Science
Discover a range of science books, including fiction novels about science, intriguing science facts, and essential physics books. Explore the best sci-fi books and top-selling science titles
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Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast: Volume 109The Northern California coast--from Monterey County to the Oregon border--is home to some of the richest avian habitats on the North American continent. Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast provides a comprehensive ecological overview of this extensive and diverse region. It...
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Foundations of Wildlife DiseasesFoundations of Wildlife Diseases is a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that govern the study of wildlife diseases. The authors integrate theoretical foundations with a thorough examination of the factors that can affect the health and fitness of animals. They include specific information...
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Prescribed Burning in California Wildlands Vegetation ManagementHarold Biswell's decades of research and field experience were a major factor in developing policies of controlled or prescribed burning, which mimics or reintroduces the natural fire cycle. This comprehensive study introduces the principles and practices of prescribed burning, which apply far beyond California,...
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Introduction to California Spring Wildflowers of the Foothills, Valleys, and Coast: Volume 75In the spring, California's rolling hills, green valleys, and coastal slopes are colored with wildflowers treasured by both residents and visitors to the state. First published more than forty years ago, this popular guidebook has helped thousands of amateur and intermediate wildflower enthusiasts learn...
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The Green Function Method in Statistical MechanicsThis concise monograph is devoted to techniques of solving many-body problems in physics using the quantum-mechanical Green function method. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics, it requires some familiarity with the basic theory of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. Focusing on...
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Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsInnovative and wide-ranging, this treatment combines precise mathematic style with strong physical intuition. Written by a well-known physicist for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the book's broad spectrum of applications includes negative temperatures and heat capacities, general and special relativistic effects, black hole thermodynamics,...
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Groundwater and SeepageThe movement of groundwater is a basic part of soil mechanics. It is an important part of almost every area of civil engineering, agronomy, geology, irrigation, and reclamation. Moreover, the logical structure of its theory appeals to engineering scientists and applied mathematicians.This book aims...
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Principles of ElectrodynamicsUnlike most textbooks on electromagnetic theory, which treat electricity, magnetism, Coulomb's law and Faraday's law as almost independent subjects within the framework of the theory, this well-written text takes a relativistic point of view in which electric and magnetic fields are really different aspects...
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Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids: The Physics of the Chemical BondShould be widely read by practicing physicists, chemists and materials scientists. -- Philosophical MagazineIn this comprehensive and innovative text, Professor Harrison (Stanford University) offers a basic understanding of the electronic structure of covalent and ionic solids, simple metals, transition metals, and their compounds. The...
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The Classical Electromagnetic FieldThe Classical Electromagnetic Field emphasizes physics first, then mathematics. This and the fact that lucid exposition of theory receives priority over subsequent manipulation marks the book unusual, not to say unique, among field physics texts for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Long experience of...
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An Introduction to Statistical ThermodynamicsA large number of exercises of a broad range of difficulty make this book even more useful...a good addition to the literature on thermodynamics at the undergraduate level. -- Philosophical MagazineAlthough written on an introductory level, this wide-ranging text provides extensive coverage of topics...
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An Introduction to Symbolic LogicThis is probably the clearest book ever written on symbolic logic for the philosopher, the general scientist, and the layman. For years it has received the appreciation of those who have been rebuffed by other introductory works because of insufficient mathematical training. No special...
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Green's Functions and Condensed MatterGreen's functions, named for the mathematician who developed them in the 1830s, possess applications in many areas of physics. This volume presents the basic theoretical formulation, followed by specific applications, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in the area of...
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The Forces of MatterThese lectures by a famous inventor offer an easy-to-understand introduction to the interactions of the universe's physical forces. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) delighted in introducing young minds to scientific inquiry, and he geared these talks to audiences of high school age and older.One of the...
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Sources of Quantum MechanicsMax Planck's famous lecture of 1900 expressed quantum theory in its essential form, but his statement was just the beginning. This volume features seventeen early papers that developed quantum theory into its modern form. These papers appeared from 1917 to 1926 and were written...
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Statistical Fluid Mechanics, Volume I: Mechanics of Turbulencevolume 1If ever a field needed a definitive book, it is the study of turbulence; if ever a book on turbulence could be called definitive, it is this book. -- ScienceWritten by two of Russia's most eminent and productive scientists working in the fields of...
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Almost All about WavesThis text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics. With minimal mathematics, it emphasizes the behavior common to specific phenomena--earthquake waves studied by seismologists; waves and ripples on oceans, lakes, and ponds; waves of sound that travel through the air; mechanical waves in...
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The Art of MathematicsCreative mathematicians seldom write for outsiders, but when they do, they usually do it well. Jerry King is no exception. -- NatureTouch es] the mathematical grandeur that the first geometers contemplated. -- Publishers WeeklyWitty, trenchant, and provocative. -- Mathematical Association of AmericaA simple algebraic...
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Physics of Fully Ionized GasesThis classic graduate-level volume was the first general but simple introduction to the fields of plasma and fusion research. Since its original publication in 1956, it has served as a valuable reference. Designed for those who have had an introductory course in theoretical physics...
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Newton's Philosophy of Nature: Selections from His WritingsAside from the Principia and occasional appearances of the Opticks, Newton's writings have remained largely inaccessible to students of philosophy, science, and literature as well as to other readers. This book provides a remedy with wide representation of the interests, problems, and diverse philosophic...
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