"Version: 20220901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is this book about? -- 1.2. The evolution of the Universe -- 1.3. The evolution of human thought -- 1.4. The birth of modern physics -- 1.5. Life sciences and their contribution to understanding the world2. Materials science and life sciences -- 2.1. The impact of the production and use of mat…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Biochar : feedstocks, production, and characterization. 1. Introduction to the biochar world with a focus on new possible applications / Thomas R. Miles -- 2. Controlling the conversion of biomass to biochar / Paola Giudicianni, Raffaele Ragucci and Ond?erej Ma?esek -- 3. Large scale biochar production and activat…
"Version: 20250701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Silicon--evolution -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Physical properties -- 1.3. Chemical properties -- 1.4. Electronic properties -- 1.5. Thermal properties -- 1.6. Mechanical properties -- 1.7. Scaling--present trends -- 1.8. Summary2. Silicon--types -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Crystalline silicon -- 2.3. Amorphous silic…
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The theoretical frameworks -- 2.1. The first-principles method -- 2.2. The generalized tight-binding model and others3. Experimental measurements -- 3.1. LEED and TEM -- 3.2. STM, STS, SP-STM and SP-STS -- 3.3. ARPES and SP-ARPES -- 3.4. SQUID4. Monolayer C-, Si-, Ge-, Sn- and Pb-based materials -- 4…
"Version: 20200301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.15. Recent advances in frosting for heat transfer applications -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Classical condensation frosting theory -- 15.3. Anti-frosting superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.4. Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.5. Durability/robustness/fouling of superhydrophobic anti-frosting surfaces -- 15.6. …
"Version: 202303"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The scientific workshop -- 1.1. Workshop frames -- 1.2. Workshop mediations -- 1.3. Workshop permeability2. Three philosophical approaches -- 2.1. Frame contents (OPA) -- 2.2. Frame changes (IPA) -- 2.3. Framing (PPA)3. Method -- 3.1. Frame contents (OPA) -- 3.2. Frame changes (IPA) -- 3.3. Framing (PPA)4. Discovery -- 4…
"Version: 20171001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-21)Introduction -- 1. Background : three traditions -- 1.1. Analytic -- 1.2. Pragmatic -- 1.3. Continental -- 2. Current issues -- 3. What is fundamental physics? -- 4. What are time and space? -- 4.1. Time -- 4.2. Space -- 5. How to interpret quantum mechanics? -- 6. Is there a scientific method? -- 6.1. The ca…
"Version: 20201201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a planet? -- 1.2. Solar system overview -- 1.3. Brief remarks on this text -- 1.4. Important terms -- 1.5. Chapter 1 homework questions2. Energy from the sun -- 2.1. Energy generation in the sun -- 2.2. Blackbody curves and luminosity -- 2.3. The inverse square law -- 2.4. The equilibrium t…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Review of basics -- 1.1. About quantum mechanics -- 1.2. Hilbert space -- 1.3. Elementary quantum mechanics -- 1.4. Dirac and von Neumann -- 1.5. Rigged Hilbert space -- 1.6. Observables and Hermitean operators -- 1.7. The uncertainty relation -- 1.8. Commuting observables -- 1.9. Unitary operators -- 1.10. The Gaussian …
"Version: 202110"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introductory remarks -- 1.2. Organization of the book -- 1.3. References2. The measurement problem and interpretations of quantum mechanics -- 2.1. The wave-particle duality and complementarity principle -- 2.2. Copenhagen interpretation -- 2.3. Entanglement entropy -- 2.4. EPR and Bell's theorem1 --…