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University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics with Solutions

Author: Jeremiah A. Cronin, David F. Greenberg, Valentine L. Telegdi
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Genre: Reference
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: 4.0 (3 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: "University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics" covers a broad range of topics, from simple mechanics to nuclear physics. The problems presented are intriguing ones, unlike many examination questions, and physical concepts are emphasized in the solutions. Many distinguished members of the Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago have served on the candidacy examination committees and have, therefore, contributed to the preparation of problems which have been selected for inclusion in this volume. Among these are Morrell H. Cohen, Enrico Fermi, Murray Gell-Mann, Roger Hildebrand, Robert S. Mulliken, John Simpson, and Edward Teller.

Vacuum Science and Technology: Pioneers of the 20th Century

Author: Paul A. Redhead
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Genre: Professional & Technical
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Summary: Market: Researchers and technicians in vacuum science, and those interested in the field. This comprehensive overview of the groundbreaking work in vacuum science from 1910 to 1960 presents original biographies of the scientists and engineers at the vanguard of vacuum technology. It also features papers now regarded as milestones. Among these are Saul Dushman's "Theory and Use of the Molecular Gauge" (1915), Pieter Clausing's "The Flow of Highly Rarefied Gases through Tubes of Arbitrary Length" (1932), and L.D. Hall's "Electronic Ultra-High Vacuum Pump" (1932).

War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission

Author: Charles W. Sweeney, James A. Antonucci, Marion K. Antonucci
Publisher: Quill
Genre: History
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: 4.0 (26 votes)
Location: Home
Summary: On August 9,1945, on the tiny island of Tinian in the South Pacific, a twenty-five-year-old American Army Air Corps Major named Charles W. Sweeney climbed aboard a B-29 Superfortress in command of his first combat mission, one devised specifically to bring a long and terrible war to a necessary conclusion. In the belly of his bomber, the Bock's Car, was a newly developed, fully armed weapon that had never been tested in a combat situation--a weapon capable of a level of destruction never before dreamed of in the history of the human race...a bomb whose terrifying aftershock would ultimately determine the direction of the twentieth century and change the world forever.
The last military officer to command an atomic mission, Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney has the unique distinction of having been an integral part of both the Hiroshima and the Nagasaki bombing runs. His book is an extraordinary chronicle of the months of careful planning and training; the set backs, secrecy and the snafus; the nerve-shattering final seconds and the astonishing aftermath of what is arguably the most significant single event in modern history: the employment of an atomic weapon during wartime.

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste

Author: National Research Council, Natl Res Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Genre: Science
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Whatever Happened to "Eureka"?: Cartoons on Science

Author: Nick Downes
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Genre: Arts & Photography
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: 5.0 (2 votes)
Location: IIT
Summary: Nick Downes's science cartoons are in the tradition of the great European science cartoons going back to LaTondeau, Liegpaltz and Orovesky.

X-Ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS and XANES

Author: D. C. Koningsberger
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Genre: Computers & Internet
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Summary: Describes several specific spectrometric techniques that are very useful in elucidating the fundamental nature of matter: EXAFS--Extended X-Ray Absorption of Fine Structure; SEXAFS--which is EXAFS applied to Surface Phenomena; and XANES--X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structures. Articles explain the phenomena and describe examples of X-ray absorption applications in several fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, amorphous and liquid systems, synchrotron radiation, and surface phenomena. Contributors explain the underlying theory, how to set up X-ray absorption experiments, and how to analyze the details of the resulting spectra. This volume will be of particular interest to physicists, chemists, biologists, and materials scientists.

X-Ray Charge Densities and Chemical Bonding

Author: Philip Coppens
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Genre: Science
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Location: APS
Summary: This book deals with the electron density distribution in molecules and solids as obtained experimentally by X-ray diffraction. It is a comprehensive treatment of the methods involved, and the interpretation of the experimental results in terms of chemical bonding and intermolecular interactions. Inorganic and organic solids, as well as metals, are covered in the chapters dealing with specific systems. As a whole, this monograph is especially appealing because of its broad interface with numerous disciplines. Accuarate X-ray diffraction intensities contain fundamental information on the charge distribution in crystals, which can be compared directly with theoretical results, and used to derive other physical properties, such as electrostatic moments, the electrostatic potential and lattice energies, which are accessible by spectroscopic and thermodynamic measurements. Consequently, the work will be of great interest to a broad range of crystalographers and physical scientists.

X-Ray Diffraction

Author: B. E. Warren
Publisher: Dover Publications
Genre: Science
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: 3.0 (4 votes)
Location: APS
Summary: This rigorous graduate-level introduction stresses modern applications to nonstructural problems such as temperature vibration effects, order-disorder phenomena, crystal imperfections, the structure of amorphous materials, and the diffraction of x-rays in perfect crystals. Relevant problems at chapter ends. Six Appendixes (including tables of values). 146 illustrations. Bibliographies.

X-Ray Spectroscopy: An Introduction

Author: B. K. Agarwal
Publisher: Springer
Genre: Science
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