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Unclear Physics
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Author : Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2016-08
Unclear Physics written by Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08 with History categories.
Many authoritarian leaders want nuclear weapons, but few manage to acquire them. Autocrats seeking nuclear weapons fail in different ways and to varying degrees—Iraq almost managed it; Libya did not come close. In Unclear Physics, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer compares the two failed nuclear weapons programs, showing that state capacity played a crucial role in the trajectory and outcomes of both projects. Braut-Hegghammer draws on a rich set of new primary sources, collected during years of research in archives, fieldwork across the Middle East, and interviews with scientists and decision makers from both states. She gained access to documents and individuals that no other researcher has been able to consult. Her book tells the story of the Iraqi and Libyan programs from their origins in the late 1950s and 1960s until their dismantling. This book reveals contemporary perspectives from scientists and regime officials on the opportunities and challenges facing each project. Many of the findings challenge the conventional wisdom about clandestine weapons programs in closed authoritarian states and their prospects of success or failure. Braut-Hegghammer suggests that scholars and analysts ought to pay closer attention to how state capacity affects nuclear weapons programs in other authoritarian regimes, both in terms of questioning the actual control these leaders have over their nuclear weapons programs and the capability of their scientists to solve complex technical challenges.
Physics For The Utterly Confused
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Author : Daniel M. Oman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Physics For The Utterly Confused written by Daniel M. Oman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
Quantum Mathematical Physics
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Author : Felix Finster
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2016-02-24
Quantum Mathematical Physics written by Felix Finster and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-24 with Science categories.
Quantum physics has been highly successful for more than 90 years. Nevertheless, a rigorous construction of interacting quantum field theory is still missing. Moreover, it is still unclear how to combine quantum physics and general relativity in a unified physical theory. Attacking these challenging problems of contemporary physics requires highly advanced mathematical methods as well as radically new physical concepts. This book presents different physical ideas and mathematical approaches in this direction. It contains a carefully selected cross-section of lectures which took place in autumn 2014 at the sixth conference ``Quantum Mathematical Physics - A Bridge between Mathematics and Physics'' in Regensburg, Germany. In the tradition of the other proceedings covering this series of conferences, a special feature of this book is the exposition of a wide variety of approaches, with the intention to facilitate a comparison. The book is mainly addressed to mathematicians and physicists who are interested in fundamental questions of mathematical physics. It allows the reader to obtain a broad and up-to-date overview of a fascinating active research area.
Physics
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Author : Paul V. Pancella PhD
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2015-07-07
Physics written by Paul V. Pancella PhD and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with Science categories.
Physics can be a complex and intimidating topic, particularly for anyone facing their first high school or college course. Idiot's Guides: Physics is a brand new book on the topic with new content and new authors who break down the complex topics of physics and make them easy to understand. Readers will learn from numerous examples and problems that teach all of the fundamentals of physics-- Newton's laws, the basics of thermodynamics, mass, energy and work, inertia, velocity and acceleration, displacement, and more!
Undecidability Uncomputability And Unpredictability
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Author : Anthony Aguirre
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-20
Undecidability Uncomputability And Unpredictability written by Anthony Aguirre and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Science categories.
For a brief time in history, it was possible to imagine that a sufficiently advanced intellect could, given sufficient time and resources, in principle understand how to mathematically prove everything that was true. They could discern what math corresponds to physical laws, and use those laws to predict anything that happens before it happens. That time has passed. Gödel’s undecidability results (the incompleteness theorems), Turing’s proof of non-computable values, the formulation of quantum theory, chaos, and other developments over the past century have shown that there are rigorous arguments limiting what we can prove, compute, and predict. While some connections between these results have come to light, many remain obscure, and the implications are unclear. Are there, for example, real consequences for physics — including quantum mechanics — of undecidability and non-computability? Are there implications for our understanding of the relations between agency, intelligence, mind, and the physical world? This book, based on the winning essays from the annual FQXi competition, contains ten explorations of Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability. The contributions abound with connections, implications, and speculations while undertaking rigorous but bold and open-minded investigation of the meaning of these constraints for the physical world, and for us as humans.
India S Nuclear Proliferation Policy
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Author : Gaurav Kampani
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-25
India S Nuclear Proliferation Policy written by Gaurav Kampani and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-25 with Political Science categories.
This book examines India’s nuclear program, and it shows how secrecy inhibits learning in states and corrodes the capacity of decision-makers to generate optimal policy choices. Focusing on clandestine Indian nuclear proliferation during 1980–2010, the book argues that efficient decision-making is dependent on strongly established knowledge actors, high information turnover and the capacity of leaders to effectively monitor their agents. When secrecy concerns prevent states from institutionalizing these processes, leaders tend to rely more on heuristics and less on rational thought processes in choices involving matters of great political uncertainty and technical complexity. Conversely, decision-making improves as secrecy declines and policy choices become subject to higher levels of scrutiny and contestation. The arguments in this book draw on compelling evidence gathered from interviews conducted by the author, with interviewees including individuals who were involved in nuclear planning in India from 1980 to 2010, such as former cabinet and defence secretaries, the principal secretary to the prime minister, national security advisors, secretaries to the department of atomic energy, military chiefs of staff and their principal staff officers, and commanders of India’s strategic (nuclear) forces. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, Asian politics, strategic studies and International Relations.
High Energy Physics Research
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
High Energy Physics Research written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Nuclear physics categories.
Reviews purpose, objectives, and requirements of high energy physics research. Includes scientific articles and papers, (p. 393-795).
From Quanta To Quarks More Anecdotal History Of Physics
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Author : Capri Anton Z
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date : 2007-09-28
From Quanta To Quarks More Anecdotal History Of Physics written by Capri Anton Z and has been published by World Scientific Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-28 with Science categories.
This enlightening book, a sequel to QUIPS, QUOTES, AND QUANTA, helps readers to understand how physicists think about and look at the world. Starting with the discovery and investigation of cosmic rays, the book proceeds to cover some major areas of modern physics in laymen's terms. Unlike other books that deal with the history of physics, this volume concentrates on anecdotes about the physicists who created the new ideas, with a heavy emphasis on personal incidents and quotes. At the same time it presents, in every day language, the ideas created by these physicists. Both thematic and biographical in nature, readers will be entertained with humorous events in the lives of some famous scientists. Readers will also learn quite a lot about modern physics without the mathematical details, but with the important concepts intact.
Physics Since Parity Symmetry Breaking In Memory Of Prof C S Wu
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Author : T Lu
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 1998-09-02
Physics Since Parity Symmetry Breaking In Memory Of Prof C S Wu written by T Lu and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-02 with categories.
Madam Chien Shiung Wu, the great physicist of 20th century physics, passed away in February 1997. Born in 1912, she became a towering scientific figure in the second half of the century. Madam Wu and Madame Curie will forever be commemorated as the two great female physicists of the 20th century. On 16-18 August 1997, scientists from around the globe, many of them distinguished in their own right, gathered in Nanjing, where Madam Wu spent her undergraduate years to celebrate the glorious achievements of the great lady.This important volume constitutes the proceedings of the conference. The main advances in fundamental symmetry, nuclear, particle and general physics since parity symmetry breaking and the prospects at the turn of the century are addressed by world-renowned experts. The historical developments in the studies of the β-decay mechanism, vector current conservation, parity, charge conjugation and time reversal nonconservation are vividly depicted by Madam Wu's close friends, including several Nobel laureates.
Nucleus Nucleus Collisions
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Author : Giovanni C. Bonsignori
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2001
Nucleus Nucleus Collisions written by Giovanni C. Bonsignori and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Science categories.
The International Conference "Bologna 2000: Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the Century" was devoted to a discipline which has seen a strong revival of research activities in the last decade. New experimental results and theoretical developments in nuclear physics will certainly make important contributions to our knowledge and understanding of Nature's fundamental building blocks. The interest aroused by the Conference among the scientific community was clearly reflected in the large number of participants. These represented the most important nuclear physics laboratories in the world. The Conference covered five major topics of modern nuclear physics: nuclear structure, nucleus-nucleus collisions, hadron dynamics, nuclear astrophysics, and transdisciplinary and peaceful applications of nuclear science. It reviewed recent progress in the field and provided a forum for the discussion of current and future research projects.