This book provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars.
A grand tour of our dynamic home galaxyThis book offers an intimate guide to the Milky Way, taking readers on a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
An insider's look at the cutting-edge science of today's planet huntersIn Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets-and alien life-beyond our solar system.
As commercial and military spacecraft become more important to the world's economy and defense, and as new scientific and exploratory missions are launched into space, the need for a single comprehensive resource on spacecraft charging becomes increasingly critical.
A must-have introduction to this fundamental driver of the climate systemThe Global Carbon Cycle is a short introduction to this essential geochemical driver of the Earth's climate system, written by one of the world's leading climate-science experts.
A brief, cutting-edge introduction to the brightest cosmic phenomena known to scienceGamma-ray bursts are the brightest-and, until recently, among the least understood-cosmic events in the universe.
A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestsellerA Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops.
A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang-and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universeScientists in the past few decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the past 13.
Magnetic methods are widely used in exploration, engineering, borehole and global geophysics, and the subjects of this book are the physical and mathematical principles of these methods regardless of the area of application.
Active geophysical monitoring is an important new method for studying time-evolving structures and states in the tectonically active Earth's lithosphere.
This book focuses on functional aspects of nanostructured materials that have a high relevance to immediate applications, such as catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, optical properties and surface functionalization via self-assembly.
Geochemical Anomaly and Mineral Prospectivity Mapping in GIS documents and explains, in three parts, geochemical anomaly and mineral prospectivity mapping by using a geographic information system (GIS).
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.
If the text you're using for general chemistry seems to lack sufficient mathematics and physics in its presentation of classical mechanics, molecular structure, and statistics, this complementary science series title may be just what you're looking for.
For over half a century, an increasing number of satellites have fragmented in orbit, creating a large amount of hazardous orbital debris which threaten the safety of useful functioning satellites and space missions.
Estas notas de clase se basan en algunas obras clásicas ampliamente utilizadas en la comunidad académica internacional para el estudio de la Oceanografía Física, y publicadas por autores como Pickard y Emery, Pond y Pickard, Knauss, Müller, Young, además de la serie Open University y el texto del profesor Robert Stewart, de la Universidad de Texas A&M.
Desde la evolucion de la biofisica, las ciencias y tecnologias convergentes han tenido una evolucion constante y han abierto promisorios campos de investigacion y desarrollo en diversas areas.
Dieses fundierte Lehrbuch führt systematisch in die faszinierende Chemie des Lebens ein und vermittelt die essentiellen Grundlagen der Biochemie und organischen Chemie für Medizinstudierende und interessierte Leser.
Con un enfoque didáctico y coloquial, este libro presenta el fascinante universo de la física del estado sólido a lectores que deseen explorarlo de una manera intuitiva y conceptual.
Este libro es el segundo volumen de un texto sobre introducción a la física para alumnos que estudien seriamente ciencias físicas, ciencias de la vida e ingeniería.
Este libro es el segundo volumen de un texto sobre introducción a la física para alumnos que estudien seriamente ciencias físicas, ciencias de la vida e ingeniería.
La segunda edición de un libro de texto acompañado por el éxito proporciona a sus autores la rara ocasión de llevar a cabo lo que habían deseado hacer originalmente.
Este libro tiene por finalidad proporcionar a los estudiantes de Biología, Farmacia, Medicina, Terapia física, Educación física y demás Ciencias afines, los conocimientos de Física que necesitan para su trabajo profesional.
Este libro se ocupa del desarrollo de las nueas y las precipitaciones, omitiendo otras partes importantes de la Física de las nubes, tales omo la transferencia radiactiva en las nubes o los fenómenos ópticos y eléctricos que dan lugar.
La existencia de hábitats extraterrestres potencialmente habitables, dentro y fuera del sistema solar, es hoy ampliamente aceptada entre la comunidad científica.
Esta obra ha sido escrita como apoyo para los cursos de Fisicoquímica que se imparten en las áreas de la Química y laIngeniería Química, y con este propósito presenta los conceptos fundamentales y las técnicas de cálculo básicas de laTermodinámica, la Termofísica y la Termoquímica.
