Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Associazione Roberto Almagià, 2016 Square 8vo (24 x 24 cm), 232 pp. Laminated wrappers with flaps (minor shelf-wear, small tear top of the page 95). Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Bergamo 16 April - 10 July 2016. 74 entries.

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2019 4to (26.5 cm), XVII, 145 pp. Publisher's laminated boards. "Vortices comprising swirling motion of matter are observable in classical systems at all scales ranging from atomic size to the scale of galaxies. In quantum mechanical systems, such vortices are robust entities whose behaviours are governed by the strict rules of topology. The physics of quantum vortices is pivotal to basic science of quantum turbulence and high temperature superconductors, and underpins emerging quantum technologies including topological quantum computation. This handbook is aimed at providing a dictionary style portal to the fascinating quantum world of vortices." (publisher's synopsis)

Anchor Books, 1985 8vo (21.5 cm), XV, 268 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj somewhat rubbed at extremities, top edge slightly stained). "In this book, leading physicist Nick Herbert has created a key work which goes far deeper into its subject than the acknowledged classics in the field. Dr. Herbert addresses the age-old question: What is reality? by first explaining and then utilizing the discoveries and theories of modern physics." (from the blurb)

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951 8vo (23.5 cm), XIV, 528 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (binding slightly rubbed at extremities). First edition. John Slater (1900-1976) was a distinguished American physicist renowned for his significant contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, and solids. The book, along with "Mechanics" (1947) and "Electromagnetism" (1947), constituted a comprehensive treatment, at an intermediate level of difficulty, covering most contemporary theoretical physics topics, with the exception of nuclear theory.

American Mathematical Society, 2019 4to (26 cm), IX, 186 pp. Publisher's laminated wrappers. "This book originated from lecture notes for the course given by the author at the University of Notre Dame in the fall of 2016. The aim of the book is to give an introduction to the perturbative path integral for gauge theories (in particular, topological field theories) in Batalin Vilkovisky formalism and to some of its applications. The book is oriented toward a graduate mathematical audience and does not require any prior physics background. To elucidate the picture, the exposition is mostly focused on finite-dimensional models for gauge systems and path integrals, while giving comments on what has to be amended in the infinite-dimensional case relevant to local field theory. Motivating examples discussed in the book include Alexandrov Kontsevich Schwarz Zaboronsky sigma models, the perturbative expansion for Chern Simons invariants of 3-manifolds given in terms of integrals over configurations… Read More

arima publishing, 2006 8vo (23 cm), XII, 184 pp. Laminated wrappers. "When you insert a straight stick in water, you will surprisedly find that the stick appears bent. Yet, this is in fact an optical illusion resulting from the refraction of light. Nature always hides her secret with attractive veiling. This may also be true for the motion of objects. Although everything around us appears to move in a continuous and lawful way, it is in all probability that their motion is discontinuous and random in reality as the microscopic phenomena reveal. This book presents a clear exposition of the intriguing idea of random discontinuous motion and its implications for quantum theory and relativity. Once you realize that motion is actually discontinuous and random, you may finally understand the mysterious quantum world, where an electron can pass through two slits at the same time." (from the blurb)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956 8vo (24.5 cm), VIII, 229 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj chipped at the head of the spine, small stains bottom of few first pages, ownership entry on the title page). First edition, second printing. Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls (1907-1995) was a German-born British physicist who played a major role in the Britain's nuclear weapon programme, as well as the subsequent Manhattan Project. The book develops the subject from the basic principle of quantum mechanics. The treatment covers the electron theory of metals as well as the dynamics of crystals, including the author's work on the thermal conductivity of crystals.

Dover Publications, 1989 8vo (21.5 cm), XII, 646 pp. Laminated wrappers. "This superb text by David Bohm, formerly Princeton University and Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Birkbeck College, University of London, provides a formulation of the quantum theory in terms of qualitative and imaginative concepts that have evolved outside and beyond classical theory. Although it presents the main ideas of quantum theory essentially in nonmathematical terms, it follows these with a broad range of specific applications that are worked out in considerable mathematical detail." (from the blurb)

Bruxelles: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 2002 8vo (24 cm), 168 pp. Printed wrappers. Inscribed by Adrienne Fontainas to a Belgian bookbinder and bibliophile Marianne Delvaux-Diercxsens. The catalogue of an exhibition in Bibliotheca Wittockiana.