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Complexity and the arrow of time / / edited by Charles H. Lineweaver, Australian National University, Paul C.W. Davies, Arizona State University, Michael Ruse, Florida State University [[electronic resource]]
| Complexity and the arrow of time / / edited by Charles H. Lineweaver, Australian National University, Paul C.W. Davies, Arizona State University, Michael Ruse, Florida State University [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Complexity (Philosophy)
Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-139-89115-4
1-107-27191-6 1-107-27524-5 1-107-27849-X 1-299-74933-X 1-107-27726-4 1-139-22570-7 1-107-27400-1 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is complexity? Is it increasing? / Charles H. Lineweaver, Paul C.W. Davies, and Michael Ruse -- Directionality principles from cancer to cosmology / Paul C.W. Davies -- A simple treatment of complexity : cosmological entropic boundary conditions on increasing complexity / Charles H. Lineweaver -- Using complexity science to search for unity in the natural sciences / Eric J. Chaisson -- On the spontaneous generation of complexity in the universe / Seth Lloyd -- Emergent spatiotemporal complexity in field theory / Marcelo Gleiser -- Life : the final frontier for complexity? / Simon Conway Morris -- Evolution beyond Newton, Darwin, and entailing law : the origin of complexity in the evolving biosphere / Stuart A. Kauffman -- Emergent order in processes : the interplay of complexity, robustness, correlation, and hierarchy in the biosphere / D. Eric Smith -- The inferential evolution of biological complexity : forgetting nature by learning to nurture / David C. Krakauer -- Information width : a way for the second law to increase complexity / David H. Wolpert -- Wrestling with biological complexity : from Darwin to Dawkins / Michael Ruse -- The role of generative entrenchment and robustness in the evolution of complexity / William C. Wimsatt -- On the plurality of complexity-producing mechanisms / Philip Clayton. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Complexity & the Arrow of Time |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789313003321 |
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Feynman diagram techniques in condensed matter physics / / Radi A. Jishi, California State University [[electronic resource]]
| Feynman diagram techniques in condensed matter physics / / Radi A. Jishi, California State University [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Jishi Radi A. <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Feynman diagrams
Many-body problem Condensed matter |
| ISBN |
1-107-23631-2
1-107-34425-5 1-107-34800-5 1-107-34175-2 1-107-65533-1 1-139-17777-X 1-107-34906-0 1-107-34550-2 1-107-02517-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A brief review of quantum mechanics -- Single-particle states -- Second quantization -- The electron gas -- A brief review of statistical mechanics -- Real-time Green's and correlation functions -- Applications of real-time Green's functions -- Imaginary-time Green's and correlation functions -- Diagrammatic techniques -- Electron gas : a diagrammatic approach -- Phonons, photons, and electrons -- Superconductivity -- Nonequilibrium Green's function -- Appendix A : Second quantized form of operators -- Appendix B : Completing the proof of Dzyaloshinski's rules -- Appendix C : Lattice vibrations in three dimensions -- Appendix D : Electron-phonon interaction in polar crystals. |
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Feynman diagram techniques in condensed matter physics / / Radi A. Jishi, California State University
| Feynman diagram techniques in condensed matter physics / / Radi A. Jishi, California State University |
| Autore | Jishi Radi A. <1955-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.4/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Feynman diagrams
Many-body problem Condensed matter |
| ISBN |
1-107-23631-2
1-107-34425-5 1-107-34800-5 1-107-34175-2 1-107-65533-1 1-139-17777-X 1-107-34906-0 1-107-34550-2 1-107-02517-6 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A brief review of quantum mechanics -- Single-particle states -- Second quantization -- The electron gas -- A brief review of statistical mechanics -- Real-time Green's and correlation functions -- Applications of real-time Green's functions -- Imaginary-time Green's and correlation functions -- Diagrammatic techniques -- Electron gas : a diagrammatic approach -- Phonons, photons, and electrons -- Superconductivity -- Nonequilibrium Green's function -- Appendix A : Second quantized form of operators -- Appendix B : Completing the proof of Dzyaloshinski's rules -- Appendix C : Lattice vibrations in three dimensions -- Appendix D : Electron-phonon interaction in polar crystals. |
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Jishi Radi A. <1955->
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Fundamentals and applications of ultrasonic waves / / J. David N. Cheeke
| Fundamentals and applications of ultrasonic waves / / J. David N. Cheeke |
| Autore | Cheeke J. David N. |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina | 534.5/5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ultrasonic waves
Ultrasonic waves - Industrial applications |
| ISBN |
1-351-83319-7
1-315-21730-9 1-4398-5498-X |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Ultrasonics: An Overview; Chapter 2 - Introduction to Vibrations and Waves; Chapter 3 - Bulk Waves in Fluids; Chapter 4 - Introduction to the Theory of Elasticity; Chapter 5 - Bulk Acoustic Waves in Solids; Chapter 6 - Finite Beams: Radiation, Diffraction, and Scattering; Chapter 7 - Reflection and Transmission of Ultrasonic Waves at Interfaces; Chapter 8 - Rayleigh Waves; Chapter 9 - Lamb Waves; Chapter 10 - Acoustic Waveguides; Chapter 11 - Crystal Acoustics
Chapter 12 - Cavitation and SonoluminescenceChapter 13 - Bulk Acoustic Wave Transducers, Delay Lines, and Oscillators; Chapter 14 - Surface Acoustic Wave Transducers, Analog Signal Processing, and Mobile Applications; Chapter 15 - Microacoustics: RF MEMS, FBAR, and CMUT; Chapter 16 - Acoustic Sensors; Chapter 17 - Focused Beam Acoustic Microscopy; Chapter 18 - Near-Field Acoustic Microscopy; Chapter 19 - Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials; Chapter 20 - Non/Loosely Contacting NDE Techniques; Appendix A: Bessel Functions; Appendix B: Acoustic Properties of Materials Appendix C: Complementary Laboratory Experiments |
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Cheeke J. David N.
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| Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 | ||
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Granular media : between fluid and solid / / Bruno Andreotti, Yoël Forterre, Olivier Pouliquen [[electronic resource]]
| Granular media : between fluid and solid / / Bruno Andreotti, Yoël Forterre, Olivier Pouliquen [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Andreotti B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 620/.43 |
| Soggetto topico | Granular materials - Fluid dynamics |
| ISBN |
1-316-09073-6
1-107-25041-2 1-107-25124-9 1-139-54100-5 1-107-24792-6 1-107-24875-2 1-107-24958-9 1-107-03479-5 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Definition and examples of granular media""; ""1.2 Between solid and liquid: what makes granular matter so difficult to describe?""; ""1.3 A sketch of the book""; ""2 Interactions at the grain level""; ""2.1 Solid contact forces""; ""2.1.1 Elastic contact: the Hertz law""; ""2.1.2 Solid friction""; ""2.1.3 Collision between two particles""; ""2.2 Cohesion forces""; ""2.2.1 Electrostatic effects""; ""2.2.2 Adhesion""; ""2.2.3 Capillary cohesion""; ""2.2.4 Real surfaces and the role of rugosity""; ""2.2.5 Solid bridges""
""2.3 Forces in a flow""""2.3.1 The force on a grain in a uniform and steady flow""; ""2.3.2 Force in unsteady and inhomogeneous flows""; ""2.3.3 Hydrodynamic forces between grains: lubrication""; ""3 The granular solid: statics and elasticity""; ""3.1 Granular packings""; ""3.1.1 Volume fraction ""; ""3.1.2 Monodisperse packings of spheres ""; ""3.1.3 Packings of spheres of different sizes""; ""3.1.4 Compaction ""; ""3.2 Forces in a granular packing""; ""3.2.1 The role of friction and isostaticity""; ""3.2.2 Force distribution""; ""3.3 From forces to stresses"" ""3.3.1 Definition of stresses in a granular medium""""3.4 Stress distribution in static configurations""; ""3.4.1 Stress distribution in a silo: Janssen's model""; ""3.4.2 Stresses under a sand pile""; ""3.5 Elasticity""; ""3.5.1 Elasticity of a one-dimensional chain of beads""; ""3.5.2 Elastic moduli of a granular packing""; ""3.5.3 The constitutive relation""; ""3.5.4 Acoustics in granular media ""; ""4 The granular solid: plasticity""; ""4.1 Phenomenology""; ""4.1.1 The sand pile""; ""4.1.2 The shear cell""; ""4.1.3 The triaxial test"" ""4.2 The different levels of description: a scalar approach""""4.2.1 The first level of description: a frictional medium""; ""4.2.2 The second level of description: taking into account variationsin the volume fraction""; ""4.2.3 Towards more refined descriptions""; ""4.3 The Mohr-Coulomb model""; ""4.3.1 The yield criterion""; ""4.3.2 Applications of the Mohr-Coulomb criterion""; ""4.3.3 Generalization in three dimensions: the yield surface""; ""4.3.4 Plastic deformations""; ""4.3.5 Conclusions about the Mohr-Coulomb/Drucker-Prager model"" ""4.4 The role of the volume fraction: critical-state theory""""4.4.1 The Drucker-Prager model with dilatancy""; ""4.4.2 The Cam-clay model""; ""4.5 Towards a more refined description of the plasticity""; ""4.5.1 Taking into account elasticity""; ""4.5.2 Towards more complex loading paths""; ""4.5.3 Localization phenomena""; ""4.5.4 Towards granular flows""; ""4.6 Plasticity of cohesive materials""; ""4.6.1 The phenomenology of cohesive granular media""; ""4.6.2 The cohesive Mohr-Coulomb model""; ""4.6.3 The relation between macroscopic and microscopic cohesion""; ""5 Granular gases"" ""5.1 Analogies and differences with a molecular gas"" |
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Lie Algebras In Particle Physics : from Isospin To Unified Theories / / Howard Georgi
| Lie Algebras In Particle Physics : from Isospin To Unified Theories / / Howard Georgi |
| Autore | Georgi Howard |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
| Disciplina | 539.72 |
| Collana | Frontiers in Physics |
| Soggetto topico |
Lie algebras
Particles (Nuclear physics) S-matrix theory |
| ISBN |
0-429-97884-7
0-429-96776-4 0-429-49921-3 1-283-26146-4 9786613261465 0-8133-4611-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Frontiers in Physics; Preface to the Revised Edition; Contents; Why Group Theory?; 1 Finite Groups; 2 Lie Groups; 3 SU(2); 4 Tensor Operators; 5 Isospin; 6 Roots and Weights; 7 SU(3); 8 Simple Roots; 9 More SU(3); 10 Tensor Methods; 11 Hypercharge and Strangeness; 12 Young Tableaux; 13 SU(N); 14 3-D Harmonic Oscillator; 15 SU(6) and the Quark Model; 16 Color; 17 Constituent Quarks; 18 Unified Theories and SU(5); 19 The Classical Groups; 20 The Classification Theorem; 21 SO(2n + 1) and Spinors; 22 SO(2n + 2) Spinors; 23 SU(n) in SO(2n); 24 SO(10); 25 Automorphisms; 26 Sp(2n); 27 Odds and Ends
EpilogueIndex |
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Measurement uncertainty and probability / / Robin Willink [[electronic resource]]
| Measurement uncertainty and probability / / Robin Willink [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Willink Robin <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 519.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Measurement uncertainty (Statistics)
Probabilities |
| ISBN |
1-107-23583-9
1-139-61618-8 1-139-62548-9 1-139-61060-0 1-139-60893-2 1-139-13508-2 1-139-61246-8 1-299-25771-2 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundational ideas in measurement -- Components of error or uncertainty -- Foundational ideas in probability and statistics -- The randomization of systematic errors -- Beyond the standard confidence interval -- Final preparation -- Evaluation using the linear approximation -- Evaluation without the linear approximation -- Uncertainty information fit for purpose -- Measurement of vectors and functions -- Why take part in a measurement comparison? -- Other philosophies -- An assessment of objective Bayesian methods -- Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement -- Measurement near a limit, an insoluble problem? |
| Altri titoli varianti | Measurement Uncertainty & Probability |
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Measurement uncertainty and probability / / Robin Willink
| Measurement uncertainty and probability / / Robin Willink |
| Autore | Willink Robin <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 519.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Measurement uncertainty (Statistics)
Probabilities |
| ISBN |
1-107-23583-9
1-139-61618-8 1-139-62548-9 1-139-61060-0 1-139-60893-2 1-139-13508-2 1-139-61246-8 1-299-25771-2 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foundational ideas in measurement -- Components of error or uncertainty -- Foundational ideas in probability and statistics -- The randomization of systematic errors -- Beyond the standard confidence interval -- Final preparation -- Evaluation using the linear approximation -- Evaluation without the linear approximation -- Uncertainty information fit for purpose -- Measurement of vectors and functions -- Why take part in a measurement comparison? -- Other philosophies -- An assessment of objective Bayesian methods -- Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement -- Measurement near a limit, an insoluble problem? |
| Altri titoli varianti | Measurement Uncertainty & Probability |
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Nonequilibrium many-body theory of quantum systems : a modern introduction / / Gianluca Stefanucci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Robert van Leeuwen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland [[electronic resource]]
| Nonequilibrium many-body theory of quantum systems : a modern introduction / / Gianluca Stefanucci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, Robert van Leeuwen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Stefanucci Gianluca <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 600 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.1/5353 |
| Soggetto topico |
Green's functions
Many-body problem Quantum theory - Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-107-23333-X
1-139-02397-7 1-107-34864-1 1-107-34745-9 1-107-34370-4 1-107-34495-6 1-299-74942-9 1-107-34120-5 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Second quantization; 2. Getting familiar with second quantization: model Hamiltonians; 3. Time-dependent problems and equations of motion; 4. The contour idea; 5. Many-particle Green's functions; 6. One-particle Green's function; 7. Mean field approximations; 8. Conserving approximations: two-particle Green's function; 9. Conserving approximations: self-energy; 10. MBPT for the Green's function; 11. MBPT and variational principles for the grand potential; 12. MBPT for the two-particle Green's function; 13. Applications of MBPT to equilibrium problems; 14. Linear response theory: preliminaries; 15. Linear response theory: many-body formulation; 16. Applications of MBPT to nonequilibrium problems; Appendices; Index. |
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Stefanucci Gianluca <1973->
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Phenomenology of polymer solution dynamics / / George D.J. Phillies [[electronic resource]]
| Phenomenology of polymer solution dynamics / / George D.J. Phillies [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Phillies George D. J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 509 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 547/.7 |
| Soggetto topico | Polymer solutions |
| ISBN |
1-107-22592-2
1-280-48499-3 1-139-22229-5 9786613579973 0-511-84318-6 1-139-21748-8 1-139-22400-X 1-139-21440-3 1-139-22057-8 |
| Classificazione | SCI055000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Sedimentation -- 3. Electrophoresis -- 4. Quasielastic light scattering and diffusion -- 5. Solvent and small-molecule motion -- 6. Segmental diffusion -- 7. Dielectric relaxation and chain dimensions -- 8. Self- and tracer diffusion -- 9. Probe diffusion -- 10. Dynamics of colloids -- 11. The dynamic structure factor -- 12. Viscosity -- 13. Viscoelasticity -- 14. Nonlinear viscoelastic phenomena -- 15. Qualitative summary -- 16. Phenomenology -- 17. Afterword: hydrodynamic scaling model for polymer dynamics. |
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