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Nuclear Physics eBooks

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  • Black Sun

    Based on a true story, the critically acclaimed Soviet thriller

    by Owen Matthews ...
    **'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' DAILY MAIL'Fascinating . . . fearsome' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Enthralling' FINANCIAL TIMES'Thrilling . . . compelling' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREHidden deep within central Soviet Russia is a place that doesn't appear on any ... ... Read more

    Was €6.99 Now €4.99

  • Quantum Supremacy

    How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science – and Address Humanity’s Biggest Challenges

    by Michio Kaku ...
    An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicistThe runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications for our economy, society and way of life, even leaving Silicon Valley as a new Rust Belt, its technology obsolete. Step forward the quantum computer, which harnesses the power and ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Higgs Discovery

    The Power of Empty Space

    by Lisa Randall ...
    On July 4th, 2012, one of physics' most exhilarating results was announced: a new particle – and very likely a new kind of particle – had been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge particle accelerator designed to reproduce energies present in the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. The particle's existence had been speculated on for nearly fifty years: here, finally, ... Read more

    €4.99

  • Going Nuclear

    How the Atom Will Save the Planet

    by Tim Gregory ...
    What if climate change isn’t an environmental challenge, but an energy challenge?'Fascinating' JAMES O'BRIEN'Thrilling...vividly written, filled with fascinating facts, and inspiring' STEVEN PINKERSunday Times**, i Paper and Nature Book of the Year**This visionary book urges us to rethink the path to net zero, arguing that the solution to climate change lie... ... Read more

    €6.99

  • The Star Builders

    Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet

    by Arthur Turrell ...
    Is it possible to build a star on earth?When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen Hawking replied 'I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.' But what is nuclear fusion, and could it really be the answer to the climate ... Read more

    Was €5.99 Now €3.99

  • Radiation

    What It Is, What You Need to Know

    by Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax ...
    The essential guide to radiation: the good, the bad, and the utterly fascinating, explained with unprecedented clarity.Earth, born in a nuclear explosion, is a radioactive planet; without radiation, life would not exist. And while radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now Robert Peter Gale, M.D,—the doctor to whom concerned governments turned in ... Read more

    €6.49

  • A Comprehensive Overview of General Fusion

    An insight into the fusion lab that can transform how we power our planet

    by Amirali Banani ...
    Our world is facing an energy crisis like no other as the global population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate and nonrenewable energy production is becoming more and more unsustainable. Consequently, the need to generate clean, sustainable, renewable energy is more crucial than ever before — something that can be achieved with the development of commercially and economically viable ... Read more

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  • Stumbling Blocks Against Unification: On Some Persistent Misconceptions In Physics

    by Matej Pavsic ...
    The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of ¾ in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well. ... Read more

    €64.52

  • Challenges and Approaches for Selecting, Assessing and Qualifying Commercial Industrial Digital Instrumentation and Control Equipment for Use in Nuclear Power Plant Applications

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book 3.31 - IAEA Nuclear Energy Series
    The focus of this publication is on the activities required to demonstrate the suitability of commercial off the shelf (COTS) digital instrumentation and control equipment for use in nuclear safety applications. The publication provides a detailed discussion of the typical challenges associated with the use of COTS devices, including issues associated with unique vulnerabilities and features of ... Read more

    €33.13

  • Foundations Of Quantum Field Theory

    by Klaus D Rothe ...
    Series Book 84 - World Scientific Lecture Notes In Physics
    Based on a two-semester course held at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, this book provides a solid basis for postgraduate students wishing to obtain a more profound understanding of the foundations of Quantum Field Theory. The book covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from traditional operator and modern path integral methods, to different regularization and renormalization methods, ... Read more

    €38.03

  • Design of Fuel Handling and Storage Systems for Nuclear Power Plants

    Specific Safety Guide

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book 63 - IAEA Safety Standards Series
    This Safety Guide provides recommendations on how to meet the requirements of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-2/1 (Rev. 1), Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design, in relation to fuel handling and storage systems. The publication addresses the design aspects of handling and storage systems for fuel that remain part of the operational activities of a nuclear reactor. It covers the following ... Read more

    €27.89

  • From Classical Mechanics To Quantum Field Theory, A Tutorial

    by Manuel Asorey, Elisa Ercolessi, Valter Moretti ...
    This book collects an extended version of the lectures delivered by the authors at the Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics in the years 2014, 2015, 2016.It aims at introducing advanced graduate and PhD students, as well as young researchers, to current research in mathematics and physics. In particular, it fills the gap between the more physical-oriented and the more mathematical-oriented ... Read more

    €57.87

  • State-of-the-art Reviews On Energetic Ion-atom And Ion-molecule Collisions

    by Dzevad Belkic, Igor Bray, Alisher Kadyrov ...
    Series Book 2 - Interdisciplinary Research On Particle Collisions And Quantitative Spectroscopy
    This book is based upon a part of the invited and contributing talks at the 25th International Symposium on Ion-Atom Collisions, ISIAC (biennial), held on July 23-25, 2017 in Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia. To aid the general reader, all the authors tried to present their chapters in the context of the development of the addressed particular themes and the underlying major ideas and intricacies. ... Read more

    €84.36

  • Mise en place de l’infrastructure de sûreté pour un programme électronucléaire

    Guide de sûreté particulier

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book SSG-16 (Rev. 1) - Collection normes de sûreté de l'AIEA
    Le présent guide de sûreté fournit des recommandations sur la mise en place d’un cadre de sûreté conforme aux normes de sûreté de l’AIEA à l’intention des États qui décident de lancer un programme électronucléaire et s’y préparent. À cet égard, il propose 197 actions liées à la sûreté à mener pendant les trois premières phases du développement d’un programme électronucléaire afin de parvenir à un ... Read more

    €43.59

  • Principles Of Physics: From Quantum Field Theory To Classical Mechanics (Second Edition)

    by Jun Ni ...
    Series Book 3 - Tsinghua Report And Review In Physics
    This book starts from a set of common basic principles to establish the basic formalisms of all disciplines of fundamental physics, including quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, general relativity, electromagnetism, and classical mechanics. Instead of the traditional pedagogic way, the author arranges the subjects and formalisms in a logical order, i.e. ... Read more

    €32.25

  • Iter Physics

    by Sadruddin Benkadda, C Wendell Horton, Jr ...
    The promise of a vast and clean source of thermal power drove physics research for over fifty years and has finally come to collimation with the international consortium led by the European Union and Japan, with an agreement from seven countries to build a definitive test of fusion power in ITER. It happened because scientists since the Manhattan project have envisioned controlled nuclear fusion ... Read more

    €34.76

  • Nuclear Particle Correlations And Cluster Physics

    by Wolf-udo Schroeder ...
    A timely presentation of new results, challenges, and opportunities in the quickly developing field of nuclear cluster physics, presented by an international group of eminent theoretical and experimental scientists active in the field. Their work reveals how correlations of nucleons can appear spontaneously, propagate, and survive in nuclear matter at both low and high densities. Characteristic ... Read more

    €124.03

  • Developing Roadmaps to Enhance Nuclear Energy Sustainability: Final Report of the INPRO Collaborative Project ROADMAPS

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book 3.22 - IAEA Nuclear Energy Series
    This publication presents the outputs of the INPRO collaborative project ROADMAPS. It introduces the concept of roadmapping for enhanced nuclear energy sustainability, which has been developed over the course of several collaborative projects within INPRO. The principal products of the ROADMAPS collaborative project are the roadmap template and the ROADMAPS-ET tool. ROADMAPS-ET is an analytical ... Read more

    €50.57

  • Cpt And Lorentz Symmetry - Proceedings Of The Seventh Meeting

    by V Alan Kostelecky ...
    This book contains the Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, held at Indiana University in Bloomington on June 20-24, 2016. The meeting focused on tests of these fundamental symmetries and on related theoretical issues, including scenarios for possible violations.Topics covered at the meeting include experimental and observational searches for CPT and Lorentz violation ... Read more

    €97.54

  • Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for New and Existing Research Reactors

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book 5.1 - IAEA Nuclear Energy Series
    IAEA work in the area of research reactor operation and maintenance is aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Member States to utilize good engineering and management practices to improve research reactor reliability and availability. In particular, the IAEA supports activities addressing ageing management of research reactor instrumentation and control (I&C) systems. The purpose of this ... Read more

    €29.64

  • Elementary Particles And Emergent Phase Space

    by Piotr Zenczykowski ...
    The Standard Model of elementary particles, although very successful, contains various elements that are put in by hand. Understanding their origin requires going beyond the model and searching for “new physics”. The present book elaborates on one particular proposal concerning such physics. While the original conception is 50 years old, it has not lost its appeal over time. Its basic idea is that ... Read more

    €32.25

  • Effective Field Theories For Nuclei And Compact-star Matter: Chiral Nuclear Dynamics (Cnd-iii)

    by Mannque Rho, Yong-liang Ma ...
    Effective field theories have been widely used in nuclear physics. This volume is devoted to exploring the intricate structure of compact-star matter inaccessible directly from QCD. It is principally anchored on hidden symmetries and topology presumed to be encoded in QCD. It differs from standard effective field theory and energy density functional approaches in that it exploits renormalization ... Read more

    €91.00

  • Multiple Parton Interactions At The Lhc

    by Paolo Bartalini, Jonathan Richard Gaunt ...
    Series Book 29 - Advanced Series On Directions In High Energy Physics
    Many high-energy collider experiments (including the current Large Hadron Collider at CERN) involve the collision of hadrons. Hadrons are composite particles consisting of partons (quarks and gluons), and this means that in any hadron-hadron collision there will typically be multiple collisions of the constituents — i.e. multiple parton interactions (MPI). Understanding the nature of the MPI is ... Read more

    €104.19

  • Exploring Semantic Technologies and Their Application to Nuclear Knowledge Management

    by IAEA ...
    Series Book 6.15 - IAEA Nuclear Energy Series
    Within the nuclear field, a vast body of knowledge, involving scientific, technical and managerial fields, is distributed among many organizations of different types. Managing and provisioning distributed knowledge is therefore becoming one of the major challenges in federated organizational environments. This publication provides information to organizations dealing with nuclear knowledge and its ... Read more

    €31.38