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Andrea Giammanco reviews in 2017 The Lazy Universe: An Introduction to the Principle of Least Action.
Read article 'Reaching out from the European school'
The CERN–JINR European School of High-Energy Physics marks 25 years of teaching advanced topics in particle physics.
Read article 'Foundations of Nuclear and Particle Physics'
This textbook aims to present the foundations of both nuclear and particle physics in a single volume in a balanced way, and to highlight the interconnections between them.
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This book is designed as a “how to” guide to writing grant proposals for competitive peer review.
Read article 'ITER Physics'
This 235 page book is dedicated to the ITER tokamak, the deuterium–tritium fusion reactor under construction in France, which aims to investigate the feasibility of fusion power.
Read article 'Relativistic Kinetic Theory, with Applications in Astrophysics and Cosmology'
This book provides an overview of relativistic kinetic theory, from its theoretical foundations to its applications, passing through the various numerical methods used when analytical solutions of com...
Read article 'Radioactivity and Radiation: What They Are, What They Do, and How to Harness Them'
Federico Ravotti reviews in 2017 Radioactivity and Radiation: What They Are, What They Do, and How to Harness Them.
Read article 'The physicist’s guide to the universe'
Sometimes referred to as the bible of particle physics, during the last 60 years the Review of Particle Physics has become the number-one reference in the field.
Read article 'Birth of a symmetry'
Half a century ago, Steven Weinberg published a paper that unified the electromagnetic and weak interactions and revolutionised our understanding of the fundamental forces.
Read article 'Health Physics: Radiation-Generation Devices, Characteristics, and Hazards'
The author of this book, a certified health physicist and an expert in radiation protection, discusses these emerging topics related to radiation-generating technologies and associated hazards.
