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A Lesson for the Future of Our Science: My Testimony on Lord Patrick M S Blackett

The book is a tribute to the great experimental physicist Lord Patrick M S Blackett, written by one of his pupils at the Sphynx Observatory, Antonio Zichichi.

Neutrino Oscillations: A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications

Luigi Di Lella reviews in 2016 Neutrino Oscillations: A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications.

Tunnel visions

The book depicts the political panorama during the 10 years of life of the SSC project.

Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense (2nd edition)

In this book, the author explains entropy and the second law of thermodynamics in a clear and easy way, and with the help of many examples. He intends, in particular, to show that these physics laws a...

Modern Physics Letters A: Special Issue on Hadrontherapy

This special issue of Modern Physics Letters is dedicated to hadron therapy, which is the frontier of cancer radiation therapy, and aims at filling a gap in the current literature on medical physics.

Beyond the Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond our Milky Way and Discovered the Entire Universe

This book provides an introduction to astrophysics and cosmology for absolute beginners, as well as for any reader looking for a general overview of the subject and an account of its latest developmen...

Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates

This is not another "quantum mechanics for dummies" book, as the author himself states. Nevertheless, it is a text that talks about quantum mechanics but is not meant for experts in the field.

Particles and the Universe: From the Ionian School to the Higgs Boson and Beyond

This book aims to present the history of particle physics, from the introduction of the concept of particles by Greek philosophers, to the discovery of the last tile of the Standard Model, the Higgs b...