The?Rudolf Mössbauer Story? recounts the history of the discovery of the?Mössbauer Effect? in 1958 by Rudolf Mössbauer as a graduate student of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1961 when he was 32 years old. The development of numerous applications o…
"The recently celebrated discovery of the Higgs boson has captivated the public's imagination with the promise that it can explain the origins of everything in the universe. It's no wonder that the media refers to it grandly as the "God particle." Yet behind closed doors, physic…
This book highlights selected contributions presented at the 15th annual international symposium Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP15), with the aim of informing readers about the most important recent advances in fundamental physics and physics education research. The FFP se…
This new book presents and discusses current research developments in the study of theoretical physics. Topics discussed include dark energy as the source of the time-dependent Einstein cosmological constant; non-linear refractive index theory; quantum coherence and tunable tran…