Herschel Rabitz (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Just-like-new inside and out. It will be backed with cardboard and carefully packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The Discovery of Rapid Climate Change" (Only within the past decade have researchers warmed to the possibility of abrupt shifts in Earth's climate. Sometimes, it takes a while to see what one is not prepared to look for) by Spencer Weart; "A Topological Look at the Quantum Hall Effect" (The amazingly precise quantization of Hall's conductance in a two-dimensional electron gas can be understood in terms of a topological invariant known as the Chern number) by Joseph E. Avron, Daniel Osadchy and Ruedi Seiler; "Quantum Physics Under Control" (Thanks to the increasing ability to coherently control quantum systems, designer Hamiltonians can be created to explore new physics and to yield a better understanding of complex phenomena) by Iam Walmsley and Herschel Rabitz; Physics Update; Search and Discovery (Intriquing properties put sodium cobalt oxide in the spotlight.Band on the run: Light meets shock fronts in virtual photonic crystals.Watching a molecule break up reveals how quickly it changes shape); Issues and Events (Astronomy foes join forces to build giant telescope.South Dakota governor pushes for underground lab as Homestake water rises.Italy's underground lab recuperates from toxic spill, gets new director.Research workforce will weaken without focus on homegrown talent.North American women sweep honors at Intel competition.News Notes.Web Watch); Opinion (Science fashions and scientific fact) by Michael Riordan; Books (Selectivity and Discord: Two Problems of Experiment, A. Franklin (reviewed by B. Bederson).Quantum Physics: A Text for Graduate Students, R. G. Newton (reviewed by N. G. Deshpande).From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939, P. F. Dahl (reviewed by G. T. Emery); Tools for Computational Finance, R. Seydel (reviewed by F. Cuypers); New Products (Focus on analytical instruments); We Hear That; Obituaries (Grote Reber.Peter Gabriel Bergmann.Robert Lull Forward.Frank Stagle Ham.Charles Earle Mandeville III); and Information Exchange.

Paperback. Condition: Original binding. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Berlin and New York:: Springer Verlag, 1984. 6.5" wide by 9.5" tall. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. EX-LIBRARY copy, stamped "WITHDRAWN" on rear endpaper. Very Good condition. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with figures. Bibliographical References. Volume 1086 in the Lecture Notes in Mathematics series. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Original binding/No Dust Jacket. v, 130pp.