Encyclopedia of Physics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527269541 ISBN 13: 9783527269549

Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 1990

Synopsis

The editors of "Encyclopedia of Physics", whose earlier edition a decade ago won international acclaim from the scientific and library community, now provide a fully revised, expanded and updated second edition of this comprehensive reference resource. This new edition draws from a panel of over 500 expert contributors active in the fields they cover to provide in a single volume a wide-embracing state-of-the-art account of physics and the physical world. These distinguished contributors include fourteen Nobel Prize winners and numerous other recipients of scientific awards for expertise in their specialities.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The editors of this Encyclopedia, earlier editions which met with international acclaim, have now provided a fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of this comprehensive reference work. In two volumes, 500 experts – among them several Nobel laureates and numerous other scientific award winners – offers a comprehensive and topical account physics and the physical world. the volumes comprise more than 500 articles, which have either been completely updated or are altogether new, covering the latest terminology and techniques in physics, including e.g. atomic trapping and cooling, biophotonics, econophysics, the formation of stars and planets, quantum communication, space science and technology, and traffic flow. From the Contents of Volume 1: Alloys Antimatter Astrophysics Atmospheric Physics Betatron Biophysics ceramics Circuits, Integrated Complex Systems Cosmic Rays, Astrophysical Effects Cryogenics Crystal Defects Electron Beam Technology Error Analysis Field theory, Unified gravitational Lenses Hidden Variables Interstellar Medium Laser Cooling Liquid Crystals From reviews of the First and Second Edition: "Very focused and well–balanced!" "A remarkable editorial achievement!" "the work has been modernized by additional entries. [The reader] will be pleased to find in one volume all that ranks among the insights of physics – from ′Absorption Coefficient, Accelerators′ to ′X–Ray–Spectroscopy, Zeeman–Effect′."

About the Author

George L. Trigg, an internationally experienced and qualified senior editor in Physics, lives in New Paltz/New York. For many years he was co–editor of the most renowned expert journal in Physics, Physical Review Letters. Professor Trigg and the late Professor Rita G. Lerner were co–editors for the Encyclopedia of Physics from its first edition, which was published in 1981 and won international praise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3527269541
• ISBN 13: 9783527269549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1408
• Editor: Lerner R.G., Trigg G.L.