Author: Publisher:
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Category : Solar energy
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Physics [reprints of Papers from the Proceedings
Author: Collected Reprints - Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Laboratory
Author: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Miscellaneous Scientific Papers
Author: William John Macquorn RankinePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282748463
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Excerpt from Miscellaneous Scientific Papers: From the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal and Other Scientific and Philosophical Societies, and the Scientific Journals; With a Memoir of the Author Tm: following remarks have been suggested by a paper by Professor Thomson f of Glasgow, on the tendency which exists in nature to the dissipation or indefinite diffusion of mechanical energy originally collected in stores of power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Anxiety and the Equation
Author: Eric JohnsonPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262038617
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. Ludwig Boltzmann's grave in Vienna's Central Cemetery bears a cryptic epitaph: S = k log W. This equation was Boltzmann's great discovery, and it contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. In Anxiety and the Equation, Eric Johnson tells the story of a man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who did his most important work as he struggled with mental illness. Johnson explains that “S” in Boltzmann's equation refers to entropy, and that entropy is the central quantity in the second law of thermodynamics. The second law is always on, running in the background of our lives, providing a way to differentiate between past and future. We know that the future will be a state of higher entropy than the past, and we have Boltzmann to thank for discovering the equation that underlies that fundamental trend. Johnson, accessibly and engagingly, reassembles Boltzmann's equation from its various components and presents episodes from Boltzmann's life—beginning at the end, with “Boltzmann Kills Himself” and “Boltzmann Is Buried (Not Once, But Twice).” Johnson explains the second law in simple terms, introduces key concepts through thought experiments, and explores Boltzmann's work. He argues that Boltzmann, diagnosed by his contemporaries as neurasthenic, suffered from an anxiety disorder. He was, says Johnson, a man of reason who suffered from irrational concerns about his work, worrying especially about opposition from the scientific establishment of the day. Johnson's clear and concise explanations will acquaint the nonspecialist reader with such seemingly esoteric concepts as microstates, macrostates, fluctuations, the distribution of energy, log functions, and equilibrium. He describes Boltzmann's relationships with other scientists, including Max Planck and Henri Poincaré, and, finally, imagines “an alternative ending,” in which Boltzmann lived on and died of natural causes.
Reprint Series
Author: University of Michigan. Office of Research AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Physics and Our World
Author: Kerson HuangPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814434973
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
As the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Victor Weisskopf at MIT, this volume contains papers by leaders of physics at the time, including M Delbrck, M Gell-Mann, H Bethe, T D Lee, B R Mottelson, W K H Panofsky, E Purcell, J Schwinger, S M Ulam, and others. Some papers address problems in the philosophy of physics, and physics and society, that are timeless in nature. But the symposium had a historical significance, in that it took place at a historic juncture of particle physics OCo the emergence of the Standard Model owing to experiments that point to the existence of quarks. Some of the papers reflect both the pre-quark and post-quark points of view. For these reasons, these proceedings merit reissue and reexamination.
NBS Special Publication
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author: Wind and Seismic Effects
Author: United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources. Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. Joint MeetingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquake engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
An Architecture for Robot Hierarchical Control System
Author: Anthony J. BarberaPublisher:
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Category : Robots
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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