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Professor Joseph Vaisman Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NYU-Poly [email protected] Table of Contents Some of the more interesting items Introduction to Physics Classical Physics Electricity and Magnetism Modern Physics Quantum Physics and Quantum Mechanics Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics Solid State Physics Optics and Lasers Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Nano-Optics and Optical Antennas Materials Science Superconductivity Graphene Mathematics for Physicists Computational Physics Einstein: Life and Science Feynman: Life and Science Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Thoughts, Ideas, and Opinions People and Places Complexity Reference Material Odds & Ends Some of the More Interesting Items ======== Physics & History Steven Weinberg Daedalus, Vol. 134, Number 4 (fall 2005) http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/20028012 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Weinberg The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Eugene Wigner Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 13, No 1 (February 1960) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cpa.3160130102 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Wigner What Is Life? & Mind and Matter & Autobiographical Sketches Erwin Schrodinger Cambridge University Press, 1967 (1958), ISBN 9781139644129 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644129 Nature and the Greeks & Science and Humanism Erwin Schrodinger Cambridge University Press, 2014 (1954, 1951), ISBN 9781139923491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923491 The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time: A Proposal in Natural Philosophy Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Lee Smolin Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781139696487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139696487 It From Bit or Bit From It? – On Physics and Information Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, and Zeeya Merali (Editors) Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-12946-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12946-4 Promoting the Planck Club: How defiant youth, irreverent researchers and liberated universities can foster prosperity indefinitely Donald W. Braben Wiley, 2014, ISBN 9781118546352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118546352 Einstein Was Right! Karl Hess CRC Press, 2015, ISBN 978-981-4463-70-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16809 Superconductivity: Discoveries and Discoverers – Ten Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story Kristian Fossheim Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-36059-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36059-6 50 Years of Brown Dwarfs: From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research Viki Joergens (Editor) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-01162-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01162-2 Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics: 26 Surprising Results Thanu Padmanabhan Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-13443-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13443-7 The Rudolph Mossbauer Story: His Scientific Work and Its Impact on Science and History Michael Kalvius and Paul Kienle (Editors) Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-17952-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17952-5 Fun in Fusion Research John Sheffield Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-407793-5 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124077935 The Road to Discovery: Detector Alignment, Electron Identification, Particle Misidentification, WW Physics, and the Discovery of the Higgs Boson (Doctoral Thesis accepted by the University of Pennsylvania, USA) John Alison Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-10344-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10344-0 Living through Four Revolutions Freeman Dyson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq4p2qbE684 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson The World as Hologram Leonard Susskind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DIl3Hfh9tY Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind Stephen Hawking: The Power of Ideas Ivan Semeniuk, S. James Gates, Jr., Rebecca Saxe, Julie Payette, and Neil Turok http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jW6wdG0XPU Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Introduction to Physics ================== Roots of Modern Technology: An Elegant Survey of the Basic Mathematical and Scientific Concepts Siegfried Wendt Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-12062-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12062-6 Symmetry Rules: How Science and Nature Are Founded on Symmetry Joe Rosen Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75973-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75973-7 The Shaggy Steed of Physics: Mathematical Beauty in the Physical World, Second Edition David Oliver Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-0-387-0307-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97539 The Beauty of Everyday Mathematics Norbert Herrmann Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-22104-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22104-0 Einstein’s Mirror Tony Hey and Patrick Walters Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 9781139236942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236942 Principles of Physics for Scientists and Engineers Hafez A. Radi and John O. Rasmussen Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-23026-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23026-4 Basic Concepts in Physics: From Cosmos to Quarks M. Chaichian, H. Perez Rojas, and A. Tureanu Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-19598-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19598-3 From Aristotle to Schrodinger: The Curiosities of Physics Antonis Modinos Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00750-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00750-2 A Student’s Guide Through the Great Physics Texts, Volume I: The Heavens and the Earth Kerry Kuehn Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4939-1360-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1360-2 A Student’s Guide Through the Great Physics Texts, Volume II: Space, Time, and Motion Kerry Kuehn Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4939-1366-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1366-4 Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Physics David J. Griffiths Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139060127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139060127 Basic Sciences in Ophthalmology: Physics and Chemistry Josef Flammer, Maneli Mozaffarieh, and Hans Bebie Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-32261-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32261-7 How the Great Scientists Reasoned: The Scientific Method in Action Gary G. Tibbetts Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-398498-2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123984982 Nobel Pursuits John Matson and Ferris Jabr Scientific American, Volume 307, Number 1 (July 2012) http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v307/n1/fu ll/scientificamerican0712-62.html Electromagnetic Surface Waves: A Modern Perspective John A. Polo, Tom G. Mackay, and Akhlesh Lakhtakia Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-397024-4 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123970244 The Natural laws of the Universe: Understanding Fundamental Constants Jean-Philippe Uzan and Benedicte Leclercq Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-74081-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74081-2 Gravity, Strings and Particles: A Journey Into the Unknown Maurizio Gasperini Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00599-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00599-7 From the Universe to the Elementary Particles: A First Introduction to the Elementary Particles Ulrich Ellwanger Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-24375-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24375-2 The Universe: A View from Classical and Quantum Gravity Martin Bojowald Wiley, 2013, ISBN8673527667666 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527667666 General Relativity Without Calculus: A Concise Introduction to the Geometry of Relativity Jose Natario Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-21452-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21452-3 General Relativity, Second Edition Norbert Straumann Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-007-5410-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5410-2 Einstein in Matrix Form: Exact Derivation of the Theory of Special and General Relativity without Tensors Gunter Ludyk Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-35798-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35798-5 Gravitation and Spacetime, Third Edition Hans C. Ohanian and Remo Ruffini Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 978113003391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003391 Gravity, a Geometrical Course, Volume 1: Development of the Theory and Basic Physical Applications Pietro Guiseppe Fre Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-007-5361-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5361-7 Gravity, a Geometrical Course, Volume 2: Black Holes. Cosmology and Introduction to Supergravity Pietro Guiseppe Fre Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-007-5443-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5443-0 Einstein’s Relativity: The Ultimate Key to the Cosmos Fred I. Cooperstock and Steven Tieu Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-30385-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30385-2 Patterns of Light: Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs Steven Beeson and James W. Mayer Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-75107-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75107-8 1000 Solved Problems in Classical Physics: An Exercise Book Ahmad A. Kamal Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-11943-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11943-9 Solved Problems in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics Claude Gignoux and Bernard Silvestre-Brac Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-90-481-2393-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2393-3 Classical Mechanics: An Introduction Dieter Strauch Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-73616-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73616-5 Mechanics: An Intensive Course Masud Chaichian, Ioan Merches, and Anca Tureanu Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-17234-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17234-2 Origins of Geometric Algebra http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47122-1_1 New Foundations for Classical Mechanics, Second Edition David Hestenes Springer, 2002, ISBN 978-0-306-47122-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47122-1 Classical Mechanics: Point Particles and Relativity Walter Greiner Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-0-387-21851-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97649 Classical Mechanics: Systems of Particles and Hamiltonian Dynamics, Second Edition Walter Greiner Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-642-03434-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03434-3 Classical Mechanics: From Newton to Einstein: A Modern Introduction, Second Edition Martin W. McCall Wiley, 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-97250-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470972502 An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics Richard Fitzpatrick Cambridge University press, 2012, ISBN 9781139152310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139152310 Essentials of Hamiltonian Dynamics John H. Lowenstein Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9780511793721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793721 The Second Law of Life: Energy, Technology, and the Future of Earth As We Know It John E.J. Schmitz Elsevier, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8155-1537-1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780815515371 Polymer Physics: A Molecular Approach Wenbing Hu Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7091-0670-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0670-9 Fluid Mechanics: A Short Course for Physicists Gregory Falkovich Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780511794353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794353 Introduction to the Physics of Waves Tim Freegarde Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139048149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139048149 Bayesian Probability Theory: Applications in the Physical Sciences Wolfgang von der Linden, Volker Dose, and Udo von Toussaint Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781139565608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565608 Bayesian Methods for the Physical Sciences: Learning from Examples in Astronomy and Physics Stefano Anderson and Brian Weaver Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-15287-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15287-5 The Physics of Metrology - All about Instruments: From Trundle Wheels to Atomic Clocks Alexius J. Hebra Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-211-78381-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-78381-8 Introduction to Quantum Metrology: Quantum Standards and Instrumentation Waldemar Nawrocki Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-15669-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15669-9 Measurement Uncertainty in Science and Technology, Second Edition Michael Grabe Springer 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-04888-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04888-8 Doubt-Free Uncertainty in Measurement: An Introduction for Engineers and Students Colin Ratcliffe and Bridget Ratcliffe Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-12063-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12063-8 Measurement and Probability: A Probabilistic Theory of Measurement with Applications Giovanni Battista Rossi Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-94-017-8825-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8825-0 Measurement Uncertainty and Probability Robin Willink Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139135085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139135085 Evaluating Measurement Accuracy: A Practical Approach Semyon G. Rabinovich Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4419-1456-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1456-9 Dealing with Uncertainties: A Guide to Error Analysis Manfred Drosg Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-01384-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01384-3 The Uncertainty in Physical Measurements: An Introduction to Data Analysis in the Physics Laboratory Paolo Fornasini Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-78650-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78650-6 Dimensionless Physical Quantities in Science and Engineering Josef Kunes Elsevier, 2012, ISNB 978-0-12-416013-2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124160132 The Physics and Psychophysics of Music: An Introduction, Fourth Edition Juan G. Roederer Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-09474-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09474-8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lectures in Meteorology Nicole Molders and Gerhard Kramm Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-02144-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02144-7 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Electricity and Magnetism ================ Basic Electromagnetism E. R. Dobbs Springer, 1993, ISBN 978-94-011-2112-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2112-5 Electricity and Magnetism for Mathematicians: A Guided Path from Maxwell’s Equations to Yang-Mills Thomas A. Garrity Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781139939683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139939683 Electricity and Magnetism: New Formulation by Introduction of Superconductivity Teruo Matsushita Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-4-431-54526-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54526-2 Fundamentals of Magnetism Mario Reis Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-405545-2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124055452 A Kitchen Course in Electricity and Magnetism David Nightingale and Christopher Spencer Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3.319-05305-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05305-9 The Long Road to Maxwell’s Equations James C. Rautio IEEE Spectrum, Volume 51, Number 12 (December 2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6964925 Magnetism: Basics and Applications Carmen-Gabriela Stefanita Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-22977-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22977-0 Physics of Classical Electromagnetism Minoru Fujimoto Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-68018-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68018-7 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Modern Physics ======================== Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Special Relativity, Quantum and Statistical Physics, 2nd Edition Carlo Maria Becchi and Massimo D’Elia Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-88-470-1616-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1616-3 Modern Introductory Physics, Second Edition Charles H. Holbrow, James N. Lloyd, Joseph C. Amato, Enrique Galvez, and M. Elizabeth Parks Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-0-387-79080004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79080-0 When the atom went quantum Tom Siegfried Science News, Volume 184, Number 1 (July 13, 2013) http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/351277/description/Wh en_the_atom_went_quantum History: The path to the quantum atom John L. Heilbron Nature, Volume 498, Number 7452 (06 June 2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/498027a 1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics Ahmad A. Kamal Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-04333-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04333-8 The Structure of Physics Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4020-5235-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5235-9 The Physical Basis of the Direction of Time, 5th Edition H. Dieter Zeh Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-68001-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68001-7 Direction of Time Sergio Albeverio and Philippe Blanchard (Editors) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-02798-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02798-2 An Indispensable Truth: How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet Francis F. Chen Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-7820-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7820-2 Fusion Plasma Physics; Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition Weston M. Stacey Wiley, 2012, ISBN 9783527669516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527669516 Fusion: The Energy of the Universe, Second Edition Garry McCracken and Peter Stott Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-384656-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123846563 A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe Mark P. Silverman Springer, 2002, ISBN 978-0-387-22761-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b98902 String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions Pages 1067-1076 Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis http://www.ams.org/notices/201108/rtx110801067p.pdf Notices of the AMS, Volume 58, Issue 8 (September 2011) http://www.ams.org/notices/201108/index.html The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions Professor Yau Shing-Tung, The Australian National University (November 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nE4GFz9V04 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shing-Tung_Yau String Theory and Particle Physics: An Introduction to String Phenomenology Luis E. Ibanez and Angel M. Uranga Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139018951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139018951 A Brief History of String Theory: From Dual Models to M-Theory Dean Rickles Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-45128-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45128-7 Extra Dimensions in Space and Time Itzhak Bars and John Terning Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-0-387-77637-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77638-5 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Quantum Physics and Quantum Mechanics == ======================================= Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Special Relativity, Quantum and Statistical Physics, 2nd Edition Carlo Maria Becchi and Massimo D’Elia Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-88-470-1616-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1616-3 A Universe of Atoms, An Atom in the Universe Mark P. Silverman Springer, 2002, ISBN 978-0-387-22761-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b98902 Quantum Theory: A Mathematical Approach Peter Bongaarts Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-09561-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09561-5 Quantum Theory for Mathematicians Brian C. Hall Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-7116-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7116-5 The Mathematical Language of Quantum Theory: From Uncertainty to Entanglement Teiko Heinosaari and Mario Ziman Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139031103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031103 Lectures on the Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics I Gianfausto Dell’Antonio Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-94-6239-118-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-118-5 1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics Ahmad A. Kamal Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-04333-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04333-8 Solved Problems in Quantum and Statistical Mechanics Michele Cini, Francesco Fucito, and Mauro Sbragaglia Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-88-470-2315-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2315-4 Exploring Quantum Mechanics: A Collection of 700+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers Victor Galitski, Boris Karnakov, Vladimir Kogan, and Victor Galitski, Jr. Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780199232710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232710.001.000 1 The Physics of Atoms and Quanta: Introduction to Experiments and Theory Hermann Haken and Hans Christoph Wolf Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-29281-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29281-0 Quirky Quantum Concepts: Physical, Conceptual, Geometric, and Pictorial Physics that Didn’t Fit in Your Textbook Eric L. Michelsen Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-9305-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9305-1 Quantum Chance: Nonlocality, Teleportation and Other Marvels Nicolas Gisin Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-05473-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05473-5 Uncommon Paths in Quantum Physics Konstantin V. Kazakov Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-801588-9 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128015889 The Emerging Quantum: The Physics Behind Quantum Mechanics Luis de la Pena, Ana Maria Cetto, and Andrea Valdes Hernandez Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-07893-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07893-9 Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality? - Second Edition Alastair I. M. Rae Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1107295605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107295605 The Observer in the Quantum Experiment Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner Foundations of Physics, Volume 32, Number 8 (August 2002) Pages 1273-1293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1019723420678 Einstein, Bohr, and the Quantum Dilemma: From Quantum Theory to Quantum Information, Second Edition Andrew Whitaker Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 9780511805714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511805714 Quantum Information, Computation and Communication Jonathan A. Jones and Dieter Jaksch Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139028509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028509 Quantum Information Theory and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Christopher G. Timpson Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780199296460 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199296460.001.000 1 Compendium of Quantum Physics Daniel Greenberger, Klaus Hentschel, and Friedel Weinert (Editors) Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-70626-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7 Lectures on Quantum Mechanics Steven Weinberg Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139236799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236799 Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 1: Fundamentals Jochen Pade Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00798-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00798-4 Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 2: Applications and Extensions Jochen Pade Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00813-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00813-4 Quantum Concepts in Physics: An Alternative Approach to the Understanding of Quantum Mechanics Malcolm Longhair Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139062060 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139062060 Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story – Yakir Aharonov Festschrift Daniele C. Struppa and Jeffrey M. Tollaksen (Editors) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-88-470-5217-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5217-8 Quantum Physics in the Nanoworld: Schrodinger’s Cat and the Dwarfs Hans Luth Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-31238-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31238-0 Quantum Mechanics: with applications to nanotechnology and information science Yehuda B. Band and Yshai Avishai Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 9780-444-53786-7 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444537867 Advanced Quantum Mechanics: A practical guide Yuli V. Nazarov and Jeroen Danon Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780511980428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511980428 Advanced Concepts in Quantum Mechanics Giampiero Esposito, Giuseppe Marmo, Gennaro Miele, And George Sudarshan Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781139875950 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139875950 Theory of Quantum and Classical Connections in Modeling Atomic, Molecular and Electrodynamic Systems Alexandru Popa Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-409502-1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124095021 Quantum Physics: The Bottom-Up Approach – From the Simple Two-Level System to Irreducible Representations Dirk Dubbers and Hans-Jurgen Stockmann Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-31060-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31060-7 Quantum Mechanics: Genesis and Achievements Alexander Komech Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-007-5542-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5542-0 Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics? Frank Laloe Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139177160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177160 Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy Detlef Durr, Sheldon Goldstein, and Nino Zanghi Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-30690-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30690-7 The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics, Second Edition Jean-Louis Basdevant and Jean Dalibard Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-29464-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29464-3 The Impact of Quantum Theory on Modern Physics Victor F. Weisskopf Naturwissenschaften, Volume 60, Number 10 (October 1973) Pages 441-446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00592853 Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics, Revised Edition J. S. Bell Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780511815676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815676 Bell’s Theorem and Bayes’ Theorem A. J. M. 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Elitzur, Shahar Dolev, and Nnancy Kolenda (Editors) Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-26669-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137897 Elegance and Enigma: The Quantum Interviews Maximilian Schlosshauer (Editor) Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-20879-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20880-5 The Quantum Dissidents: Rebuilding the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1950-1990) Olival Freire Junior Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-44662-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44662-1 Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Gregg Jaeger Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-92127-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92128-8 Quantum Superposition: Counterintuitive Consequences of Coherence, Entanglement, and Interference Mark P. Silverman Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-71883-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71884-0 Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition Henry P. Stapp Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-89653-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89654-8 Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer Henry P. Stapp Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-72414-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72414-8 Lectures on Light: Nonlinear and Quantum Optics using the Density Matrix Stephen Rand Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 9780199574872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574872.001.000 1 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics ==== Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Modern Physics: Special Relativity, Quantum and Statistical Physics, 2nd Edition Carlo Maria Becchi and Massimo D’Elia Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-88-470-1616-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1616-3 An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics Piero Olla Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-06188-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06188-7 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An Integrated Approach M. Scott Shell Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781139028875 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028875 Thermodynamics: For Physicists, Chemists and Materials Scientists Reinhard Hentschke Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-36711-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36711-3 Thermodynamics for Chemists, Physicists and Engineers Robert Holyst and Andzej Poniewierski Springer, 2012, ISBN N978-94-007-2999-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2999-5 Thermodynamics: Principles Characterizing Physical and Chemical Processes, Fourth Edition Jurgen M. Honig Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-416705-6 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124167056 1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics Ahmad A. Kamal Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-04333-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04333-8 Solved Problems in Quantum and Statistical Mechanics Michele Cini, Francesco Fucito, and Mauro Sbragaglia Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-88-470-2315-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2315-4 Modern Thermodynamics: Based on the Extended Carnot Theorem Jitao Wang Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-11349-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11349-9 Statistical Physics: An Entropic Approach Ian Ford Wiley, 2013, ISBN 9781118597507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118597507 A Kinetic View of Statistical Physics Pavel L. Krapivsky, Sydney Redner, and Eli Ben-Naim Cambridge University Press, 2010, ISBN 9780511780516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511780516 The Road to Maxwell’s Demon: Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics Meir Hemmo and Orly R. Shenker Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139095167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095167 Discrete Mathematics in Statistical Physics: Introductory Lectures Martin Loebl Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8348-9329-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8348-9329-1 Introduction to Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics: Approaching a Complex World Constantino Tsallis Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-85359-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85359-8 An Introduction to the Ising Model Barry A. Cipra The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 94, Number 10 (December 1987) Pages 937-959 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2322600 A Guide to Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Elliott H. Lieb and Jacob Yngvason Notices of the AMS, Volume 45, Number 5 (May 1998) Pages 571-581 http://www.ams.org/notices/199805/lieb.pdf Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Solid State Physics ====================== Semiconductor Physics Karl W. Boer and Udo Pohl (Editors) Springer, Live Reference – Constantly updated, ISBN 978-3-319-06540-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06540-3 Conductors, Semiconductors, Superconductors: An Introduction to Solid State Physics Rudolf P. Huebner Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-09141-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09141-9 Solid State Physics, Second Edition Giuseppe Grosso and Giuseppe Pastori Parravicini Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-385030-0 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123850300 Advanced Solid State Physics, Second Edition Philip Phillips Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139031066 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139031066 Space Groups for Solid State Scientists, Third Edition Gerald Burns and A.M. Glazer Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-394400-9 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123944009 1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics Ahmad A. Kamal Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-04333-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04333-8 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Optics and Lasers ======================= An Introduction to Practical Laboratory Optics J. F. James Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781107279582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107279582 Practical Opto-Electronics: An Illustrated Guide for the Laboratory Vladimir Protopopov Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-04513-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04513-9 Introduction to Optics Germain Chartier Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-0-387-27598-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b106780 Geometric, Physical, and Visual Optics, Second Edition Michael P. Keating Elsevier, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7506-7262-7 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750672627 Optics, Eleventh Edition M. H. Freeman and C. C. Hull Elsevier, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7506-4248-4 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750642484 Optics Essentials: An Interdisciplinary Approach Araz Yacoubian CRC Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4665-5118-3 http://www.crcnetbase.com/isbn/978-1-4665-5117-6 Visible and Invisible: The Wonders of Light Phenomena Olmes Bisi Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-09825-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09825-8 Light: The Physics of the Photon Ole Keller CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4398-4044-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16917 Patterns of Light: Chasing the Spectrum from Aristotle to LEDs Steven Beeson and James W. Mayer Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-75107-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75107-8 Lightwave Engineering Yasuo Kokubun CRC Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4665-7268-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b12490 Engineering Optics, Third Edition Keigo Iizuka Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-75724-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75724-7 Photons in Natural and Life Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach Hans-Joachim Lewerenz Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-23749-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23749-2 The Mie Theory: Basics and Applications Wolfram Hergert and Thomas Wriedt (Editors) Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-28738-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28738-1 Advanced Materials for Integrated Optical Waveguides Xingcun Colin Tong Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-01550-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01550-7 Neutron and X-ray Optics Jay Theodore Cremer, Jr. Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-407164-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124071643 Basics of Laser Physics: For Students of Science and Engineering Karl F. Renk Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-23565-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23565-8 Principles of Lasers, Fifth Edition Orazio Svelto Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4419-1302-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1302-9 Laser Physics: From Principles to Practical Work in the Lab Marc Eichhorn Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-05128-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05128-4 Introduction to Laser Technology, Fourth Edition C. Breck Hitz, J. Ewing, and Jeff Hecht Wiley, 2012, ISBN 9781118219492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118219492 Fundamentals of Semiconductor Lasers, Second Edition Takahiro Numai Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-4-431-55148-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55148-5 Introduction to Semiconductor Lasers for Optical Communications: An Applied Approach David J. Klotzkin Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-9341-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9341-9 Semiconductor Lasers: Stability, Instability and Chaos Junji Ohtsubo Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-30147-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30147-6 High-Power Optics: Lasers and Applications Victor V. Apollonov Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-10753-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10753-0 Laser spectroscopy for sensing: Fundamentals, techniques and applications Matthieu Baudelet (Editor) Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-85709-273-1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780857092731 Photonics: A Short Course Vittorio Degiorgio and Ilaria Cristiani Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-02108-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02108-9 Silicon Photonics Design Lukas Chrostowski and Michael Hochberg Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781316084168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316084168 Computational Photonics: An Introduction with MATLAB Marek S. Wartak Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780511794247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794247 Essentials of Nonlinear Optics YVGS Murti and C. Vijayan Wiley, 2014, ISBN 9781118902332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118902332 Nonlinear Optics, Third Edition Robert W. Boyd Elsevier, 2008, ISBN 978-0-12-369470-6 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123694706 Nonlinear Optical Systems Luigi Lugiato, Franco Prati, and Massimo Brambilla Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781107477254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107477254 Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Fifth Edition Govind P. Agrawal Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-397023-7 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123970237 Introduction to Modern Digital Holography: With MATLAB Ting-Chung Poon and Jung-Ping Liu Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781139061346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139061346 The Physics of Invisibility: A Story of Light and Deception Martin Beech Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4614-0616-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0616-7 Atoms, Molecules and Optical Physics 1: Atoms and Spectroscopy Ingolf V. Hertel and Claus-Peter Schulz Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-642-54322-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54322-7 Atoms, Molecules and Optical Physics 2: Molecules and Photons – Spectroscopy and Collisions Ingolf V. Hertel and Claus-Peter Schulz Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-642-54313-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54313-5 The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics Cheng-Chung Lee (Editor) Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-94-017-9392-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9392-6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 16 Light propagation in crystals http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8993-6_16 Chapter 17 Polarization of light by crystals http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8993-6_17 Symmetry and Physical Properties of Crystals Cecile Malgrange, Christian Ricolleau, and Michel Schlenker Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-94-017-8993-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8993-6 Wavelets Made Easy Yves Nivergelt Springer, 2013 (Reprint of the 2001 Edition), ISBN 978-1-4614-6006-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6006-0 An introduction to Wavelets Through Linear Algebra Michael W. Frazier Springer, 1999, ISBN 978-3-642-85570-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85570-2 Applied Mathematics: Data Compression, Spectral Methods, Fourier Analysis, Wavelets, and Applications Charles K. Chui and Quingtang Jiang Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-94-6239-009-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-009-6 A Mathematical Introduction to Wavelets P. Wojtaszczyk Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0780511623790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511623790 Wavelets: from Math to Practice Desanka P. Radunovic Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-00614-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00614-2 A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing: The Sparse Way Stephane Mallat Elsevier, 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-374370-1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123743701 An Intuitive Explanation of Fourier Theory Steven Lehar http://cns-alumni.bu.edu/~slehar/fourier/fourier.html Digital Fourier Analysis: Fundamentals Ken’iti Kido Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4614-9260-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9260-3 Digital Fourier Analysis: Advanced techniques Ken’iti Kido Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4939-1127-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1127-1 Fourier Transformation for Pedestrians, Second Edition Tilman Butz Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-16985-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16985-9 The Fourier Transform and its Applications (Lecture Notes for EE 261) Brad Osgood Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University http://see.stanford.edu/materials/lsoftaee261/book-fall-07.pdf Course Home http://see.stanford.edu/see/courseInfo.aspx?coll=84d174c2d74f-493d-92ae-c3f45c0ee091 Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) http://see.stanford.edu/ 2 Principles of Geometric Optics Joel A. Kubby http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b14898-4 Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging Joel A. Kubby (Editor) CRC Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4398-5019-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b14898 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light; Sixth Edition Max Born and Emil Wolf Elsevier, 1980, ISBN 978-0-08-026482-0 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080264820 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ========= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Engines of Creation 2.0 K. 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Kulkarni Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-09171-6 http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-09171-6 Nanotechnology (Reference Work in 9 Volumes) Harald Fuchs, Michael Gratzel, Harald Krug, Gunter Schmid, Viola Vogel, and Rainer Waser (Editors & Contributors) Wiley, 1999-present, ISBN 9783527628155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527628155 Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology Bharat Bhushan (Editor) Springer, Live Reference – Constantly updated, ISBN 9789-94-007-6178-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6178-0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Applied Nanotechnology: The Conversion of Research Results to Products, Second Edition Jeremy Ramsden Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4557-3189-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781455731893 Understanding the Nanotechnology Revolution Edward L. Wolf and Manasa Medikonda Wiley, 2012, ISBN 9783527664863 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527664863 Nanotechnology: The Whole Story Ben Rogers, Jesse Adams, and Sumita Pennathur CRC Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4665-0210-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b13748 Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology B S Murty, P Shankar, Baldev Raj, B B Rath, and James Murday Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-28030-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28030-6 Nanotechnology: An Introduction Jeremy Ramsden Elsevier, 2011, ISBN 978-0-08-096447-8 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080964478 Nanotechnology Cookbook: Practical, Reliable and Jargon-free Experimental Procedures Andrew M. Collins Elsevier, 2012, ISBN 978-0-08-097172-8 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080971728 Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics: An Introduction for Students of Physics and Materials Science David L. Sidebottom Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139062077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139062077 Computational Materials Science: Surfaces, Interfaces, Crystallization A. M. Ovrutsky, A. S. Prokhoda, and M. S. Rasshchupkyna Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-420143-9 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124201439 The Liquid Crystal Display Story: 50 Years of Liquid Crystal R&D that Lead The Way to the Future Naoyuki Koide (Editor) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-4-431-54859-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54859-1 Structure of Materials: An Introduction to Crystallography, Diffraction and Symmetry, Second Edition Marc De Graef and Michael E. McHenry Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139051637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139051637 Chapter 6 Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385977-8.00006-8 Plasma Engineering: Applications from Aerospace to Bio- and Nanotechnology Michael Keidar and Isak I. Beilis Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-385977-8 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123859778 Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale: Basics and Applications Vladimir Fridkin and Stephen Ducharme Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-41007-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41007-9 Micro-Drops and Digital Microfluidics, Second Edition Jean Berthier Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4557-2550-2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781455725502 Femtosecond Laser 3D Micromachining for Microfluidic and Optofluidic Applications Koji Sugioka and Ya Cheng Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4471-5541-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5541-6 Principles of Nano-Optics, Second Edition Lukas Novotny and Bert Hecht Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9780511794193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794193 Dressed Photons: Concepts of Light-Matter Fusion Technology Motoichi Ohtsu Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-39569-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39569-7 Computational Photonics: An Introduction with MATLAB Marek S. Wartak Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780511794247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794247 Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Fifth Edition Govind P. Agrawal Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-397023-7 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123970237 Terahertz Physics R. A. Lewis Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139088190 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139088190 Nanochemistry, 2nd Edition G.B. Sergeev and K.J. Klabunde Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-444-59397-9 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444593979 Nanobioelectrochemistry: From Implantable Biosensors to Green Power Generation Frank N. 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Borisenko and Stefano Ossicini Wiley, 2012, ISBN 9783527648368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527648368 Quantum Physics for Scientists and Technologists: Fundamental Principles and Applications for Biologists, Chemists, Computer Scientists, and Nanotechnologists Paul Sanghera Wiley, 2011, ISBN 9780470917121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470917121 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Nano-Optics and Optical Antennas ========= Handbook of Surface Science, Volume 4: Modern Plasmonics Alexei A. Maradudin, J. Roy Sambles, and William L. Barnes (Editors) Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-444-59526-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/handbooks/15734331/ 4 Optical Antennas Mario Agio and Andrea Alu (Editors) Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139013475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139013475 Plasmonic Effects in Metal-Semiconductor Nanostructures Alexei A. Toporov and Tatiana V. 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McHenry Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139051637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139051637 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Superconductivity ====================== Discovering Superconductivity: An Investigative Approach Gren Ireson Wiley, 2012, ISBN 9781118343180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118343180 Electricity and Magnetism: New Formulation by Introduction of Superconductivity Teruo Matsushita Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-4-431-54526-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54526-2 Fundamental Elements of Applied Superconductivity in Electrical Engineering Yinshun Wang Wiley, 2013, ISBN 9781118451151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118451151 Superconductivity, Third Edition Charles E. Poole, Jr., Ruslan Prozorov, Horacio A. Farach, and Richard J. Creswick Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-409509-0 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124095090 Superconductivity: Basics and Applications to Magnets R.G. Sharma Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-13713-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13713-1 Superconductivity: Discoveries and Discoverers – Ten Physics Nobel Laureates Tell Their Story Kristian Fossheim Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-36059-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36059-6 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Graphene ============================= Graphene: Fundamentals and Emergent Applications Jamie H. Warner, Franziska Schaffel, Alicja Bachmatiuk, and Mark H. Rummeli Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-394593-8 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123945938 Graphene Oxide: Physics and Applications Jijun Zhao, Lizhao Liu, and Fen Li Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-662-44829-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44829-8 The Handbook of Graphene Electrochemistry Dale A. C. Brownson and Craig E. 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Jorio Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-32899-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32899-5 Groups and Symmetries: From Finite Groups to Lie Groups Yvette Kasmann-Schwarzbach Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-0-387-78866-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78866-1 Matrix Revolutions: An Introduction to Quantum Variables for Young Mathematicians Edward G. Effros Mathematical Intelligencer, Volume 26, Number 4 (December 2004) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02985420 Topics in Physical Mathematics Kishore Marathe Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84882-939-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-939-8 Functions, Spaces and Expansions: Mathematical Tools in Physics and Engineering Ole Christensen Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8176-4980-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4980-7 Stochastic Numerical Methods: An Introduction for Students and Scientists Raul Toral and Pere Colet Wiley, 2014, ISBN 9783527683147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527683147 Introduction to Geometry of Classical Dynamics Renato Grassini http://www.m-hikari.com/grassini.pdf The Interaction between Geometry and Physics Michael Atiyah http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4467-9_1 The Unity of Mathematics: In Honor of the Ninetieth Birthday of I.M. 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Kecs, and Antonela Toma Wiley, 2013, ISBN 9783527653614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527653614 Rotational Structure in Molecular Infrared Spectra Carlo di Lauro Elsevier, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-407771-3 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124077713 Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics, Third Edition Vladimir I. Arnold, Valery V. Kozlov, and Anatoly I. Neishtadt Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-48926-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48926-9 Vladimir I. Arnold – Collected Works, Volume I: Representations of Functions, Celestial Mechanics and KAM Theory Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-01742-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01742-1 Vladimir I. Arnold – Collected Works, Volume II: Hydrodynamics, Bifurcation Theory, and Algebraic Geometry 1965-1972 Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-31031-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31031-7 Physics in the World of Ideas: Complexity as Energy Yuri I. 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Landau and Kurt Binder Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 978113696463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139696463 Introduction to Mathematica® for Physicists Andrey Grozin Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00894-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00894-3 Classical Mechanics with Mathematica Antonio Romano Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8176-8352-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8352-8 Questions About Elastic Waves Juri Engelbrecht Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-14791-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14791-8 Modeling Complex Systems, Second Edition Nino Boccara Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4419-6562-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6562-2 Introduction to Practice of Molecular Simulation: Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo, Brownian Dynamics, Lattice Boltzman, Dissipative Particle Dynamics Akira Satoh Elsevier, 2011, ISBN 978-0-12-385148-2 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123851482 From the Web to the Grid and Beyond: Computing Paradigms Driven by High Energy Physics Rene Brun, Federico Carminati, and Giuliana Galli Carminati (Editors) Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-23157-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23157-5 Data Analysis: Statistical and Computational Methods for Scientists and Engineers, Fourth Edition Siegmund Brandt Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-03762-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03762-2 Data Analysis for Physical Scientists: Featuring Excel®, Second Edition Les Kirkup Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139005258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139005258 Statistical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences Adrian Bevan Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 978139342810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139342810 Scientific Inference: Learning from data Simon Vaughan Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139176071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139176071 The Art of Data Science Matthew J. 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Cooperstock and Steven Tieu Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-30385-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30385-2 Einstein’s Theory: A Rigorous Introduction for the Mathematically Untrained Øyvind Grøn and Arne Næss Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4614-0706-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0706-5 Einstein’s Opponents: The Public Controversy about the Theory of Relativity in the 1920s Milena Wazeck Cambridge University Press, 2014, ISBN 9781139084185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139084185 Einstein’s Armchair Detective: The Case of Stimulated Radiation Vasant Natarajan Resonance, Volume 6, Number 6 (June 2001) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02907363 Einstein’s Struggles with Quantum Theory: A Reappraisal Dipankar Home and Andrew Whitaker Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-71520-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71520-9 The Genesis of General Relativity – Einstein’s Zurich Notebook **** articles by several prominent scientists **** **** of the time: Hilbert, Lorenz, Minkowski, … **** Jurgen Renn (Editor) Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4020-4000-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4000-9 Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics Christoph Lehner, Jurgen Renn, and Matthias Schemmel (Editors) Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8176-4940-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4940-1 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Feynman: Life and Science =============== Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine – Using physics to explain how the world works (1983) *** Richard Feynman: On Scientific Method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYPapE-3FRw Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman The Best Mind since Einstein - Richard Feynman Biography *** Richard Phillips Feynman - The Last Journey of a Genius http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn4_40hAAr0 Horizon: Richard Feynman - No Ordinary Genius (full version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzg1CU8t9nw Richard Feynman (special issue) Resonance, Volume 16, Number 9 (September 2011) http://link.springer.com/journal/12045/16/9/ FBI Releases Feynman Files Sophie Bushwick Discover Magazine (June 2012) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/09/fbireleases-feynman-files/ Keys to the Kingdom: Impressioning, Privilege Escalation, Bumping, and Other Key-Based Attacks Against Physical Locks Deviant Ollam Elsevier, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59749-983-5 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781597499835 Practical Lock Picking: A Physical Penetration Tester’s Training Guide Deviant Ollam Elsevier, 2012, ISBN 978-1-59749-989-7 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781597499897 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology ==== ======================================= A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy Ian Morison Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9781139683500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139683500 Elephants in Space: The Past, Present and Future of Life and the Universe Ben Moore Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-05672-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05672-2 Ultimate Horizons: Probing the Limits of the Universe Helmut Satz Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-41657-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41657-6 Understanding the Universe: An Inquiry Approach to Astronomy and the Nature of Scientific Research George Greenstein Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139022477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139022477 A Student’s Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy Daniel Fleisch and Julia Kregenow Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139542388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139542388 The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy, Third Edition Gerrit Verschuur Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-13422-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13422-2 Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End William Sheehan and Christopher J. Conselice Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-0-387-85347-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85347-5 Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction, Second Edition Peter Schneider Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-642-54083-7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54083-7 Faint Objects and How to Observe Them Brian Cudnik Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4419-6757-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6757-2 Night Vision: Exploring the Infrared Universe Michael Rowan-Robinson Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139176019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139176019 Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World, Second edition Jonathan I. Lunine Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139050418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139050418 Astrophysics Is Easy! – An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer, Second Edition Michael Inglis Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-11644-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11644-0 Principles of Astrophysics: Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos Charles Keeton Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-9236-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9236-8 Essays on the Frontiers of Modern Astrophysics and Cosmology Santosh Mathew Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-01887-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01887-4 Particles and Astrophysics: A Multi-Messenger Approach Maurizio Spurio Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-08051-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08051-2 The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics Biman B. Nath Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-5363-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5363-5 Matter, Dark Matter, and Anti-Matter: In Search of the Hidden Universe Alain Mazure and Vincent Le Brun Springer, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4419-8822-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8822-5 The Chemical Cosmos: A Guided Tour Steve Miller Springer, 2012, IS N978-1-4419-8444-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8444-9 The Life and Death of Stars Kenneth R. Lang Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISB N9781129061025 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139061025 Extreme Explosions: Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts David S. Stevenson Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-8136-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8136-2 A Passion for Planets: Envisioning Other Worlds, From the Pleistocene to the Age of the Telescope William Sheehan Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4419-5971-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5971-3 Observing the Solar System: The modern astronomer’s guide Gerald North Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139030168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139030168 Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Third Edition Tilman Spohn, Doris Breuer, and Torrence V. Johnson (Editors) Elsevier, 2014, ISBN 978-0-12-415845-0 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124158450 The Monthly Sky Guide, Ninth Edition Ian Ridpath Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139540650 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139540650 The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars David A. J. Seargent Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-09513-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09513-4 Weird Astronomy: Tales of Unusual, Bizarre, and Other Hard to Explain Observations David A. J. Seargent Springer, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-6424-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6424-3 Telescopes and Techniques, Third Edition C. R. Kitchin Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-4891-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4891-4 Starlight: An Introduction to Stellar Physics for Amateurs Keith Robinson Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4419-0708-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0708-0 From Dust to Stars: Studies of the Formation and Early Evolution of Stars Norbert S. Schulz Springer, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-27321-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b138917 The Life of Stars: The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure Giora Shaviv Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-02088-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02088-9 The Hundred Greatest Stars James B. Kaler Springer, 2002, ISBN 978-0-387-21625-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97357 Shrouds of the Night: Masks of the Milky Way and Our Awesome New View of Galaxies David L. Block and Kenneth C. Freeman Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-78975-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78975-0 Chemical Cosmology Jan C.A. Boeyens Springer, 2010, ISBN 978-90-481-3828-9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3828-9 Landscapes of Mars: A Visual Tour Gregory L. Vogt Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-0-387-75468-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75468-0 Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy: With R Applications Eric D. Fiegelson and G. Jogesh Babu Cambridge University Press, 2012, ISBN 9781139015653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139015653 Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus Steven J. Dick Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781139521499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139521499 Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Thoughts, Ideas, and Opinions ============ Questioning the Foundations of Physics: Which of Our Fundamental Assumptions Are Wrong? Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, and Zeeya Merali (Editors) Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-13045-3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13045-3 The Unknown as an Engine for Science: An Essay on the Definite and the Indefinite Hans J. Pirner Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-18509-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18509-5 The Methods of Science… And Those by Which We Live Steven Weinberg http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02683184 Academic Questions, Volume 8, Number 2 (June 1995) http://link.springer.com/journal/12129/8/2/ Dreams of a final theory Steven Weinberg **** Pages missing **** http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Rsg3PE_9_ccC& oi=fnd&pg=PT10&dq=reasonable+philosophy+steven+weinber g&ots=1J_0z7rPO_&sig=2NQ1RlVgEHHrJT6IP0gP7SJQV4#v=onepage&q&f=false A Century of Ideas: Perspectives from Leading Scientists of the 20th Century B.G. Sidharth (Editor) Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-4360-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4360-4 Set Theory and Physics K. Svozil Foundations of Physics, Volume 25, Number 11 (November 1995) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02055507 Lost Causes in and beyond Physics R.F. Streater Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-36582-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36582-2 The Grip of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Laws of Motion and Gravitation Prabhakar Gondhalekar Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 9780511525285 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525285 Occam’s Razor as a Formal Basis for a Physical Theory Andrei N. Soklakov arXiv.org > math-ph > arXiv:math-ph/0009007 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0009007 Why Occam’s Razor Russell K. Standish Foundations of Physics Letters, Volume 17, Number 3 (June 2004) Pages 255-266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:FOPL.0000032475.18334.0e Where Do the Laws Of Physics Come From? Victor J. 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Blank http://www.ams.org/notices/201109/rtx110901278p.pdf Notices of the AMS, Volume 58, Number 9 (October 2011) http://www.ams.org/notices/201109/index.html Paul Dirac: The Man and His Work Abraham Pais, Maurice Jacob, David I. Olive, and Michael F. Atiyah Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 9780521019538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564314 Paul Dirac and the religion of mathematical beauty Graham Framelo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfYon2WdR40 Niels Bohr and quantum physics A. B. Migdal Soviet Physics Uspekhi, Volume 28, Number 10 (October 1985) http://iopscience.iop.org/0038-5670/28/10/A04/ Back to the Table of Contents ======================================= Complexity ============================ A Synthesis and a Practical Approach to Complex Systems Nicolas Brodu Complexity, Volume 15, Number 1 (September-October 2009) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplx.20239 Principles of Systems Science George E. Mobus and Michael C. Kalton Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4349-1920-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1920-8 Systemic Thinking: Fundamentals for Understanding Problems and Messes Patrick T. Hester and Kevin MacG. Adams Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-07629-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07629-4 Book of Extremes: Why the 21st Century Isn’t Like the 20th Century Ted G. Lewis Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-06926-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06926-5 Physics, Nature, and Society: A Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World Joaquin Marro Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-02024-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02024-2 Of Ants and Men: The Unexpected Side Effects of Complexity in Society David G. Green Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-55230-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55230-4 How Nature Works: Complexity in Interdisciplinary Research and Applications Ivan Zelinka, Ali Sanayei, Hector Zenil, and Otto Rossler (Editors) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-00254-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00254-5 Thinking in Complexity: The Computational Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind; Fifth Edition Klaus Mainzer Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-7228-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72228-1 Chaotic Harmony: A Dialog about Physics, Complexity and Life Ali Sanayei and Otto E. Rossler Springer, 2014, 978-3-319-06781-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06781-0 Beyond the Second Law: Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems Roderick C. Dewar, Charles H. Lineweaver, Robert K. Niven, and Klaus Regenauer-Lieb (Editors) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-40154-1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40154-1 Dual Phase Evolution David G. Green, Jing Liu, and Hussein A. Abbass Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4419-8423-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8423-4 Physics in the World of Ideas: Complexity as Energy Yuri I. Manin http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10759-2_1 ISCS 2014: Interdisciplinary Symposium on Complex Systems Ali Sanayei, Otto E. Rossler, and Ivan Zelinka (Editors) Springer, 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-10759-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10759-2 Information Adaptation: The Interplay Between Shannon Information and Semantic Information in Cognition Hermann Haken and Juval Portugali Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-11170-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11170-4 Predicting the Future: Completing Models of Observed Complex Systems Henry D.I. 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