| Physics of Solitons Contributor(s): Dauxois, Thierry (Author), Peyrard, Michel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521143608 ISBN-13: 9780521143608 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Waves & Wave Mechanics - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 530.14 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.52 lbs) 436 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The basic properties of solitons are introduced here using examples from macroscopic physics (e.g. blood pressure pulses and fibre optical communications). The book then presents the main theoretical methods before discussing applications from solid state or atomic physics such as dislocations, excitations in spin chains, conducting polymers, ferroelectrics and Bose-Einstein condensates. Examples are also taken from biological physics and include energy transfer in proteins and DNA fluctuations. Throughout the book the authors emphasize a new approach to modelling nonlinearities in physics. |