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Should You Believe Wikipedia?
Online Communities and the Construction of Knowledge Amy S. Bruckman
Our online interactions create new forms of community and knowledge, reshaping who we are as individuals and as a society.
January 2022 198 x 129 mm 272pp 978-1-108-74840-7 Paperback £14.99 / US$19.99 G
Geometry of String Theory Compactifications
Alessandro Tomasiello
A unified perspective on new and advanced mathematical techniques used in string theory research for graduate students and researchers.
December 2021 254 x 178 mm c.500pp 978-1-108-47373-6 Hardback £69.99 / US$89.99 P PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Atmospheric Lidar Fundamentals
Laser Light Scattering from Atoms and Linear Molecules Chiao-Yao She Jonathan S. Friedman
A comprehensive treatment of the essential physics of light-matter interactions and the fundamentals of atmospheric lidars.
March 2022 244 x 170 mm c.400pp 978-1-316-51823-6 Hardback £110.00 / US$140.00 C
A Short Introduction to String Theory
Thomas Mohaupt
A concise and pedagogical introduction to string theory for graduate students featuring examples and homework problems.
April 2022 254 x 178 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-48138-0 Hardback £34.99 / US$44.99 P
Superconductivity
An Introduction Roland Combescot
Comprehensive and selfcontained account of the physical foundations of superconductivity and related recent developments in the field.
March 2022 254 x 178 mm c.400pp 978-1-108-42841-5 Hardback £54.99 / US$69.99 P
Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory
A Lecture Course
Second edition
Mikhail Shifman
The Second Edition of this systematic, comprehensive text is revised to include topics developed in the last decade.
January 2022 254 x 178 mm c.800pp 978-1-108-84042-2 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P
Phenomenology of Particle Physics
André Rubbia
Addresses the theoretical and experimental phenomenology of particle physics for two-semester Masters and graduate courses.
March 2022 253 x 203 mm c.1200pp 978-1-316-51934-9 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 X
A Student’s Guide to Special Relativity
Norman Gray
A compact yet informative exploration of Special Relativity and its core ideas, also providing a preparatory route into General Relativity.
Student’s Guides
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.170pp 978-1-108-99563-4 Paperback c. £17.99 / c. US$24.99 P
Sidney Coleman’s Lectures on Relativity
Edited by David J. Griffiths David Derbes Richard B. Sohn
This book is based on a graduate course on relativity given by Sidney Coleman at Harvard during the 1960s.
January 2022 244 x 170 mm c.223pp 978-1-316-51172-5 Hardback £24.99 / US$34.99 P
Evacuee Cinema
Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 Salma Siddique
Evacuee Cinema is a new history of partition and South Asian cinema narrated through the careers of émigré film personnel.
March 2022 228 x 152 mm c.285pp 978-1-00-915120-7 Hardback c. £85.00 / c. US$99.99 C
Modularity and Dynamics on Complex Networks
Renaud Lambiotte Michael Schaub
This Element explores the relations between dynamics and modularity on networks, emphasising the importance of time scale separation and network symmetry.
Elements in Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-73353-3 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Weak Multiplex Percolation
Gareth J. Baxter Rui A. da Costa Sergey N. Dorogovtsev José F. F. Mendes
This Element describes a generalisation of percolation to multilayer networks: weak multiplex percolation.
Elements in Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79107-6 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Gershon Kurizki Abraham G. Kofman
The theory of open quantum systems is developed from first principles, and a detailed discussion of quantum devices is covered.
December 2021 247 x 174 mm 450pp 978-1-107-17541-9 Hardback £59.99 / US$79.99 P
The Shortest Path to Network Geometry
M. Ángeles Serrano Marián Boguñá
This Element reviews fundamental models and methods for the geometric description of real networks.
Elements in Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79108-3 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Symmetry, Broken Symmetry, and Topology in Modern Physics
A First Course Mike Guidry Yang Sun
A pedagogical introduction to the modern applications of groups, algebras, and topology for undergraduate and graduate students in physics.
March 2022 246 x 189 mm c.600pp 978-1-316-51861-8 Hardback c. £59.99 / c. US$79.99 X
Classical and Quantum Statistical Physics
Fundamentals and Advanced Topics Carlo Heissenberg Augusto Sagnotti
Provides a detailed introduction to classical and quantum statistical physics, including modern applications within current research.
January 2022 254 x 178 mm c.400pp 978-1-108-84462-8 Hardback £54.99 / US$69.99 P
