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In der Frühzeit der Erdgeschichte waren die Menschen mit der Natur eng verbunden Als Jäger und Sammler lebten sie von deren Früchten, waren dabei natürlich auch ihren Unbilden ausgesetzt. Es ist daher gut nachvollziehbar, dass den Naturkräften Gottheiten zugeordnet wurden. In der ägyptischen Mythologie stand die Sonne in ihrem Mittelpunkt. Der Sonnengott Rê überquerte bei Tag in seiner Sonnenbarke und bei Nacht in seiner Mondbarke den Himmel, für uns heute ein besonders poetisches Bild. Nur langsam wurden solche Vorstellungen ab- löst durch Fragen nach der Struktur der Welt. Die Babylonier gewannen erste Erkenntnisse über ihren Aufbau aus der Beobachtung der Bewegung der Gestirne. So konnten sie die Dauer eines Jahres und Monats bestimmen. Langjährige Beobachtungen versetzten sie in die Lage, Mondfinsternisse vorherzusagen. Im Fortgang der Geschichte gewann die Naturphilosophie, vor allem die Lehren von Aristoteles (350 v. Chr. ), großen Einfluss. Über viele Jahrhunderte hinweg dominierte sie die Naturlehre. Bei der Ausarbeitung seiner Lehren stützte sich Aris- teles zwar auch auf empirische Zusammenhänge, aber im Vordergrund stand ein abstraktes Gedankengebäude, das nach der Grundlage allen Seins fragte. Etwa ein Jahrhundert später findet sich mit Archimedes (250 v. Chr. ), ein Forscher, der mehr den in seiner Umwelt auftretenden praktischen Fragestellungen nachging. Das Archimedische Prinzip als Ursache des Auftriebs ist ein Beispiel. Die Entwicklung zur exakten Naturwissenschaft setzte etwa mit dem 16. Jahrhundert ein. Herausragende Forscher waren Kopernikus, Galilei, Brahe und Bruno. Zunächst standen die Gesetze unseres Planetensystems und die Rolle der Erde bzw.

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The rotating shallow water (RSW) model is of wide use as a conceptual tool in geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD), because, in spite of its simplicity, it contains all essential ingredients of atmosphere and ocean dynamics at the synoptic scale, especially in its two- (or multi-) layer version. The book describes recent advances in understanding (in the framework of RSW and related models) of some fundamental GFD problems, such as existence of the slow manifold, dynamical splitting of fast (inertia-gravity waves) and slow (vortices, Rossby waves) motions, nonlinear geostrophic adjustment and wa

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These notes are designed as a text book for a course on the Modern Physics Theory for undergraduate students. The purpose is providing a rigorous and self-contained presentation of the simplest theoretical framework using elementary mathematical tools. A number of examples of relevant applications and an appropriate list of exercises and answered questions are also given. The first part is devoted to Special Relativity concerning in particular space-time relativity and relativistic kinematics. The second part deals with Schroedinger's formulation of quantum mechanics. The presentation concerns mainly one dimensional problems, in particular tunnel effect, discrete energy levels and band spectra. The third part concerns the application of Gibbs statistical methods to quantum systems and in particular to Bose and Fermi gasses.

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This book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-knowledge description of the shock wave reflection phenomena from a phenomenological point of view. The first part is a thorough introduction to oblique shock wave reflections, presenting the two major well-known reflection wave configurations, namely, regular (RR) and Mach (MR) reflections, the corresponding two- and three-shock theories, their analytical and graphical solution and the proposed transition boundaries between these two reflection-wave configurations. The second, third and fourth parts describe the reflection phenomena in steady, pseudo-steady and unsteady flows, respectively. Here, the possible specific types of reflection wave configurations are described, criteria for their formation and termination are presented and their governing equations are solved analytically and graphically and compared with experimental results. The resolution of the well-known von Neumann paradox and a detailed description of two new reflection-wave configurations - the Guderely reflection (GR) and Vasilev reflection (VR) - are also given. The fifth part is a detailed listing of the most relevant scientific papers and research reports that have been published so far in the field of shock wave reflection phenomena. Intended as both introduction and reference, this book will benefit scientists and engineers in shock wave related academic and industrial research and development, as well as graduate students wishing to specialize in the field.

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