Physics and Contemporary Needs: Volume 1

In: Springer eBook Collection

Abstract

I: Physics and Technology -- Lasers -- Surface Phenomena -- Applications of Superconductivity to Fundamental Research in Physics -- The Impact of Physics on Technology and Industry -- II: Physics, Energy and Natural Resources -- Solid State Physics Aspects of Solar Energy Conversion -- The Physics of the Earth -- The Oceans -- III: Physics and the Frontiers of Knowledge -- Probing Into the Heart of Matter -- Particle Physics -- Astrophysics, General Relativity and Cosmology -- Aspects of General Relativity -- Appendix I: List of Seminars -- Appendix II: List of Participants.