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Modeling Deposition and Clearance of Insoluble Particles in Human Lung Airways: Basic and Advanced Theoretical Approaches for the Simulation of Particle - Lung Interactions
$107.27
Main goal of the work was the development of a complete bronchial clearance model including a fast clearance phase represented by the mucociliary escalator as well as a slow clearance phase which describes long-term clearance mechanisms. The model was applied to healthy lungs and, after some specific modifications, also to lungs of COPD-patients. Beside the extensive modeling of bronchial clearance, major interests were focused on the improvement of the existing stochastic deposition model by a) the development of generation-specific correction factors describing enhanced particle deposition in the proximal airways due to inertial impaction and b) the computation and visualization of spatial deposition patterns, better reflecting the complex behaviour of inhaled particles. Concerning the reliable modeling of bronchial clearance, several approaches were introduced, ranging from the mathematical description of single mechanisms over the stochastic formulation of fast and slow clearance phases to the creation of a multicompartmental model. Independent of the used approach, computed clearance data always corresponded well with available results from various inhalation experiments.

The Basics of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
$85.00
While the stated goal of a treatment of theoretical and computational chemistry without irrelevant mathematical details is admirable, this book falls far short of its ambitious goals.

The thinness of the book, rather than evidence of concise exposition, leaves much to be desired in its selection of what mathematical details are omitted and what is left in. It is far too simplistic to the point of misleading, Even many of the pictures, while certainly colorful, are often banal and unproductive (Figure 4.1 is a prime example of a complete waste of ink).

The book is unfortunately also rife with glaring mistakes. One particular egregious example is the use of the term 'molecular dynamics' wherever 'molecular mechanics' is meant, resulting in incorrect conflation of these concepts. Poor notation which fails to distinguish between states as kets vs. their position-space representations gets the authors into trouble, especially when writing expressions involving gradients, or worse, using kets in their exposition of molecular mechanics! Another fundamental error is the explicit use of a time operator when discussing energy-time uncertainty, which is wrong since energy-time uncertainty does *not* follow from the usual operator commutator relationships such as the one used to demonstrate position-momentum uncertainty (as explained in A. Peres's book and many others).

In conclusion, save your money and get another book. It is too full of errors, frivolous details and misleading 'derivations' to be worth serious attention.

Basic Theoretical Physics: A Concise Overview
$74.95
This concise treatment embraces, in four parts, all the main aspects of theoretical physics (I . Mechanics and Basic Relativity, II. Electrodynamics and Aspects of Optics, III. Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics, IV. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics). It summarizes the material that every graduate student, physicist working in industry, or physics teacher should master during his or her degree course. It thus serves both as an excellent revision and preparation tool, and as a convenient reference source, covering the whole of theoretical physics. It may also be successfully employed to deepen its readers' insight and add new dimensions to their understanding of these fundamental concepts. Recent topics such as holography and quantum cryptography are included, thus making this a unique contribution to the learning material for theoretical physics.

Statistical Physics of Fluids: Basic Concepts and Applications (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)
$115.00
The book focuses on the main physical ideas and mathematical methods of the microscopic theory of fluids, starting with the basic principles of statistical mechanics. The detailed derivation of results is accompanied by explanation of their physical meaning. The same approach refers to several specialized topics of the liquid state, most of which are recent developments, such as: a perturbation approach to the surface tension, an algebraic perturbation theory of polar nonpolarizable fluids and ferrocolloids, a semi-phenomenological theory of the Tolman length and some others. The book addresses researchers as well as graduate students in physics and chemistry with research interests in the statistical physics of fluids.