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Physics Newsletter - January 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (January 2011 Physics Newsletter)
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1. Highlights
2. Journal Spotlight
3. Top Picks
4. New & Forthcoming Publications
5. Bestsellers
6. General Interest
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1. Highlights
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HEISENBERG'S QUANTUM MECHANICS
by Mohsen Razavy (University of Alberta, Canada)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7702.html
LECTURES ON GRAVITATION
by Ashok Das (University of Rochester, USA & Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics, India)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7990.html
A SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY: S CHANDRASEKHAR
edited by Kameshwar C Wali (Syracuse University, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7686.html
DYNAMICAL SYMMETRY
by Carl E Wulfman (University of the Pacific, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7548.html
BCS: 50 YEARS
edited by Leon N Cooper & Dmitri Feldman (Brown University, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7728.html
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2. Journal Spotlight
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International Journal of Modern Physics A (IJMPA)
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpa/ijmpa.shtml
***Aims & Scope***
Started in 1986, IJMPA has gained international repute as a high-quality
scientific journal. It consists of important review articles and
original papers covering the latest research developments in Particles
and Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. The journal also features
articles of long-standing value and importance which can be vital to
research into new unexplored areas.
Notable IJMPA Papers:
Status of Superstring and M-Theory
by John H Schwarz (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Vol. 25 No. 25 pp 4703-4725
Some Lessons from Sixty Years of Theorizing
by Murray Gell-Mann (Santa Fe Institute, USA)
Vol. 25 No. 20 pp 3857-3861
International Journal of Modern Physics D (IJMPD)
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpd/ijmpd.shtml
***Aims & Scope***
Gravitation, astrophysics and cosmology are exciting and rapidly
advancing fields of research. This journal aims to accommodate and
promote this expansion of information and ideas and it features research
papers and reviews on theoretical, observational and experimental
findings in these fields. Among the topics covered are general
relativity, quantum gravity, gravitational experiments, quantum
cosmology, observational cosmology, particle cosmology, large scale
structure, high energy astrophysics, compact objects, cosmic particles
and radiation.
Notable IJMPD Papers:
Go with the Flow, Average Holographic Universe
by George F Smoot (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Vol. 19 No. 14 pp 2247-2258
Huge Quantum Gravity Effects in the Solar System
by Don N Page (University of Alberta, Canada)
Vol. 19 No. 14 pp 2271-2274
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3. Top Picks
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THE CHAOTIC PENDULUM
by Moshe Gitterman (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7861.html
CLASSICAL MECHANICS ILLUSTRATED BY MODERN PHYSICS
42 Problems with Solutions
by David Guéry-Odelin & Thierry Lahaye (Paul Sabatier University, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p679.html
FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM INFORMATION
by Hiroyuki Sagawa (University of Aizu, Japan) & Nobuaki Yoshida (Kansai
University, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7915.html
FACTS AND MYSTERIES IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
by Martinus J G Veltman (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA & NIKHEF,
The Netherlands)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/5088.html
INTRODUCTORY QUANTUM PHYSICS AND RELATIVITY
by Jacob Dunningham (University of Leeds, UK) & Vlatko Vedral
(University of Oxford, UK & National University of Singapore)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p694.html
MODERN ASPECTS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Theory of Superconductivity
by Sergei Kruchinin (Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev,
Ukraine), Hidemi Nagao & Shigeyuki Aono (Kanazawa University, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7227.html
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4. NEW & FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
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** APPLIED PHYSICS **
Advanced Series in Applied Physics - Vol. 6
OPTICAL PROCESSES IN MICROPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURES
A Festschrift Dedicated to Richard Kounai Chang on His Retirement from
Yale University
edited by Ali Serpengüzel (Koç University, Turkey) & Andrew W Poon (The
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China)
http://worldscibooks.com/physics/7650.html
** ASTROPHYSICS / ASTRONOMY / COSMOLOGY **
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE
Hot Big Bang Theory
by Dmitry S Gorbunov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) & Valery A
Rubakov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia & Moscow State University,
Russia) http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7874.html
ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY
An Introduction to the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Astronomical Spectra
(2nd Edition)
by Jonathan Tennyson (University College London, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7574.html
PRIMORDIAL COSMOLOGY
by Giovanni Montani (ENEA & ICRANet, University of Rome “Sapienza”,
Italy), Marco Valerio Battisti (University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy &
Centre of Theoretical Physics, Luminy, Marseille, France), Riccardo
Benini (ICRA & University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy), & Giovanni
Imponente (Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7235.html
SCALE RELATIVITY AND FRACTAL SPACE-TIME
A New Approach to Unifying Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
by Laurent Nottale (Paris-Meudon Observatory, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p752.html
** ATOMIC PHYSICS **
OPTICAL INTERACTIONS IN SOLIDS
(Second Edition)
by Baldassare Di Bartolo (Boston College, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7649.html
** CLASSICAL MECHANICS / ELECTRODYNAMICS **
ELECTRODYNAMICS
(2ND EDITION)
by Harald J W Muller-Kristen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/8091.html
** CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS . SOLID STATE PHYSICS **
GLASSY MATERIALS AND DISORDERED SOLIDS
An Introduction to Their Statistical Mechanics
(Revised Edition)
by Kurt Binder (Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Germany) & Walter Kob
(Université Montpellier 2, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7300.html
Book Series on Complex Metallic Alloys - Vol. 4
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX INTERMETALLICS
edited by Esther Belin-Ferré (Université Pierre et Marie Currie, France)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7870.html
** HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS / PARTICLE PHYSICS **
AN INTRODUCTION TO STRING THEORY AND D-BRANE DYNAMICS
With Problems and Solutions
(2nd Edition)
by Richard J Szabo (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/p741.html
** THEORETICAL PHYSICS **
FRACTIONAL CALCULUS
An Introduction for Physicists
by Richard Herrmann (Gigahedron, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/8072.html
World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics - Vol. 43
A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF GUNNAR KÄLLÉN
Including a Selection of His Articles and Commentaries
by Cecilia Jarlskog (Lund University, Sweden) & Alfred C T Wu
(University of Michigan, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7755.html
QUANTUM PROCESSES
by Wolfram Schommers (Institute for Scientific Computing, Germany)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6785.html
** PROCEEDINGS **
STRONG COUPLING GAUGE THEORIES IN LHC ERA
Proceedings of the Workshop in Honor of Toshihide Maskawa's 70th
Birthday and 35th Anniversary of Dynamical Symmetry Breaking in SCGT
Nagoya University, Japan, 8 – 11 December 2009
edited by H Fukaya, M Harada, M Tanabashi & K Yamawaki (Nagoya
University, Japan) http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7996.html
QP-PQ: Quantum Probability and White Noise Analysis - Vol. 28
QUANTUM BIO-INFORMATICS IV
From Quantum Information to Bio-Informatics
Tokyo University of Science, Japan, 10 – 13 March, 2010
edited by L Accardi (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy), W
Freudenberg (Brandenburgische Technische Universitat Cottbus, Germany) &
M Ohya (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/8125.html
PHYSICS OF THE LARGE AND THE SMALL: TASI 2009 - PROCEEDINGS OF THE
THEORETICAL ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE IN ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS
Boulder, Colorado, USA, 1 – 26 June 2009
edited by Csaba Csaki (Cornell University, USA) & Scott Dodelson (Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7961.html
EXCLUSIVE REACTIONS AT HIGH MOMENTUM TRANSFER IV
Proceedings of the 4th Workshop
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, USA, 18 – 21 May 2010
edited by Anatoly Radyushkin (Jefferson Lab, USA & Old Dominion
University, USA) http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7998.html
POLARIZED SOURCES, TARGETS AND POLARIMETRY
Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop
Ferrara, Italy, 7 – 11 September 2009
edited by G Ciullo (INFN – Ferrara, Italy & University of Ferrara,
Italy), M Contalbrigo (INFN – Ferrara, Italy), & P Lenisa (INFN –
Ferrara, Italy & University of Ferrara, Italy)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7950.html
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5. BESTSELLERS
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PHYSICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
by A W Brinkman (Durham University, UK)
http://worldscibooks.com/physics/p551.html
PHENOMENOLOGY OF ULTRA-RELATIVISTIC HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS
by Wojciech Florkowski (Jan Kochanowski University Kielce, Poland &
Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7396.html
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ON MECHANICS
edited by Yung-Kuo Lim (National University of Singapore)
https://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/1938.html
50 YEARS OF ANDERSON LOCALIZATION
edited by Elihu Abrahams (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7663.html
PHYSICS OVER EASY
Breakfasts with Beth and Physics (2nd Edition)
by Leonid V Azároff (University of Connecticut, USA)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/7636.html
A video of our author, Prof Azaroff, who wrote Physics Over Easy (2nd
Ed) was shot. He introduced his book and discussed some Physics
related materials with his wife Beth over breakfast. The videos have now
been uploaded onto Youtube, Facebook and Twitter. Have your breakfast
with Azaroff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZCkIVLzyR0 - Video 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6sytt0A1ho - Video 2
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6. General Interest
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ALBERT EINSTEIN MEMORIAL LECTURES
edited by Raphael Mechoulam (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) &
Jacob Bekenstein (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/general/7992.html
NOBEL PRIZES AND LIFE SCIENCES
by Erling Norrby (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden)
http://www.worldscibooks.com/general/7677.html
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