Contemporary Physics

Title Publication Date Language Citations
Commonly Asked Questions in thermodynamics, 2nd edition Commonly Asked Questions in thermodynamics, 2nd edition , by Marc J. Assael, Geoffrey C. Maitland, Thomas Maskow, Urs von Stockar, William A. Wakeham, and Stefan Will, Boca Raton, FL, USA and Abingdon, UK, CRC Press, 2022, xxiv+461 pp., £170 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-367-33891-6; ISBN: 978-1-032-27589-5 (paperback); ISBN: 978-0-429-32952-4 (e-book). Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate, graduate, early stage researcher.2023/01/02English
Offbeat physics: machines, meditations and misconceptions Offbeat physics: machines, meditations and misconceptions , edited by P. I. C. Teixeira, Boca Raton, FL, and Abingdon, UK, CRC Press, 2022, xvi+258 pp., £99.99 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-032-02116-4; ISBN: 978-1-032-03393-8 (paperback); ISBN: 978-1-003-18710-3 (e-book). Scope: article collection. Level: undergraduate.2023/01/02English
Essay review Popular particle physics1997/01/01English
Beauty from complexity2001/09/01English
Books reviewed: author index1997/11/01
Short notices1999/07/01English
Book reviews2000/05/01English
Book reviews1999/03/01English
The future of space exploration: Is it asking for the Moon?2001/09/01English
Essay review Puzzles of evolution1999/01/01English
Light on a lattice1999/03/01English
Book reviews2001/11/01English
Book reviews2000/07/01English
The physical mechanisms of neutron detection2024/04/04English
Essay review Reflections on the EPR Paradox1998/02/01English
Wavefronts and rays as characteristics and asymptotics, 3rd editionWavefronts and rays as characteristics and asymptotics, 3rd edition, by Andrej Bona and Michael A. Slawinski, Singapore, World Scientific, 2020, 356 pp., £120(hbk), £95(ebook), ISBN 978-981-122-646-5. Scope: reference. Level: postgraduate, advanced undergraduate.2024/01/05English
The joy of science The joy of science , by Jim Al-Khalili, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2022, 224 pp., $16.95/£13.99 (E-Book), ISBN: 9780691235660. Scope: general interest. Level: general readership.2024/01/05English
Life in the universe, 5th edition Life in the universe, 5th edition , by Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, Nicholas Schneider and Meredith MacGregor, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2022, 544 pp., £84.00 (e-book), ISBN: 9780691241784. Scope: review. Level: general readership, undergraduate, advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher, researcher, teacher, scientist, engineers2023/01/02English
Space astrometry2023/01/02English
Axions for amateurs2023/01/02English
Superconductivity: the path of least resistance to the future2023/01/02English
Renewable energy: a first course, 3rd edition Renewable energy: a first course, 3rd edition , by Robert Ehrlich, Harold A. Geller, and John R. Cressman, Boca Raton, FL, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022, 562 pp., US$ 88.12 (paperback), ISBN: 9780367768379. Scope: review. Level: undergraduate, advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researcher2024/03/13English
Biosensors for virus detectionBiosensors for virus detection by Adil Denizli and Yeseren Saylan, Bristol, IOP Publishing, 2021, 184 pp., $190.000 (hardcover), ISBN 9780750338677. Scope: textbook. Level: advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, researcher, scientist.2024/01/17English
The physics of sound waves: music, instruments, and sound equipment, second edition2022/07/03English
The brain–bladder axis in tissue growth and remodelling2022/07/03English
Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates2022/04/03English
Book reviews1999/01/01English
Books received1998/11/01English
Short notices2001/11/01English
Books received1999/03/01English