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The editors of this Encyclopedia, earlier editions of which met with international acclaim, have now provided a fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of this comprehensive reference work. In two volumes, 500 experts -- among them several Nobel laureates and numerous other scientific award winners -- offer a comprehensive and topical account of physics and the physical world. The volumes comprise more than 500 articles, which have either been completely updated or are altogether new, covering the latest terminology and techniques in physics, including atomic trapping and cooling, biophotonics, econophysics, the formation of stars and planets, quantum communication, space science and technology, and traffic flow.
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Choice Review
The third edition of the Encyclopedia of Physics is a welcome revision of the previous edition, published in 1991. The two-volume format is a little easier to use and the inclusion of almost 3,000 pages (compared to the previous edition with fewer than 1,500 pages) implies an addition of significant material. The revision, however, is less extensive than it appears. Only 17 of the more than 500 articles are new. Some areas of physics have not changed; accordingly some articles are exactly the same, and others have had only their bibliographies updated. Other articles have been substantially revised. The list of over 600 contributors is impressive, and includes some Nobel laureates and many experts well known in their fields. The index and cross-references are helpful. The illustrations are adequate, although none are in color. This edition is likely to be well used, as was the case with previous editions. Smaller libraries or those on tight budgets may want to skip this edition if they have the previous one, and rely on other sources for the newest physics advances. Larger libraries will want to purchase it. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. J. O. Christensen Brigham Young University
Library Journal Review
Editors Trigg (Crucial Experiments in Modern Physics) and the late Lerner (Development of Multi-Coordinate Vocabulary: Plasma Physics) return as coeditors of this encyclopedia, which has been extensively expanded. More than 500 entries have been added or updated by just as many experts and cover the terminology and techniques of classical and modern physics. These A-to-Z entries range in length from one to five pages and contain bibliographies, references, and cross references to guide the reader to more detailed information. Volume 1 includes entries on alloys, crystal defects, error analysis, and laser cooling; Volume 2 covers such topics as masers, polymers, thin films, and whiskers. Compared with other multivolume works like Wiley's 23-volume Encyclopedia of Applied Physics (2004), also edited by Trigg, and Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics (1996), this clearly written yet concise set offers an excellent starting point for researchers unfamiliar with a topic. While the four-volume Macmillan features more textual and descriptive information with fewer bibliographic references in entries, Trigg and Lerner's work contains more mathematical details and figures. The language in Macmillan is slightly more accessible to nonscientists, but the two titles would complement each other on the reference shelf, as there is a significant overlap of entries. Wiley's more extensive Encyclopedia of Applied Physics could supplement the other two titles in a large academic research library. Bottom Line The only potential disadvantage to owning this Wiley encyclopedia is that no online access is available. Still, it is strongly recommended for university and larger public library science reference collections.-Elizabeth Brown, Binghamton Univ. Science Lib., NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
Preface |
List of Contributors |
Volume 1 Absorption Coefficient.Accelerators, Linear.Accelerators, Potential-Drop Linear |
Acoustical Measurements.Acoustics.Acoustics, Architectural.Acoustics, Linear and Nonlinear |
Acoustics, Physiological.Acoustoelectric Effect.Adsorption |
Aerosols.Allotropy and Polymorphism.Alloys |
Alpha Decay.Amp`ere's Law.Anelasticity |
Angular Correlation of Nuclear Radiation.Antimatter.Arcs and Sparks |
Astronomy, High-Energy Neutrino.Astronomy, Optical.Astronomy, Radio |
Astronomy, X-Ray.Astrophysics.Atmospheric Physics |
Atomic Spectroscopy.Atomic Structure Calculations, Electronic Correlation |
Atomic Structure Calculations, One-Electron Models.Atomic Structure Calculations, Relativistic Atoms |
Atomic Trapping and Cooling.Atoms.Auger Effect.Aurora.Balmer Formula.Baryons |
Beams, Atomic and Molecular.Beta Decay.Betatron.Bethe-Salpeter Equation |
Binding Energy.Biophysics.Black Holes.Blackbody Radiation.Bohr Theory of Atomic Structure |
Bose-Einstein Condensation.Bose-Einstein Statistics.Boundary Layers |
Bremsstrahlung.Brillouin Scattering.Brownian Motion.Calorimetry.Capillary Flow |
Carnot Cycle.Casimir Effect.Catalysis.Catastrophe Theory.Cellular Automata |
Center-of-Mass System.Ceramics.Čerenkov Radiation.Channeling.Chaos |
Charge-Density Waves.Charged-Particle Optics.Charged-Particle Spectroscopy |
Chemical Bonding.Chemiluminescence.Circuits, Integrated.Clocks, Atomic and Molecular |
Cloud and Bubble Chambers.Cold Atoms and Molecules.Collisions, Atomic and Molecular |
Color Centers.Combustion and Flames.Complementarity.Complex Systems.Compton Effect |
Conduction.Conservation Laws.Constants, Fundamental.Coriolis Acceleration.Corona Discharge |
Cosmic Rays, Astrophysical Effects.Cosmic Rays, Solar System Effects.Cosmic Strings.Cosmology |
Counting Tubes.CPT Theorem.Critical Points.Cryogenics.Crystal and Ligand Fields.Crystal Binding |
Crystal Defects.Crystal Growth.Crystal Symmetry.Crystallography, X-Ray.Currents in Particle Theory.Cyclotron |
Cyclotron Resonance.Deformation of Crystalline Materials.de Haas-van Alphen Effect.Demineralization |
Diamagnetism and Superconductivity.Dielectric Properties.Diffraction.Diffusion.Dispersion Theory.Doppler Effect |
Dynamic Critical Phenomena.Dynamics, Analytical.Eigenfunctions.Elasticity.Electric Charge.Electric Moments |
Electrochemical Conversion and Storage.Electrochemistry.Electrodynamics, Classical.Electroluminescence |
Electromagnetic Interaction.Electromagnetic Radiation.Electromagnets.Electron.Electron and Ion Beams, Intense |
Electron and Ion Impact Phenomena |