The editors of this Encyclopedia, earlier editions which met with international acclaim, have now provided a fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of this comprehensive reference work. In two volumes, 500 experts – among them several Nobel laureates and numerous other scientific award winners – offers a comprehensive and topical account physics and the physical world. the volumes comprise more than 500 articles, which have either been completely updated or are altogether new, covering the latest terminology and techniques in physics, including e.g. atomic trapping and cooling, biophotonics, econophysics, the formation of stars and planets, quantum communication, space science and technology, and traffic flow.From the Contents of Volume 1:AlloysAntimatterAstrophysicsAtmospheric PhysicsBetatronBiophysicsceramicsCircuits, IntegratedComplex SystemsCosmic Rays, Astrophysical EffectsCryogenicsCrystal DefectsElectron Beam TechnologyError AnalysisField theory, Unifiedgravitational LensesHidden VariablesInterstellar MediumLaser CoolingLiquid CrystalsFrom reviews of the First and Second Edition:"Very focused and well–balanced!""A remarkable editorial achievement!""the work has been modernized by additional entries. [The reader] will be pleased to find in one volume all that ranks among the insights of physics – from 'Absorption Coefficient, Accelerators' to 'X–Ray–Spectroscopy, Zeeman–Effect'.