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"A classic text on field theoretic methods in statistical physics"—American Scientist. A comprehensive introduction to the many-body theory and its ramifications by three internationally known Russian physicists, directed to physicists, mathematicians, and others involved in statistical and solid state physics.
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Possibly the best book on diagrams you can find
This is a classic, and quite possibly it doesn't get any better than this to teach you the technique. For those used to a textbook style, this will be a bit of an unpleasant surprise, because writing is somewhat condensed, but that's quite typical for the old Russian school of theoretical physics. However, all the important issues are properly stressed, all derivations are rigorous, and what is most important, the physical reasoning is clear an to the point.

A Classic
This book is a classic in the subject of quantum many-body theory.Written in the sixties by the Russuian school,it gives extremely succinct but potent account of the the subject.The whole book is guided with the spirit of Landau's Fermi liquid theory. ... Read more

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The state of the art of modern lightwave system design

Recent advances in lightwave technology have led to an explosion of high-speed global information systems throughout the world. Responding to the growth of this exciting new technology, Lightwave Technology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the underlying theory, development, operation, and management of these systems from the perspective of both physics and engineering.

The first independent volume of this two-volume set, Components and Devices, deals with the multitude of silica- and semiconductor-based optical devices. This second volume, Telecommunication Systems, helps readers understand the design of modern lightwave systems, with an emphasis on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems.

• Two introductory chapters cover topics such as modulation formats and multiplexing techniques used to create optical bit streams
• Chapters 3 to 5 consider degradation of optical signals through loss, dispersion, and nonlinear impairment during transmission and its corresponding impact on system performance
• Chapters 6 to 8 provide readers with strategies for managing degradation induced by amplifier noise, fiber dispersion, and various nonlinear effects
• Chapters 9 and 10 discuss the engineering issues involved in the design of WDM systems and optical networks

Each chapter includes problems that enable readers to engage and test their new knowledge to solve problems. A CD containing illuminating examples based on RSoft Design Group's award-winning OptSim optical communication system simulation software is included with the book to assist readers in understanding design issues. Finally, extensive, up-to-date references at the end of each chapter enable students and researchers to gather more information about the most recent technology breakthroughs and applications.

With its extensive problem sets and straightforward writing style, this is an excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Research scientists and engineers working in lightwave technology will use this text as a problem-solving resource and a reference to additional research papers in the field. ... Read more

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"An IEEE reprinting of this classic 1968 edition, FIELD COMPUTATION BY MOMENT METHODS is the first book to explore the computation of electromagnetic fields by the most popular method for the numerical solution to electromagnetic field problems. It presents a unified approach to moment methods by employing the concepts of linear spaces and functional analysis. Written especially for those who have a minimal amount of experience in electromagnetic theory, this book illustrates theoretical and mathematical concepts to prepare all readers with the skills they need to apply the method of moments to new, engineering-related problems.

Written especially for those who have a minimal amount of experience in electromagnetic theory, theoretical and mathematical concepts are illustrated by examples that prepare all readers with the skills they need to apply the method of moments to new, engineering-related problems." ... Read more

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Excellent reference
This book is not only excellent, but is also a very important book, because it is the first (and the only one I know of) of its kind. Kudos to Mr. Harrington.

This is not a text aimed at beginners, however the author would do well to present the text in a more accessible manner in future editions.

First of its kind, needs additional material and an update
This is the first book written on the use of the method of moments for solving electric, magnetic and electromagnetic boundary value problems. It is an extremely important work, since it treats electromagnetic theory by a powerful network theory approach and makes it easier to understand how to formulate and solve scattering problems. I would like to see it rewritten with additional explanitory material. It is somewhat terse, in parts, and I believe it to be important enough to add more. In addition Mr Harrington needs to update it, to reflect what he has learned since its first appearance. The book needs to be accessible to a wider audience. ... Read more

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Waveguide Reference
I took Inan's class, and first saw this book as a collection of course notes. It was an excellent course, and an excellent set of notes. I purchased the text as soon as it became available. This is my primary reference for Waveguide theory. It does an excellent job treating the fundamentals of waves in a practical format. The text is easy to read, and has many examples. It is a good text to have as a reference and has enough examples to teach (or reteach) yourself.

Solid text for understanding EM waves
Like his other book, Engineering Electromagnetics, this one provides a thorough, pretty rigorous treatment of EM waves. It does well with building on concepts, especially in the first half of the book. There are a lot of problems, and most of them have real-world application in mind. I only wish the slab waveguides sections treated the more general asymmetric case, as opposed to only the symmetric one. ... Read more

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If you have not already heard about solitons, you will sooner or later encounter them.The soliton, a solitary wave impulse preserving its shape and strikingly similar to a particle, is one of the most fascinating and beautiful phenomena in the physics of nonlinear waves.In this engaging book, the concept of the soliton is traced from the beginning of the last century to modern times, with recent applications in biology, oceanography, solid state physics, electronics, elementary particle physics, and cosmology.The main concepts and results of theoretical physics related to solitons can be explained without using much mathematics.Indeed, on the descriptive and historical level, only some knowledge of high school physics and mathematics is needed.At a higher level, for understanding the elementary theory of oscillations and waves, the reader can intuit much from the numerous illustrations and perhaps skip the formulas presented.But to appreciate the deep connections in this book between apparently different and diverse phenomena and ideas, the reader must be able to follow elementary mathematical computations.Still more advanced mathematics is required for the appendices.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: An Early History of the Soliton Chapter 1.A Century and a Half Ago Beginning of the Wave Theory The Brothers Weber Study Waves in Water From Waves in Water to Waves in Ether Scientific Discoveries - Mainstream and Ahead of Time Science and Society Chapter 2.The Great Solitary Wave of John Scott Russell Before the Fateful Encounter John Russell Meets the Solitary Wave That is Impossible!All the Same it Exists!Rehabilitation of the Solitary Wave The Solitary Wave in Solitude Wave or Particle?Chapter 3.Relatives of the Soliton Hermann Helmholtz and the Nerve Pulse Further Adventures with the Nerve Pulse Hermann Helmholtz and Eddies Lord Kelvin's "Vortex Atoms"Lord Ross and Vortices in Space About Linearity and Nonlinearity

Part II: Nonlinear Oscillations and Waves Chapter 4.A Portrait of the Pendulum The Equation of the Pendulum Small Oscillations of the Pendulum Galileo Galilei's Pendulum About Similarity and Dimensions Energy Conservation Language of Phase Diagrams Digression on Celestial Mechanics, Perturbations, and Stability Phase Portraits Phase Portrait of the Pendulum "Soliton" Solution of the Pendulum Equations Motions of the Pendulum and "Tame" Soliton Concluding Remarks Chapter 5.From Pendulum to Waves and Solitons Waves in Chains of Bound Particles Finding Modes in Chains of Particles-Important Mathematical Exercise A Historic Digression: Bernoulli Family and Waves D'Alembert's Waves and Debates on Them On Discrete and Continuous Speed of Sound and How it was Measured Dispersion in Chains of Atoms Of How to "Perceive" the Fourier Expansion Dispersion of Waves on Water Surfaces On the Speed of a Pack of Waves How Much Energy is Stored in a Wave?

Part III: Present and Future of Solitons Chapter 6.Frenkel's Solitons What is Theoretical Physics?Ya. I. Frenkel's Ideas Atomic Model of the Moving Dislocation after Frenkel and Kontorova Interactions between Dislocations "Live" Solitonic Atom Dislocations and Pendulum The Fate of the Waves of Sound Let us Have a Look at Dislocations Desktop Solitons Other Close Relatives of Dislocations: Mathematical Branch Magnetic Solitons Chapter 7.Rebirth of the Soliton Can Men be on Friendly Terms with the Computer?Many-faceted Chaos Enrico Fermi is Astonished by the Computer Russell's Soliton Returns Ocean Solitons: Tsunami, the Tenth Wave Three SolitonsSoliton Telegraph The Nerve Impulse - "Elementary Particle of Thought"Vortices - Everywhere Chapter 8.Modern Solitons Modern Solitons Vortices in Superfluids Josephson Solitons Elementary Particles and Solitons Theories of Everything and Strings

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Nonlocal continuum field theories are concerned with material bodies whose behavior at any interior point depends on the state of all other points in the body -- rather than only on an effective field resulting from these points -- in addition to its own state and the state of some calculable external field. Nonlocal field theory extends classical field theory by describing the responses of points within the medium by functionals rather than functions (the "constitutive relations" of classical field theory). Such considerations are already well known in solid-state physics, where the nonlocal interactions between the atoms are prevalent in determining the properties of the material. The tools developed for crystalline materials, however, do not lend themselves to analyzing amorphous materials, or materials in which imperfections are a major part of the structure. Nonlocal continuum theories, by contrast, can describe these materials faithfully at scales down to the lattice parameter. This book presents a unified approach to field theories for elastic solids, viscous fluids, and heat-conducting electromagnetic solids and fluids that include nonlocal effects in both space and time (memory effects). The solutions to the field equations agree remarkably well with atomic theories and experimental observations. ... Read more

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This classic introduction to electromagnetic fields, thoroughly revised in 1964 and available here in a one-volume edition, includes an invaluable self-contained section on quantum theory. Problems with solutions. 148 illustrations. Reprint of 1964 ed.
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Arguably the text where Einstein learnt Maxwell theory
Yes, this is the result of a research by Gerald Holton, the great science historian from Harvard. This is the latest rendition of the famous Abraham-Becker, which, in turn, descended from the text by Foppl, where Einstein scribbled his doubts. A great book for anyone, though. Crisp, conceptually very sound. Great discussion, and elegant use of the Helmholtz theorem on vector fields ("if you know the Div and the Curl, you know everything"). Very good treatment of relativistic electromagnetism, perhaps the best, very concrete and tied to experiments. Becker was a great science writer. In this Dover edition you get the bonus of Becker's lectures on Quantum Mechanics, very valuable by themselves. I love this book, and have taught from it many times. ... Read more

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This excellent graduate-level text discusses the Maxwell field equations, radiation from monochromatic sources in unbounded regions, radiation from wire antennas, radio-astronomical antennas, electromagnetic waves in a plasma, the Doppler effect and more.
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Papas' Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
In reading and lecturing from Theory of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation by C.H. Papas, I have found it to be the best modern textbook on the subject. Papas explains difficult ideas simply and concisely so one obtains an understanding without the usual grinding. This text has the elegance of Stratton and the thoroughness of Smythe or Kong.

A beautiful book on antenna radiation.
Although this book was written by a professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology, it is not at all a book for the practical design engineer. Instead, it is an elegant analysis of antenna radiation and the associated problems of electromagnetic propagation in a plasma and the Doppler effect. It will appeal to every applied physicist. ... Read more

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Quantum field theory has become the framework for the discussion of all fundamental interactions except gravity, and for the understanding of second order phase transitions in statistical mechanics. This advanced text for theoretical particle physicists and statistical physicists has been updated to reflect the improved presentation that has resulted from the author's experience in teaching graduate courses. It approaches the subject in terms of path and functional integrals, adopting a Euclidian metric and using the language of partition and correlation functions. Newly added topics include holomorphic or coherent state path integral and non-relativistic limit of massive quantum fields, and each chapter concludes with exercises and solutions. ... Read more

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Nice written overview of QFT from a stat mech perspective
This book is a lengthy discussion of quantum field theory from the viewpoint of statistical mechanics. The author does a good job in connecting the theory of quantum fields with critical phenomena instatistical mechanics. Path integration is used throughout (more detaileddiscussion could be useful on how one relates the real time formulation fortime independent Hamiltonians to the Euclidean formulation). It is theEuclidean functional integral that is exploited throughout the book to makethe connections between QFT and statistical mechanics.The author shouldhave discussed the issues with analytical continuation between the realtime and imaginary time formulations. The discussion on instantons was veryilluminating. -LC (Global Mathematics, Inc) ... Read more

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This book provides an extensive and self-contained presentation of quantum and related invariants of knots and 3-manifolds. Polynomial invariants of knots, such as the Jones and Alexander polynomials, are constructed as quantum invariants, i.e. invariants derived from representations of quantum groups and from the monodromy of solutions to the Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equation. With the introduction of the Kontsevich invariant and the theory of Vassiliev invariants, the quantum invariants become well-organized. Quantum and perturbative invariants, the LMO invariant, and finite type invariants of 3-manifolds are discussed. The Chern–Simons field theory and the Wess–Zumino–Witten model are described as the physical background of the invariants. ... Read more

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This course in modern quantum field theory for condensed matter physics includes a derivation of the path integral representation, Feynman diagrams and elements of the theory of metals.Alexei Tsvelik also covers Landau Fermi liquid theory and gradually turns to more advanced methods used in the theory of strongly correlated systems. The book contains a thorough exposition of such non-perturbative techniques, as 1/N-expansion, bosonization (Abelian and non-Abelian), conformal field theory and theory of integrable systems. First edition Hb (1995): 0-521-45467-0First edition Pb (1996): 0-521-58989-4 ... Read more

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Modern overview that emphasizes the physics
Quantum field theory has been applied to many different areas of physics, and has done a fairly good job of explaining the phenomena in these areas. When applying quantum field theory to a physical problem one usually takes a pragmatic attitude, and ignores the many existing difficulties in its formalism. Quantum field theory has yet to be put on a rigorous mathematical foundation, but this has not deterred its use in a myriad of applications, with condensed matter physics, the subject of this book, being one of them. The author has done a superb job here, since he emphasizes the physics behind quantum field theory, and not just the formalism. Anyone interested in quantum field theory, and especially those outside the "oral tradition", will definitely benefit from its perusal.

That quantum field theory is similar to statistical mechanics is used extensively in this book. Loosely speaking, one can view the quantum field theory of a system in a certain dimension as a statistical mechanical system in one dimension more. This simplifies calculations considerably, and in condensed matter physics things get even easier since a lattice is present, thus allowing one to deal more transparently with the problems with infinities that will always appear in quantum field theory.

The author gives an overview of quantum field theory in the first part of the book, it being assumed that the reader already has a strong background in it. The calculation of correlation functions is the main goal of the book, and to facilitate this, the author introduces the path integral formalism. Wick's theorem, the tour-de-force of calculations in quantum field theory is then derived. Explicit calculations are done for a bosonic field in an external field using the now ubiquitous mathematical identity that "the determinant of an operator is the exponential of the trace of the logarithm of the operator. One should remember when reading these pages that the considerations are purely formal since no mathematical justification has been given for the path integral measure. Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams are discussed (of course) and the infinities that arise in perturbation series are dealt with using regularization procedures. Since the author is dealing with problems in condensed matter, where a lattice is present, he labels quantum field theories as "universal" if there is no dependence of the correlation functions in the lattice. Since regularization procedures are obviously dependent on the lattice spacing (the "ultraviolet" and "infrared" divergences), physical quantities that depend on this are called "non-universal" by the author. The standard characterization of a theory as being "renormalizable" is reserved for those where the perturbation expansion can be reformulated so that non-universal quantities appear as a finite number of parameters. This leads to a formulation of the "universality hypothesis" and the renormalization group. The author states the Gellman-Low equation, and shows that the behavior of the Gellman-Low function graphically. The properties of this function in predicting asymptotic freedom and phase transitions are discussed in detail. The O(N) model is used to illustrate some of the phenomena exhibited by quantum field theories, such as symmetry breaking and the origin of Goldstone bosons.

All of these considerations involve only bosonic quantum field theories, but the inclusion of fermions is done in the second part of the book. The discussion here is also more physical, as the author discusses electrodynamics in metals, the treatment however being non-relativistic. This is remedied though later as the author treats quantum electrodynamics. The Schwinger model, and the origin of anomalies as a screening of the electromagnetic field is discussed, and this discussion is more physically motivated and better appreciated intuitively than the one based on path integral measures. The famous Boson-Fermion equivalence in (2+1) dimensions is discussed in terms of the Aharonov-Bohm effect. This is an interesting discussion and one that is somewhat unorhodox, as it is usually not presented in this way. It clearly shows the physical meaning of adding the Chern-Simons term to the Lagrangian, presented in most books as being merely a mathematical device.

Spin systems are the subject of part 3 of the book, with the author noting at the beginning that such systems are complicated to study due to the commutation relations of the spin operators. The emphasis is on disordered magnetic systems, and the presentation is crystal clear from a physical standpoint. The role of continuous symmetry in the nonlinear sigma model, and the breaking of discrete symmetry by short range quantum fluctuations is discussed in detail. The reader is also briefly introduced to the physics of doped antiferromagnets.

The last part of the book is the most exotic, and one that is better understood from a mathematical standpoint. The physics of (1+1)-dimensional quantum systems has turned out to be more of a mathematical playground however, as it turns out to have many experimental manifestations, as the author points out many times. In addition, his treatment of the quantum field theory of the free massless bosonic scalar field shows that even a seemingly trivial action can have non-trivial properties in terms of its correlation functions. Perturbing this action by a cosine term gives the sine-Gordon model, which is exactly solvable, and its connection with conformal field theory is shown by the author. The famous Kosterlitz-Thouless transition is also treated in fair detail. The Ising and spin 1/2 Heisenberg models are discussed in terms of conformal field theories and bosonization. The reader thus gets a physical motivation for the consideration of conformal field theories that have resulted in an enormous amount of research in the past decade. And, also, the reader can see clearly the origin of Kac-Moody algebras and non-Abelian bosonization in these and latter discussions on current operators. The Kondo problem, dealing with a magnetic impurity in a metal, and one of the most difficult problems in condensed matter physics, is treated here in detail in one dimension at half-filling.

The Best Introduction to CFT for CMT
This book gives a fairly comprehensive and very comprehendible introduction to conformal field theory as seen from a condensed-matter theorist's point of view. The review of the book from Book News given above actually describes it very well. The only things that could be added are a warning that there are typos in the text and a praise to the author for the superb (as always) illustrations, which he drew himself.

The author gives a fuller treatment of the subject in his new book "Bosonisation and Strongly Correlated Systems", which, quite unfortunately, has not yet come out in paperback and is prohibitively expensive in hardcover.

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Waves are a ubiquitous and important feature of the physical world, and, throughout history, it has been a major challenge to understand them.This introduction to the mathematics of wave phenomena is aimed at advanced undergraduate courses for mathematicians, physicists or engineers. Some more advanced material on both linear and nonlinear waves is also included, making the book suitable for beginning graduate courses. The authors assume some familiarity with partial differential equations, integral transforms and asymptotic expansions as well as with fluid mechanics, elasticity, and electromagnetism. The context and physics that underlie the mathematics is clearly explained at the beginning of each chapter. Worked examples and exercises are supplied throughout, with solutions available to teachers. ... Read more

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Excellent Overview of Basic Wave Theory
This is book is a little strange but still very good. It could be thought of as a modern version of Lighthill's "Waves in Fluids". It first assumes that you are familiar with a pretty wide range of mathematical tools, and also that you have the necessary experience to handle long calculations. If you're comfortable with the method of stationary phase and contour integration but you've never studied acoustics or shocks, then this book is probably a worthwhile read. It's also good as an introduction to more advanced areas such as solitons, although the book by Johnson and Drazin (Solitons: An Introduction) is probably a better resource. I would have liked a chapter on waves of importance in geophysics though, such as internal gravity waves, Coriolis waves, and Rossby waves. It would have made the book an even better resource.

Wave Motion
This modern book has considerable breadth and depth, and is ideally suited as a reference text as well as a text for upper class under graduate and graduate courses. It treats acoustic waves, waves in elastic media, fluid dynamical waves, electromagnetic waves and more. The material is clearly presented, including excellent illustrations. At the same time, it is mathematically rigorous and thereby equally appropriate as a text for applied mathematics as well as engineering courses and study. Each of the book's twelve chapters ends with a set of homework problems, for which the authors have assembled a comprehensive well organized instructor's solution manual. ... Read more

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Employed in a large number of commercial electromagnetic simulation packages, the finite element method is one of the most popular and well-established numerical techniques in engineering. This book covers the theory, development, implementation, and application of the finite element method and its hybrid versions to electromagnetics. FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETICS begins with a step-by-step textbook presentation of the finite method and its variations then goes on to provide up-to-date coverage of three dimensional formulations and modern applications to open and closed domain problems. Worked out examples are included to aid the reader with the fine features of the method and the implementation of its hybridization with other techniques for a robust simulation of large scale radiation and scattering. The crucial treatment of local boundary conditions is carefully worked out in several stages in the book.

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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Wave Equations concentrates mainly on the wave equations for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. Chapter 1 deals with the Klein-Gordon equation and its properties and applications. The chapters that follow introduce the Dirac equation, investigate its covariance properties and present various approaches to obtaining solutions. Numerous applications are discussed in detail, including the two-center Dirac equation, hole theory, CPT symmetry, Klein's paradox, and relativistic symmetry principles. Chapter 15 presents the relativistic wave equations for higher spin (Proca, Rarita-Schwinger, and Bargmann-Wigner). The extensive presentation of the mathematical tools and the 62 worked examples and problems make this a unique text for an advanced quantum mechanics course. This third edition has been slightly revised to bring the text up-to-date. ... Read more

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Comment
A word of caution, esp. in light of Alberto's review: There is no consistent "relativistic quantum wave mechanics"; there is only relativistic quantum field theory. Greiner's approach is archaic. Atomic physicists, who generally deal with only nonrelativistic electrons and nuclei, must use quantum field theory for the electromagnetic field. (See any modern book on quantum optics.) It is not just particle physicists who need field theory, and the fact that you can come away thinking otherwise is an unfortunate consequence of Greiner's old-fashioned approach.

Outstanding presentation - My highest recommendation
This book is THE book to use for any graduate quantum mechanics course. Most graduate programs in the country make the mistake of rushing their graduate QM courses into quantum field theory. This decision is made possible only by sacrificing the advanced non-relativistic QM (say, at the level of Schiff) and introductory relativistic QM (at the level of this book) that is necessary in order to really understand QFT.

This book fights that trend by covering in detail the topics that are thrown by the wayside in the traditional coverage, spending (investing?) page after page on topics that barely merit an exercise or a footnote in more traditional treatements. As just one example, Dirac's equation is solved for the square potential well and for the hydrogenic atom in full detail, without resorting to the usual "standard methods can be used to show that..."

This book is not a replacement to Bjorken & Drell or Itzykson & Zuber; what it does (and does well) is to cover the material that those books don't cover properly (or at all) because their mission is a different one. It belongs on the bookshelf of every physicist or physics student who was denied the opportunity to take an actual course in relativistic QM. They can self-learn it using this book; I did.

The only serious issues with the book are the very large number of typos (but the reader who is following the discussion will have no problem spotting these - it keeps you alert while reading) and the poor binding from which pages fall out after heavy use (and you will be giving the book a lot of use).

mathematically clear instructive textbook.
this is a part of greiner's theoretical physics series. this physics series have been used as a standard textbook in many schools, and its original german editions have been educating generations of german physicists. except for some problem in the translations, this physics series is excellent. ... Read more

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Elastic waves possess some remarkable properties and it is these that explain their important role in the processing of electronic signals and the sensing of physical quantities. For example, they can be generated by localized or distributed sources, can propagate in the core or on the surface of optically transparent or opaque solids, have velocities one hundred thousand times less than those of electromagnetic waves, and they can modify the characteristics of a light beam. The purpose of this second volume is to illustrate the functions fulfilled by the free and guided waves described in Vol. I. It deals with the generation of bulk waves using piezoelectric resonators, generation of surface waves by interdigital transducers, interaction between elastic waves and light waves, acousto-electronic filters, acousto-optic components, sensors and instruments. ... Read more

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Researchers guide for Elastic waves
Oneof the best book with latest information on this subject. Detail and lucid explanation keeps you discovering the subject enchantingly. ... Read more

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explains that our familiar three-dimensional world is a realityarising from an invisible ocean of unmeasurable energy which surroundsand permeates us. This conception as remarkable as it seems arises in anatural way from the ma thematical formalisms of modern quantumtheory-a theory which is the most successful in scientific history.Physicists describe this nonphysical level of reality with the mathematical entity called the wave function. Since this level is notaccessible to us through conventional scientific equipmentpresents adetailed study of the wave function using images metaphors andanalogies which are grounded in solid science. This underlying basicsource of our normal sensory reality is thoroughly investigated andillustrated without the use of ma thematics. An intriguing learningadventure is thus created for the layperson as well as the scientist. ... Read more

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Superb
Fascinating reading, especially seeing how some of science (quantum physics) ties in with things Seth said.

Not quite ready for the future
Norman Friedman deserves credit for the way in which he manages to explain the concepts of 20th century physics so well. Unfortunately, his interpretation of quantum physics is rather conservative. The result is that he attempts to prop all of reality into a framework that is just too narrow and limited. It is not the definitive book on the relationship between modern physics and spirituality, but it's a good start.

WOW!!
I now feel like I have have as much knowledge as any PHD in Physics or Philosophy!! This easy to read book about our three dimensional universe and it's interdependence with other dimensions and universes, will absolutely fascinate and challenge you to think about everything in a completely different way.

This Book is Good !
Norman Friedman has done a wonderful job of synthesizing the ideas of the whose who of Modern Physicists into an intriguing, easily understood presentation. It is quantum physics and its implications all without the math although the math is discussed. If you have ever struggled to understand the concepts of modern physics because the math got in the way (and you were saved by the class curve) then this book will finally tell you what you missed. If you haven't taken courses in the field, the book will clearly tell you the crazy implications. If you've read the writings of Jane Roberts you will be pleased to see that Seth's explainations of our world boundaries is pretty close to the current view. You can converse with great authority on modern physics after reading this book and actually sound intelligent. This is one great book. 5 Stars for Friedman

All of the Concepts without the Math !
Dr. Friedman has done a remarkable job of presenting the personalities, concepts and the bizzare reality of modern physics without the math. This book should be required reading (seriously) for all students who think that they may one day take modern physics and also for those who love the philisophical implications of discovering the boundaries of the physical world. You get to understand "concepts" without the "math". This makes the math much more relavent if you ever have to apply it in a class room situation or even discussion at a party. It certainly would have helped me! Esoteric and Scientific all in one package, the book leaves you feeling that you could discuss the implications of modern physics with any leading physicist today and actually be able to intelligently converse! 5 Stars for Dr. Friedman. ... Read more

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A great introduction to supersymmetry and string theory
Bailin & Love is a really great book to begin learning supersymmetry from. I read this book while simultaneously reading the first few chapters of Wess & Bagger's susy and sugra text. Much of the detailed calculation and attention to details is missing in B&L and can be found in more sophisticated texts (such as Wess & Bagger and the Weinberg text). I found B&L a good place for wordy explanations which are sorely lacking in W&B. B&L also does a good job of connecting susy to phenomenology by introducing the minimally supersymmetric standard model. The susy in B&L is done in four-component notation to make it more familiar with QED and electroweak calculations. On top of this, all of the calculations are done with component fields; superfields are used only for organization. No formalism of supergraphs is used. Supergravity is also introduced, once again in a more wordy fashion than W&B. Apparently, much of the susy phenomenology is similar to the "Supersymmetry Primer" article by Stephen Martin....

String theory in Bailin & Love is done in a similar fashion as the susy: lots of words without the messy calculation. B&L don't bother with conformal field theory at all and use basically the "old covariant quantization". Once again though, B&L is a great thing to be reading as a companion to Green Schwarz Witten or as a companion to Polchinski.

In the end, Bailin & Love is a great place to begin learning about supersymmetry and string theory. I read it after a year of quantum field theory and found it very quick and easy to read. Bailin & Love does a good job of getting the reader in a good position to read the more advanced texts (Wess & Bagger, Weinberg for susy and GSW and Polchinski for strings). Unfortunately, there are many typos in the equations. Corrections can be found at the author's page ...

Intersting observations for the hard physics
I really enjoyed the observations of professor Bailin about gauge theory, which is quite useful in the field of submoleculer physics and wave theory. However, his writing is quite scientific, which is to be expected in this type of field, but if particle physics floats your boat, then this would be a good book to buy. ... Read more

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An essential overview of satellite communications from the organization that sets the international standards

Since their introduction in the mid-1960s, satellite communications have grown from a futuristic experiment into an integral part of today’s "wired world." Satellite communications are at the core of a global, automatically switched telephony network. Assembled by the International Telecommunication Union—the international organization that sets the standards for this rapidly growing industry—the Handbook on Satellite Communications, Third Edition brings together basic facts about satellite communications as related to the fixed-satellite service (FSS). It covers the main principles, technologies, and operation of equipment in a tutorial form.

Updated to include the latest technologies and information, the Third Edition provides both the standards and technical information needed to implement and interact with satellite communication systems, including:

• The components and basic characteristics of a satellite communication system

• Regulatory considerations and system planning

• SDH and ATM satellite transmissions

• Analog and digital baseband signal processing and multiplexing

• Carrier modulation techniques

• Geostationary and non-geostationary systems

• Interconnection of satellite and terrestrial networks

• LEOS satellite networks and other recent developments

As digital modulation and transmission replace analog techniques, and as satellites in non-geostationary and lower-altitude orbits open the way to new applications, satellite communications will continue to grow in use and importance. Everyone involved in the administration and operation of satellite communications will find this a crucial resource. ... Read more