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Optical Properties of Solids

By Mark Fox (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield)

A First Course in Network Theory

By Ernesto Estrada (Professor and Chair in Complexity Science, Professor and Chair in Complexity Science, University of Strathclyde, UK), Philip A. Knight (Lecturer in Mathematics, Lecturer in Mathematics

Elementary Scattering Theory: For X-ray and Neutron Users

By D.S. Sivia (St John's College, Oxford)

Block by Block: The Historical and Theoretical Foundations of Thermodynamics

By Robert T. Hanlon (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering Practice, MIT, Massachusetts, USA)

Quantum Optics: An Introduction

By Mark Fox (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield)

From Statistical Physics to Data-Driven Modelling: with Applications to Quantitative Biology

By Simona Cocco (Director of Research, Director of research, CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure), Remi Monasson (Director of Research, Francesco Zamponi (Researcher, Researcher, Ecole Normale Superi...

Quantum Electronics for Atomic Physics and Telecommunication

By Warren Nagourney (University of Washington, Seattle)

Physical Principles in Sensing and Signaling: With an Introduction to Modeling in Biology

By Robert G. Endres (Reader in Systems Biology, Imperial College London)

The Quantum Cookbook: Mathematical Recipes for the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

By Jim Baggott (Freelance science writer, Freelance science writer)

Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity

By James P. Sethna (Professor of Physics, Cornell University)

The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics: A Primer for the LHC Era

By John Campbell (Senior Scientist, Senior Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Joey Huston (MSU Foundation Professor of Physics and Astronomy, MSU Foundation Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University), Frank Krauss (Prof...

Band Theory and Electronic Properties of Solids

By John Singleton

Electricity and Magnetism, Volume 1

By B. I. Bleaney (Formerly Fellow of St Hugh's College, University of Oxford), B. Bleaney (Formerly Dr Lee's Professor Emeritus of Experimental Philosophy

Simple Models of Magnetism

By Ralph Skomski (Center for Materials Research and Analysis, University of Nebraska)

Semiconductor Physics: Principles, Theory and Nanoscale

By Sandip Tiwari (Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering, Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering, Cornell University)

Tokamaks

By John Wesson (Senior Theoretical Physicist (retired), Jet, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon)

Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices

By Born, Kun

The Physics of Foams

By Weaire, Hutzler

Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases

By Nikolai V. Brilliantov (, Institute for Biochemistry, Humboldt University, Germany), Thorsten Poeschel (

Principles of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy

By Shaul Mukamel

Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessments: An Integrated Approach

By Donald Singer (, U.S. Geological Survey), W. David Menzie (

Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials: Volume I: Fundamentals of Nanoscience, Volume II: Applications in Materials Design and Nanotechnology

By Nasr Ghoniem (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles), Daniel Walgraef (Director of Research, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research)

Quantum Information

By Stephen Barnett (Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.)

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

By Prof Robert H. Swendsen (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University)

The Lattice Boltzmann Equation: For Complex States of Flowing Matter

By Sauro Succi (Director of Research, Director of research, Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone", Rome, National Research Council of Italy)

New Constructions in Cellular Automata

By David Griffeath (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin), Cristopher Moore (Research Professor, Research Professor, Sante Fe Institute)

Statistical Mechanics

By Krauth

Crystallographic Computing 5: From Chemistry to Biology

By D. Moras, A. D. Podjarny, J. C. Thierry (all at Laboratoire de Cristallographie Biologique, all at Laboratoire de Cristallographie Biologique, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France)

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom: The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure 1913-1925

By Helge Kragh (Professor of the History of Science at Aarhus University, Denmark)

Nanoscale Device Physics: Science and Engineering Fundamentals

By Sandip Tiwari (Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering, Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering, Cornell University)