. It turns out I was nowhere near the heavily guarded areas of the lab, where picture taking would be considered a threat to national security. But I was quietly watched, nonetheless." —from the text
"It's easy to feel watched in Los Alamos," begins award-winning journalist Jo Ann Shroyer in this engrossing profile of life and work inside the world's most notorious science research center. Los Alamos is a world unto itself, rife with contradictions, haunted by its history, and yet bustling with an astonishing range of forefront science projects, from cancer research to the building of robotic ants. This is a town with the highest concentration of Ph.D.'s anywhere in the world; where children sometimes aren't allowed to know what their parents do for a living; and where weapons designers offer philosophical insights into why only deadly weapons can ensure lasting peace.
Created as a top-secret outpost on a desolate mesa in the New Mexico desert—exclusively for the purpose of assembling the world's first atomic weapon—Los Alamos was transformed during the Cold War into a high-powered science complex and full-blown "company town," with a population of 20,000, covering forty-three square miles and including schools, stores, churches, and a private ski slope. But even today, the town is tightly guarded by a 400-strong special security force, and glinting barriers of razor wire encircle research facilities protected by motion detectors and patrolled by armed guards.
As Shroyer probes behind closed doors, she finds a complex, colorful, and thoughtful community grappling with the legacy of its nuclear-tainted past and confronting the challenge of defining its future in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on extensive interviews with scientists and residents, from weapons designers to peace activists, she takes us into their labs and homes and explores the surprising range of their insights and research.
We accompany her as she "goes behind the fence" to visit the X-2 thermonuclear weapons facility and talk with weapons designer James "Jas" Mercer-Smith, who describes the lab's mission as "trying to keep people from killing themselves in vast numbers." We meet robot scientist Mark Tilden and witness the lively antics of the menagerie of mechanical creatures he calls his "Robot Jurassic Park." And we visit the bizarre junkyard overflowing with "techno trash" run by peace activist Ed Grothus, where he sells research materials, discarded by lab facilities that he ironically dubs nuclear waste.
A rich and evocative portrait of an intriguing, closed world, Secret Mesa ultimately offers a unique perspective on the complex questions surrounding the appropriate role, if any, for nuclear weapons in our future as well as the role of government-sponsored "big science" in spearheading much of the basic research so important to scientific progress.

Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology

Author: Simon M. Sze
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Genre: Professional & Technical
My Rating:

: 3.5 (7 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This book is an introduction to the physical principles of modern semiconductor devices and their advanced fabrication technology. It begins with a brief historical review of major devices and key technologies and is then divided into three sections: semiconductor material properties, physics of semiconductor devices and processing technology to fabricate these semiconductor devices.

Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces

Author: Winfried Monch
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Science
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Summary: Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces deals with structural and electronic properties of semiconductor surfaces and interfaces. The first part introduces the general aspects of space-charge layers, of clean-surface and adatom-included surfaces states, and of interface states. It is followed by a presentation of experimental results on clean and adatom-covered surfaces which are explained in terms of simple physical and chemical concepts and models. Where available, results of more refined calculations are considered. A final chapter is devoted to the band lineup at semiconductor interfaces.

Simulations for Solid State Physics Hardback with CD-ROM: An Interactive Resource for Students and Teachers

Author: Robert H. Silsbee, Joerg Draeger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (5 votes)
Location: APS
Summary: This new and exciting interactive resource centers around fourteen high quality computer simulations covering essential topics in solid state physics, at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The computer simulations provided on CD-ROM cover x-ray diffraction, phonons, electron states and dynamics, semiconductors, magnetism, and dislocations. Users can vary different characteristics and immediately see the results in animations and graphical displays. See http://www.ruph.cornell.edu/sss/sss.html for example simulations. The companion book is essential for effective use of the simulations. It guides the user through hundreds of exercises and examples, illustrates fundamental physical principles, and contains notes on the relevant physics. The hardcover edition includes the simulations on CD-ROM and a licence for use on a local area network on a single geographical site. The paperback edition (without CD-ROM) is intended for students who have access to the simulations on a local area network.

Soap Bubbles

Author: C. V. Boys
Publisher: Dover Publications
Genre: Arts & Photography
My Rating:

: 5.0 (4 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Consists of dozens of experiments, explanations of the principles they demonstrate, and detailed discussions of the color and thickness of soap bubbles. Shows how liquid films, surface tension, and related phenomena react to heat, motion, music, more. Unabridged republication of the revised (1911) edition. Introduction. Illustrated throughout.

Solid State Physics

Author: Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Mermin
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (13 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: For undergrads or grads who are majoring in solid state physics, there are often two common choices of texts. This one and one of Kittel's books. There are differences. Ashcroft & Mermin tends to have better diagrams, of reciprocal space and Fermi levels, for example. And overall, the topics are discussed at a slightly more advanced level.

The biggest problem with Ashcroft and Mermin is that it surely is time for a new edition. Notably to include high temperature superconductors. Plus the quantum Hall effect. And maybe giant magnetoresistance. The latter is responsible for much of the advances in disk drive capacities in the 90s, for example.

Another problem is the sheer cost of this book. $155 list price?! Sounds like gouging.

Solid State Theory

Author: Walter A. Harrison
Publisher: Dover Publications
Genre: Science
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Location: IIT
Summary: This excellent text, ideal for a one-year course in solid state theory, covers electron states, electronic properties of solids, lattice vibrations and atomic properties, the Mott transition, the electronic structure of disordered systems, tunneling, the Kond effect, the fluctuation near critical points, and more.

Solids and Surfaces: A Chemist's View of Bonding in Extended Structures

Author: Roald Hoffmann
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 5.0 (3 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This unique book shows how chemistry and physics come together in the solid state and on surfaces. Using a lively, graphic, descriptive approach, it teaches chemists the language that is necessary to understand the electronic structure of extended systems. And, at the same time, it demonstrates how a chemical, frontier-orbital, approach to solid state and surface bonding and reactivity may be constructed.

The book begins with the language of crystal orbitals, band structures and densities of states. The tools for moving back from the highly delocalized orbitals of the solid are then built up in a transparent manner; they include decompositions of the densities of states and crystal orbital overlap populations. Using these tools, the book shapes a meeting ground between detailed quantum mechanical calculations and a chemical frontier orbital perspec- tive. Applications include a general picture of chemisorption, bond-breaking and making in the solid state, bonding in metals, the electronic structure of selected conducting and supercon- ducting structures, dissociation, migration and coupling on surfaces and the forces controlling deformation of extended systems.

Solutions Manual for Elements Of Quantum Mechanics

Author: Michael D. Fayer
Publisher: Oxford University Press US
Genre: Science
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Solutions of Selected Problems for Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

Author: Mary L. Boas
Publisher: Wiley
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.5 (31 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Updates the original, comprehensive introduction to the areas of mathematical physics encountered in advanced courses in the physical sciences. Intuition and computational abilities are stressed. Original material on DE and multiple integrals has been expanded.

The Southern Sky: A Practical Guide to Astronomy

Author: David Reidy, Ken Wallace
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 3.5 (3 votes)
Location: Home
Summary: Like the man himself this book is of no use. In an attempt to *simplify* the process he has created a manual for how to open one's eyes.
As with many of the other books David has written this would best be left in the bargain bin where it was found.
He shuld stick to teaching at high school =)

Spectrochemical Analysis

Author: James D. Ingle, Stanley R. Crouch
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (2 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Ingle and Crouch have done a wonderful job in putting together a true reference text. This is a must have text for analytical chemists who need to have a concise treatment of spectrochemical analysis. They have done a wonderful job in intergrating theory with practice for a wide variety of analytical techniques. This book was indespensible as a graduate student in the late 80's and still comes in handy today!

Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics: MAC Version

Author: Claude Garrod
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Genre: History
My Rating:

: 4.5 (2 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This textbook provides a firm grounding in the laws and principles of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics that are essential to the study of physics. It presents the subject in a remarkably fresh, clear, and understandable manner, and is based on the most up-to-date research in the field. This sets the text apart from other books serving the same course market, as does its unique approach, which treats thermodynamics as an application of probability theory. Problems are included at the end of each chapter, and supplementary sections include review questions, exercises and solutions. The scope and variety of these problems also contribute to the work's value. Intended for use in upper undergraduate physics courses, the text is also suitable for electrical engineering and chemistry students. The material is presented at a high level, yet the mathematical foundations are compatible with students' understanding. An accompanying diskette - MAC version - provides helpful experience with computer approaches to the material.

Structure and Bonding

Author: Jack Barrett
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Genre: Science
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Summary: Structure and Bonding covers introductory atomic and molecular theory as given in first and second year undergraduate courses at university level. This book explains in non-mathematical terms where possible, the factors that govern covalent bond formation, the lengths and strengths of bonds and molecular shapes. Throughout the book, theoretical concepts and experimental evidence are integrated. An introductory chapter summarizes the principles on which the Periodic Table is established, and describes the periodicity of various atomic properties which are relevant to chemical bonding. Symmetry and group theory are introduced to serve as the basis of all molecular orbital treatments of molecules. This basis is then applied to a variety of covalent molecules with discussions of bond lengths and angles and hence molecular shapes. Extensive comparisons of valence bond theory and VSEPR theory with molecular orbital theory are included. Metallic bonding is related to electrical conduction and semi-conduction. The energetics of ionic bond formation and the transition from ionic to covalent bonding is also covered.

Style

Author: Joseph M. Williams
Publisher: Longman Higher Education
Genre: Reference
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Suite Home Chicago 2001.

Author: Rico Berchtold
Publisher: Neptun Verlag
Genre: Museum
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Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Natural Waters and Water Treatment

Author: R. Beckett
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Science
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The Surface Science of Metal Oxides

Author: Victor E. Henrich, P. A. Cox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This book is the first to give a comprehensive account of the fundamental properties of metal-oxide surfaces and their interaction with atoms, molecules and overlayers. The surfaces of metal oxides play a crucial role in an extremely wide range of phenomena, including the environmental degradation of high-Tc superconductors and catalysis. They are also increasingly important in processes such as the passivation of metal surfaces and gas sensing for pollution monitoring and control. As well as giving a general overview of the properties of metal-oxides, an extensive and thorough compilation of the research that has been performed on well characterised oxide surfaces is provided, thus making the book suitable for those graduate students and established researchers in materials science, chemistry or physics who have an interest in metal-oxide surfaces.

Surfaces

Author: Gary Attard, Colin Barnes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (1 votes)
Location: APS
Summary: This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates and first year postgraduates. There are four chapters, the first concerns basic thermodynamic material used to understand the properties of surfaces including; surface tension, Gibbs adsorption, surface pressure and surface phase equilibria, surfactants and micelles, wetting, detergency, and contact angle. The second chapter concentrates on gas adsorbtion at solid surfaces and covers topics including adsorbtion, Langmuir isotherms, heats of adsorbtion, BET isotherms, physisorbtion, chemisorbtion, precursor adsorbtion kinetics, well-defined surfaces, UHV, surface sensitivity and selectivity, surface diffusion and electrons interacting with matter. Chapter three then outlines the physico- chemical principles of XPS, AES, LEED, STM, AFM, work function measurements, UPS, TPD, molecular beams, HREELS and PAIRS and the types of fundamental surface information each of these techniques provides. The final chapter contains a series of worked examples and problems, bringing together the various strands developed in Chapters 1-3 in order to elucidate surface phenomena. The book is unique in its mix of 'Classical' and 'Modern' surface science and should be relevant to physicists, chemists and material scientists.

Surfaces

Author: Gary Attard, Colin Barnes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates and first year postgraduates. There are four chapters, the first concerns basic thermodynamic material used to understand the properties of surfaces including; surface tension, Gibbs adsorption, surface pressure and surface phase equilibria, surfactants and micelles, wetting, detergency, and contact angle. The second chapter concentrates on gas adsorbtion at solid surfaces and covers topics including adsorbtion, Langmuir isotherms, heats of adsorbtion, BET isotherms, physisorbtion, chemisorbtion, precursor adsorbtion kinetics, well-defined surfaces, UHV, surface sensitivity and selectivity, surface diffusion and electrons interacting with matter. Chapter three then outlines the physico- chemical principles of XPS, AES, LEED, STM, AFM, work function measurements, UPS, TPD, molecular beams, HREELS and PAIRS and the types of fundamental surface information each of these techniques provides. The final chapter contains a series of worked examples and problems, bringing together the various strands developed in Chapters 1-3 in order to elucidate surface phenomena. The book is unique in its mix of 'Classical' and 'Modern' surface science and should be relevant to physicists, chemists and material scientists.

Symmetry and Energy Bands in Crystals

Author: John Clarke Slater
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Genre: Science
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Synchrotron Radiation

Author: G. Margaritondo
Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
Genre: Nonfiction
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Location: IIT
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Synchrotron Radiation Research Vol 1 Techniques

Author: R.Z. Bachrach
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: APS
Summary: This first of two volumes assesses the impact of advances in synchrotron radiation techniques on the study of surface physics. The researcher will find it to be an invaluable reference.

Synchrotron Radiation Research Vol 1 Techniques (Copy)

Author: R.Z. Bachrach
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: IIT
Summary: This first of two volumes assesses the impact of advances in synchrotron radiation techniques on the study of surface physics. The researcher will find it to be an invaluable reference.

Synchrotron Radiation Research Vol 2 Issues and Technology

Author: R.Z. Bachrach
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: APS
Summary: The second of two volumes, this work assesses the impact of advances in synchrotron technology on the study of surface physics. The researcher will find it to be an invaluable reference.

Synchrotron Radiation Research Vol 2 Issues and Technology (Copy)

Author: R.Z. Bachrach
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: IIT
Summary: The second of two volumes, this work assesses the impact of advances in synchrotron technology on the study of surface physics. The researcher will find it to be an invaluable reference.

Tables of physical and chemical constants and some mathematical functions

Author: G. W. C. Kaye
Publisher: Longman
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 5.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This work, which I have just discovered to be out of print,
has been a reliable reference work for general physics data.
Because this work avoids antiquated measurement units such
as pounds, inches, gallons, and miles per hour, using it for
experimentation has been easy, as translation from one
realm of physics to another is coherent.
This is sadly lacking in so many other reference works.
It is a shame that this is no longer being printed,
as it would be a real boon to private experimenters around
the world if someone would carry on with this quality.
of reference material.
The scope of this book is what makes it so valuable.

A Textbook of Physical Chemistry

Author: Arthur W. Adamson
Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Theoretical mechanics: A short course

Author: Semen Mikhaĭlovich Targ
Publisher: Peace publishers
Genre: Professional & Technical
My Rating:

: 5.0 (1 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Although it is title "Theoretical Mechanics", it is in fact written for engineering student as an introductory text for engineering mechanics. The explanations are concise and to the point, and a large part of the book is devoted to example problems. Unlike most engineering mechanics texts at this level, treatment are given on Lagrangian mechanics.

The Theory of Superconductivity in the High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors

Author: P. W. Anderson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: IIT
Summary: This book is P. W. Anderson's long-awaited full presentation of his theory of high-Tc superconductivity in the cuprates. He realized that this striking new phenomenon needed for its explanation not just a new mechanism or "gimmick" but a radical reworking of the electronic theory of metals, especially those of low dimension. The many fundamentally new ideas that are first fully presented here will require a rewriting of the textbooks of many-body theory, which may take decades. The book incorporates full discussions of the experimental situation in these complex materials, both the normal and the superconducting states. The latest advances are contained in a selection of re-and pre-prints of recent work by Anderson and collaborators.
The fundamental insight contained in the book is that the conditions for validity of the renormalized quasiparticle theory of metals ("Fermi Liquid Theory") are much more restrictive than had been thought, and are not satisfied in the CuO2 planes of high-Tc materials (among, probably, many other examples). This requires a new state of matter to be invented, new transport theories, and new mechanisms for superconductivity. This book will supersede all theoretical discussions of superconductivity that are now available in book form.

Thermal Physics

Author: Ralph Baierlein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.0 (6 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Suitable for both undergraduates and graduates, this textbook provides an up-to-date, accessible introduction to thermal physics. The material provides a comprehensive understanding of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory, and has been extensively tested in the classroom by the author who is an experienced teacher. This book begins with a clear review of fundamental ideas and goes on to construct a conceptual foundation of four linked elements: entropy and the Second Law, the canonical probability distribution, the partition function, and the chemical potential. This foundation is used throughout the book to help explain new topics and exciting recent developments such as Bose-Einstein condensation and critical phenomena. The highlighting of key equations, summaries of essential ideas, and an extensive set of problems of varying degrees of difficulty will allow readers to fully grasp both the basic and current aspects of the subject. A solutions manual is available for instructors. This book is an invaluable textbook for students in physics and astronomy.

Thermal-Fluid Sciences: An Integrated Approach

Author: Stephen Turns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: IIT
Summary: This integrated textbook for an engineering course covering thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics is based on the fundamental conservation principles of mass, energy, and momentum. It features many full color illustrations, and includes chapter learning objectives, overviews, historical vignettes, numerous examples of problem-solving, and a format enhanced by innovative self tests and color coding to highlight significant equations and advanced topics. Integrated tutorials show the student how to use modern software, including the NIST Database on CD, to obtain thermodynamic and transport properties.

Thermodynamics: Concepts and Applications

Author: Stephen R. Turns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Location: IIT
Summary: Although the focus of this textbook is on traditional thermodynamics topics, the book is concerned with introducing the thermal-fluid sciences as well. It is designed for the instructor to select topics and seamlessly combine them with material from other chapters. Pedagogical devices include: learning objectives, chapter overviews and summaries, historical perspectives, and numerous examples, questions, problems and lavish illustrations. Students are encouraged to use the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) online properties database.

Thin-Film Solar Cells: Next Generation Photovoltaics and Its Applications

Author: Yoshihiro Hamakawa
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Science
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Location: APS
Summary: The first comprehensive book on thin-film solar cells, potentially a key technology for solving the energy production problem in the 21st century in an environmentally friendly way. It covers a wide range of scientific and technological aspects of thin film semiconductors - deposition technologies, growth mechanisms and the basic properties of amorphous and nano-crystalline silicon - as well as the optimum design theory and device physics of high-efficiency solar cells, especially of single-junction and multi-junction solar cells. The development of large-area solar cell modules using single and multi-junction solar cells is also considered. Examples of recent photovoltaic systems are presented and analysed.

Transition Metal Oxides: An Introduction to their Electronic Structure and Properties

Author: P. A. Cox
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Genre: Science
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Location: IIT
Summary: Transition metal oxides form a series of compounds with a uniquely wide range of electronic properties. They have important applications as dielectrics, semiconductors, and metals, and as materials for magnetic and optical uses. The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductors has
brought the attention of a wide scientific community to this area, and has highlighted the problems involved in trying to understand transition metal oxides. The present book is not primarily about high Tc superconductors, although their properties are discussed in the final section. The main aim
is to describe the varied electronic behavior shown by transition metal oxides, and to discuss the different types of theoretical models that have been proposed to interpret it. It is intended to provide an introduction to this fascinating and complex field, at a level suitable for graduate students
and other research workers with a background in solid-state chemistry or physics.

University Chemistry

Author: Bruce H. Mahan
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co
Genre: Science
My Rating:

: 4.5 (2 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: This text is a real winner in what General Principles concern. Appropriate illustrations through an adquate explanation of easy understanding and nice reading. A must for Universitary students!

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