Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary philosophy available. Building on the exceptionally successful tradition of previous editions, this edition for the first time incorporates the insights of a new coeditor, John Martin Fischer, and has been updated and revised to make it more accessible. Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, the text includes sections on the meaning of life, God and evil, knowled...
Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing
by Frank Gaitan
It was once widely believed that quantum computation would never become a reality. However, the discovery of quantum error correction and the proof of the accuracy threshold theorem nearly ten years ago gave rise to extensive development and research aimed at creating a working, scalable quantum computer. Over a decade has passed since this monumental accomplishment yet no book-length pedagogical presentation of this important theory exists. Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerant Quantum C...
Prespacetime Journal Volume 3 Issue 13 (Prespacetime Journal, #3)
by Quantum Dream Inc
International Symposium on Ring Theory (Trends in Mathematics)
This volume is the Proceedings of the Third Korea-China-Japan Inter national Symposium on Ring Theory held jointly with the Second Korea Japan Joint Ring Theory Seminar which took place at the historical resort area of Korea, Kyongju, June 28-July 3, 1999. It also includes articles by some invited mathematicians who were unable to attend the conference. Over 90 mathematicians from 12 countries attended this conference. The conference is held every 4 years on a rotating basis. The first con fe...
Microphysical Reality and Quantum Formalism (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 25-26)
by Alwyn van der Merwe
Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Materials and Photons is a textbook which emphasizes the importance of advanced quantum mechanics for materials science and all experimental techniques which employ photon absorption, emission, or scattering. Important aspects of introductory quantum mechanics are covered in the first seven chapters to make the subject self-contained and accessible for a wide audience. The textbook can therefore be used for advanced undergraduate courses and introductory graduate cour...
Principles Of Space-time-matter: Cosmology, Particles And Waves In Five Dimensions
by Paul S Wesson and James M. Overduin
'For those interested, the book is a good and well-written overview of the work of Wesson and his collaborators. For those with a general interest in extensions of standard physics, accessibility is strongly dependent on the reader’s technical background, though the good structure of the book and copious references (including many to work by more-mainstream physicists on related topics) make that possible for those willing to invest some time.'The Observatory MagazineThis book is a summing up...
Multi-objective Design Of Antennas Using Surrogate Models
by Slawomir Koziel and Adrian Bekasiewicz
This book addresses computationally-efficient multi-objective optimization of antenna structures using variable-fidelity electromagnetic simulations, surrogate modeling techniques, and design space reduction methods. Based on contemporary research, it formulates multi-objective design tasks, highlights related challenges in the context of antenna design, and discusses solution approaches. Specific focus is on providing methodologies for handling computationally expensive simulation models of ant...
Quantum Effects, Heavy Doping, And The Effective Mass (Series on the Foundations of Natural Science and Technology, #8)
by Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak
The importance of the effective mass (EM) is already well known since the inception of solid-state physics and this first-of-its-kind monograph solely deals with the quantum effects in EM of heavily doped (HD) nanostructures. The materials considered are HD quantum confined nonlinear optical, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI, GaP, Ge, PtSb2, stressed materials, GaSb, Te, II-V, Bi2Te3, lead germanium telluride, zinc and cadmium diphosphides, and quantum confined III-V, II-VI, IV-VI, and HgTe/CdTe super-latti...
Based on a highly regarded lecture course at Moscow State University, this is a clear and systematic introduction to gauge field theory. It is unique in providing the means to master gauge field theory prior to the advanced study of quantum mechanics. Though gauge field theory is typically included in courses on quantum field theory, many of its ideas and results can be understood at the classical or semi-classical level. Accordingly, this book is organized so that its early chapters require no...
In Zyklen der Zeit entwirft Roger Penrose eine voellig neue Betrachtungsweise der Kosmologie - mit uberraschenden Antworten auf die oft gestellte Frage: Was war vor dem Urknall? Der Schlussel zu dieser neuen Penrose-Kosmologie sind der beruhmte Zweite Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik - dem zufolge die Unordnung der Welt insgesamt standig zunimmt - und die Lichtkegel-Geometrie der Raumzeit - die die Grenzen der beobachtbaren Vergangenheit und Zukunft bestimmt. Penrose verknupft in diesem Buch beide p...
This volume of the Enrico Fermi Summer School proceedings is concerned with the chemical physics of atomic and molecular clusters of medium and large size which are defined as clusters too large to yield rotationally resolved spectra. In practice this means from trimers and tetramers up. By limiting the field a separation is made between the study of systems of well-known structures (for which the position of each of their fragments is well known) from systems that, because of their dynamical or...
This volume describes a new technology based on harnessing the irreducible uncertainty of the quantum world. Quantum technology manipulates nature at the most elementary level. The first chapter gives the essential principles of quantum mechanical theory using simple geometric arguments. No mathematical knowledge or treatment is assumed. The book then describes various examples of present and future quantum technologies such as schemes to manipulate and trap single atoms with beams of light, qua...
World Market for Girdles, Corsets, Braces, Suspenders, Garters, and Similar Articles, The: A 2007 Global Trade Perspective
by Philip M. Parker
Optical Supercomputing (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, #5882) (Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, #5172)
OCS, the International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, is a new annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing for solving hard computation tasks. Optical computing devices have the potential to build the very next computing infrastructure. Given the frequency limitations and cross-talk phenomena, as well as the soft-errors, of electronic devices on one hand, and the natural parallelism of optical computing devices, as well as the advances in ?ber optics and optic...