Useful for achieving a chemistry degree, this title aims to offer a judicious choice of topics and a careful exposition of maths

Already climbing the bestseller lists-and garnering rave reviews—this "little masterpiece" sheds brilliant light on the equation that changed the world. Bodanis begins by devoting chapters to each of the equation's letters and symbols, introducing the science and scientists forming the backdrop to Einstein's discovery—from Ole Roemer's revelation that the speed of light could be measured to Michael Faraday's pioneering work on energy fields. Having demystified the equation, Bodanis explains its science and brings it to life historically, making clear the astonishing array of discoveries and consequences it made possible. It would prove to be a beacon throughout the twentieth century, important to Ernest Rutherford, who discovered the structure of the atom, Enrico Fermi, who probed the nucleus, and Lise Meitner, who finally understood how atoms could be split wide open. And it has come to inform our daily lives, governing everything from the atomic bomb to a television's cathode-ray tube to the carbon dating of prehistoric paintings.

The study and application of electronic materials has created an increasing demand for sophisticated and reliable techniques for examining and characterizing these materials. This comprehensive book looks at the area of x-ray diffraction and the modern techniques available for deployment in research, development, and production. It provides the theoretical and practical background for applying these techniques in scientific and industrial materials characterization. The main aim of the book is to map the theoretical and practical background necessary to the study of single crystal materials by means of high-resolution x-ray diffraction and topography. It combines mathematical formalisms with graphical explanations and hands-on practical advice for interpreting data.

Emphasizing the potential and impact of the burgeoning nanotechnology field, this six-volume encyclopedia set discusses the fundamental principles, theories, and methodologies that impact nanosystem design innovations in nanostructured materials, nanodevices, and system architectures. Unparalleled in scope and depth, it examines the properties, performance, and engineering of materials that have controllable features on the nanometer scale; new simulation tools and computational methods; and the construction, integration, and application of tools for the measurement and imaging of biological materials.

Volume 1 : Number 1. - 2004. - 875 p.

Richard P. Feynman was one of this century’s most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, in 1918, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a BS in 1939. He went on to Princeton and received his Ph.D. in 1942. During the war years he worked at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. He became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University, where he worked with Hans Bethe. He all but rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics and it was for this work that he shared the Nobel Prize in 1965. His simplified rules of calculation became standard tools of theoretical analysis in both quantum electrodynamics and high-energy physics. Feynman was a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology in 1950, where he later accepted a permanent faculty appointment, and became Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics in 1959. He had an extraordinary ability to communicate his science to audiences at all levels, and was a well-known and popular lecturer. Richard Feynman died in 1988 after a long illness. Freeman Dyson, of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, called him ‘the most original mind of his generation’, while in its obituary The New York Times described him as ‘arguably the most brilliant, iconoclastic and influential of the postwar generation of theoretical physicists’. A number of collections and adaptations of his lectures have been published, including The Feynman Lectures on Physics, QED (Penguin, 1990), The Character of Physical Law (Penguin, 1992), Six Easy Pieces (Penguin, 1998), The Meaning of It All (Penguin, 1999) and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces (Allen Lane, 1998; Penguin, 1999). The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation and The Feynman Lectures on Computation are both forthcoming in Penguin. His memoirs, Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman, were published in 1985.

Mirroring the growth and direction of science for nearly a century, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, now in its 90th edition, adds several new tables that will be among the most accessed in the world. These include Structure and Functions of Common Drugs, Solubility Parameters of Polymers, Major World Earthquakes, and Equilibrium Constants of Selected Enzyme Reactions. It adds major updates to several more, including Threshold Limits for Airborne Contaminants, Mass Spectral Peaks of Common Organic Solvents, and Properties of the Solar System. It also adds a table of the Handbook’s greatest fans: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Physics.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the basis and the current applications of LC-NMR and related techniques. It deals with the practical aspects of the hardware and software set-up for a successful performance of on-line coupling experiments. It covers the solution of real-word problems from the fields of biomedical, pharmaceutical and environmental studies as well as the analysis of natural products and polymeric compounds. Thus guidelines for an efficient application of the powerful hyphenated technique LC-NMR in combination with LC-MS are presented. Besides LC-NMR, important techniques such as the on-line coupling of gel permeation chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography, together with 1H NMR spectroscopy, are described in detail. Fascinating further aspects, such as the application of capillary separation techniques either in the single or parallel detection mode, together with the possibilities of direct 13C monitoring of chromatographic events, are also discussed. Key features include: * Up-to-date information on the theoretical and experimental methodology * Coverage of applications in biomedical, pharmaceutical and natural product analysis, as well as environmental polymer and related hyphenated techniques * Information appropriate for researchers in organic, pharmaceutical and medical chemistry Overall, this book is a requirement for all researchers and staff members dealing with structure elucidation problems in separation science.

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Vol. 1 : Real-Life Chemistry. - 375 p.

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Рассказано о том, как человек догадался о существовании атомов, как ученые научились измерять эти "неизмеримо" малые частицы вещества, какие приборы используют в современных лабораториях для исследований атомов и элементарных частиц и какие задачи еще предстоит решить физикам в области измерения объектов микромира. Настоящее издание дополнено по сравнению с предыдущим (1977) изложением новейших достижений ядерной физики и частично переработано. Для широкого круга читателей, в основном - учащихся старших классов средней школы, студентов техникумов и нефизических вузов, а также для преподавателей.

Изложена теория нормальных и сверхпроводящих металлов без использования сложных математических методов. Помимо описания классических свойств, внимание уделено следующим проблемам: квантовым интерференционным эффектам, локализации электронов случайным потенциалом, нелинейным явлениям, взаимному влиянию сверхпроводимости и магнетизма и др.

В книге рассмотрены физико-химические основы гидрометаллургических процессов, осуществляемых при повышенных давлениях и температурах. Освещена термодинамика и кинетика химических реакций, протекающих в этих условиях. Описаны автоклавные процессы в производстве глинозема. Приведены примеры использования автоклавной гидрометаллургии для получения тяжелых цветных, редких и благородных металлов (цинка, меди, никеля, кобальта, молибдена, вольфрама, урана, золота и металлов платиновой группы). Дано описание разработанных технологических схем. Предназначена для инженерно-технических работников заводов, научно-исследовательских институтов и проектных организаций цветной металлургии, а также для студентов, специализирующихся по гидрометаллургии цветных металлов.