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Department of Solid State Physics of the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University
AbstractAn essay on the 100-year history of the formation and development of the Department of X-ray Diffraction Analysis, subsequently transformed...
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Using social network analysis to investigate mathematical connections in U.S. and Chinese textbook problems
Textbooks, as potentially implemented curricula, play an important role in supporting classroom teaching and learning. Mathematical connections, one...
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Vector Line Integrals in Mathematics and Physics
Representational transformation diagrams are used to compare and contrast standard textbook presentations of vector line integrals in undergraduate...
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About Biophysics and the Chair of Biophysics at the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University
AbstractThe first Chair of Biophysics in the world science, created at the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, has crossed the...
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Investigating Equitable Representation in K-8 Science Textbook Portrayal of Scientists
This study used the Draw-A-Scientist Test Checklist (DAST-C) to analyze and assess how scientists are portrayed in the illustrations found within two...
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Solid-State Chemistry
The properties of materials are governed by the interactions among its associated sub-units. This chapter will describe the bonding motifs of both...
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Six textbook mistakes in data analysis
This article discusses a number of incorrect statements appearing in textbooks on data analysis, machine learning or computational methods; the...
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Newton’s Physics in New Granada: Mutis’s Lectures and Mathematisation of Nature
While the earliest lectures of Mutis at the Colegio del Rosario dealt with the basic methodological, conceptual, and operational aspects of...
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Gian-Carlo Wick and neutron physics in the 1930s
The Italian theorist Gian-Carlo Wick is well known for his work in mathematical physics. Nevertheless, working with Fermi’s group in Rome in the...
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Non-interacting Electrons in the Solid State
In this chapter we consider independent, non-interacting electrons within a periodic potential, i.e. displacements of the ions from their rest...
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Philology and Physics in Romanticism and Today
If Romanticism and the philosophy of German Idealism brought a new impetus to physics and philology, and if physics and philology had both emerged...
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Introduction to Solid-State Optics
Expressions for the dielectric function of optically isotropic solids are derived and discussed. Direct as well as indirect electronic absorption...
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Nuclear Physics Constraints on Neutrino Astrophysics
We report the present status of the feasible constraints from nuclear physics on the ambiguity in the neutrino reactions applied to the astrophysics....
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Nuclear Physics Constraints on Neutrino Astrophysics
We report the present status of the feasible constraints from nuclear physics on the ambiguity in the neutrino reactions applied to the astrophysics....
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Mechanistic Explanations in Physics: History, Scope, and Limits
Despite the scientific revolutions of the twentieth century, mechanistic explanations show a striking methodological continuity from early modern...
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Statistical Physics and Macroeconomics
Chapter 2 introduces readers to the idea and methods of statistical physics, and explains how they are applied to macroeconomics. It also explains...
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Quantification of Triboelectric Charge Density for a Solid
Triboelectrification is a well-known phenomenon that commonly occurs in nature and in our lives at any time and any place. Establishing quantitative...
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Quantification of Triboelectric Charge Density for a Solid
Triboelectrification is a well-known phenomenon that commonly occurs in nature and in our lives at any time and any place. Establishing quantitative...
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Introduction to topological defects: from liquid crystals to particle physics
Liquid crystals are assemblies of rod-like molecules which self-organize to form mesophases, in between ordinary liquids and anisotropic crystals. At...
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Group Theory in Stationary Perturbation Theory Calculations
This chapter focuses on the usefulness of group theory in the stationary perturbation theory. In Sect. 8.1, we revisit Rayleigh-Schrödinger...