"Version: 20160201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction2. Attitudes. How do students view science? -- 2.1. The questionnaire study -- 2.2. The student interview study -- 2.3. The interviews with Danish and American science educator/administrators3. Anxieties. Why do st…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How many women are in physics? -- 2.1. Historical women in physics -- 2.2. High school physics/upper secondary physics -- 2.3. Current trends in women's participation in physics -- 2.4. College/tertiary educ…
"Version: 20161001"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematics -- 2.1. Equations needed with symbols defined -- 2.2. Understanding the equations -- 2.3. Keeping the signs straight -- 2.4. Motion in 2-dimensions : relating x and y -- 2.5. Summary and important notes3. Ne…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Drug delivery approaches -- 2.1. Review of the chemical and physical properties of nanomaterials -- 2.2. Critical advances in nanomaterials for drug delivery3. Polymeric and hyper-branched nanoparticles and dendrimers …
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the physical models for plasmas -- 2. Elements of plasma kinetic theory -- 2.1. The Boltzmann equation -- 2.2. Relaxation model for molecular collisions -- 2.3. The Boltzmann collision integral -- 2.4. Commentaries and further reading3. Hydrodynamic description of plasmas -- 3.1. The moments of Boltzman…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. What is a liquid crystal? -- 2.1. Protons, electrons and atoms -- 2.2. Molecules -- 2.3. Phases of matter -- 2.4. Liquid crystal3. Light -- 3.1. What is light? -- 3.2. Polarised light -- 3.3. Circular polarisation -- 3.4. How is light affected by matter? -- 3.5. Light and anisotropic materials -- 3.6…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to MEMS and RF-MEMS : from the early days of microsystems to modern RF-MEMS passives -- 1.1. Introduction to semiconductor and microsystem technologies -- 1.2. Introduction to RF-MEMS2. Expectations versus actual market of RF-MEMS : analysis and explanation of a repeatedly fluctuating scenario -- 2.1. Gene…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. From classical to modern physics. 1. The basic concepts of classical physics as a useful path towards modern physics / Delia Guerra, Ileana Rabuffo and Alfonso Romano -- 2. Transition from classical physics to quantum physics : the role of interference / Lazzaro Immediata and Sergio Pagano -- 3. Special relativity…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…
"Version: 20160701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. My up-close experience -- 2. The United States and Great Britain in World War II -- 3. The physics of fission -- 4. Nazi Germany's failed program -- 5. More bomb physics -- 6. Centrifuges and proliferation : India and Pakistan -- 7. Israel, North Korea and Iran -- 8. Scorpions in a bottle -- 9. L…