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The Physical World: An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics

Ranging from classical to quantum mechanics, from nuclear to particle physics and cosmology, this book aims to provide an overview of various branches of physics in both a comprehensive and concise fa...

The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter

Ruth Durrer reviews in 2017 The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter.

The Photomultiplier Handbook

This volume is a comprehensive handbook aimed primarily at those who use, design or build vacuum photomultipliers.

The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action

Andrea Giammanco reviews in 2017 The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action.

Reaching out from the European school

The CERN–JINR European School of High-Energy Physics marks 25 years of teaching advanced topics in particle physics.

Foundations of Nuclear and Particle Physics

This textbook aims to present the foundations of both nuclear and particle physics in a single volume in a balanced way, and to highlight the interconnections between them.

The Grant Writer’s Handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed

This book is designed as a “how to” guide to writing grant proposals for competitive peer review.

ITER Physics

This 235 page book is dedicated to the ITER tokamak, the deuterium–tritium fusion reactor under construction in France, which aims to investigate the feasibility of fusion power.

Relativistic Kinetic Theory, with Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology

This book provides an overview of relativistic kinetic theory, from its theoretical foundations to its applications, passing through the various numerical methods used when analytical solutions of com...