Wiley-VCH - Physics

1. Field Simulation for Accelerator Magnets

   This comprehensive book provides fundamentals of magnetic field design in accelerators as well as detailed coverage of analytical and numerical field computation, mathematical optimization and multiphysics simulations. [1136 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
2. Biophysics

   BIOPHYSICS An introduction to the physics of living organisms The field of biophysics employs the principles of physics to study biological systems, and introduces the concept of the living state. It is a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the living state combining physics, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, medicine and engineering. The physics of macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies is a particularly important aspect of this broader field. Biophysics: Physical Processes Underlying the Living State offers an introduction to the general principles of the living state and their biological applications. Beginning with an historical overview of fundamental scientific theories and fields, the book then provides a brief introduction to cell biology and biochemistry, and then an overview of basic thermodynamics, kinetics, information theory, electrostatics in solution, fluid mechanics and macromolecular physics, and their relationship to the living state. After a presentation of physical methods, with an emphasis on light scattering, different biological macromolecules, selected aspects of their functions, and their physical properties and interactions are surveyed. A brief introduction to vision, biomotion, and theoretical biology is also provided. Exploration of some frontier issues in prebiotic origins of life, consciousness, and astrobiology round out the book. The result is a multifaceted window into the broad and evolving field of biophysics. Biophysics readers will also find: * Problems at the conclusion of each chapter to reinforce and focus student knowledge * A gathering of topics in basic physics and physical chemistry which are seldom found in a single source This textbook is suitable for physics and engineering students studying biophysics, macromolecular science, and biophysical chemistry, as well as for polymer scientists, chemists, biochemists, cell and molecular biologists, bioengineers, and others. [528 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
3. Schatt Werkstoffwissenschaft

   Werkstoffwissenschaften sind modern, die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung enorm, die Berufsaussichten für Absolvent:innen glänzend - durchs Studium hilft ihnen auf bewährte Weise die neue, vorlesungserprobte Auflage des Lehrbuchs "Werkstoffwissenschaft". [624 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
4. Controlled Surface Wetting

   offers the theory and mechanism of wetting-controlled surfaces, model of physics and chemistry, idea of design, methods of fabrication to realize wetting functions. [320 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
5. A Historical Approach to Materials Under Irradiation

   Researchers and students have not yet had access to a book which would enable them to trace the origins of the concepts that explain the behavior of materials under irradiation. This book fills the gap. As far back as antiquity, the notions of purity and disorder have been evoked to explain the different properties of materials. It was geologists who developed the subject in the 19th century. Then, with the discovery of X-rays and radioactivity, disorder in materials became the domain of physicists and chemists. The first observations focused on the color changes of ionic crystals, then gradually all the techniques for characterising materials were used. However, questions about the resistance of the components of the first atomic piles to irradiation led to the development of irradiation studies. This book describes the historical approaches to particle transport and defect creation mechanisms. Several chapters detail the history of irradiation of different types of materials: metals, semiconductors, iono-covalent insulators, polymers and radiolysis of water. The final two chapters deal with irradiation tools and applications. [320 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...