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A heartfelt tribute

A tribute to Willibald Jentschke who passed away in March 2022.

CERN and Saclay: 40 years of co-operation

The Saclay research centre opened its doors in 1952, just two years before CERN was founded. For much of the time since then, the two laboratories have enjoyed a fruitful collaboration, spanning the d...

When CERN saw the end of the alphabet

The W and Z particles were first observed at CERN 20 years ago by the UA1 and UA2 experiments. Daniel Denegri, who worked with UA1, recollects the spirit of discovery at the time.

Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors

Now out in paperback this book, aimed at graduate students in physics and engineering, and other beginners in the field, provides a simple quantum mechanical theory of important optical processes in s...

Plasma Waves: Second Edition

This extended and revised edition encompasses waves in cold, warm and hot plasmas and relativistic plasmas.

Dall’Atomo al Cosmo (From Atoms to the Cosmos)

Antonella del Rosso reviews in 2003 Dall'Atomo al Cosmo (From Atoms to the Cosmos).

Cohesion: A Scientific History of Intermolecular Forces

A detailed historical account of how leading scientists of the past 300 years have tried to understand why matter sticks together, this book will interest physicists and physical chemists, as well as ...

Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics and Problems & Solution in Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics

The new study guide, in its first edition, has grown out of popular demand. The problems, most of which have been tested on the author's students, vary in difficulty from very simple to research level...

Chaos and Time-Series Analysis

Aimed at students, scientists or engineers who want to use the ideas in a practical setting, this book introduces new developments in chaos and related topics in nonlinear dynamics.