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Light scattering:

Title of the book

Dynamic Light Scattering, Bruce J. Berne and Robert Pecora
Dynamic Light Scattering, The Method and some Applications, ed.Brown, 1993
Laser Light Scattering, Gabriel and Johnson
Laser Light Scattering: Basic Principles and Practice. 2nd ed. Benjamin Chu
Light Scattering : Principles and development (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials), Wyn Brown
Light scattering by liquid surfaces and complementary techniques ed., D. Langevin


Microscopy/Optics:

Title of the book

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Sheppard and Shotton
Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging, Douglas B. Murphy
Handbook of Biological Microscopy, Pawley, 1995
Introduction to Fourier Optics, Joseph W. Goodman, 2004
Introduction to Modern Optics, Grant R. Fowles
Introduction to Statistical Optics, Edward L O'neil
Polarizing Microscope, Hallimond, 1953
Practical Optical System Layout: And Use of Stock Lenses, Warren J. Smith
Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (7th Edition) - Max Born
Principles of Three-Dimensional Imaging in Microscopes, Min Gu
Video Microscopy, Inoué and Spring, 1997


Handbooks:

Title of the book

CRC Handbook
Handbook of Mathematical functions, Abramowitz and Stegun
Merck Index
Polymer Handbook, Eds. Bandrup, Immergut, Grulke
Principles of Instrumental Analysis, Douglas A. Skoog


Fluids and Rheology:

Title of the book

An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, G. K. Batchelor
Colloidal Hydrodynamics, Van de Ven
Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media, Bear
Fluid Mechanics, Landau and Lifshitz, 1987
Jamming and rheology, Sid Nagel and Andrea Liu
Physics of Granular Media, Hinrichsen and Wolf
Rheology principles, measurements, and applications, Christopher W. Macosko
Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids, Ronald G Larson
The Glass Transition - Relaxation Dynamics in Liquids and Disordered Materials, E. Donth

 

Polymers, Emulsions, Membranes, Surfaces and the like:

Title of the book

Amphiphilic Block Copolymers. Self-assembly and applications, Ed. P. Alexandridis, B. Lindman
Colloidal Dispersions, Russel
Colloidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces, Bernard P. Binks
Complex Behavior of Glassy Systems, Ed. Rubi and Vicenti
Emulsion Science: Basic Principles, Fernando Leal-Calderon
Encyclopedia of emulsion technology, Paul Becher
Foundation of Colloid Science, Vol. I, R. J. Hunter
Foundation of Colloid Science, Vol. II, R. J. Hunter
Intermolecular and Surface Forces, Israelachvili, 1992
Liquid Crystal Dispersions, Drzaic, 1995
Polymer Physics, Rubinstein and Colby
Principles of Condensed Matter Physics
Principles of Polymer Chemistry, P.J. Flory
Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics, de Gennes, 1996
Soft and Fragile Matter, Ed. Cates and Evans
Soft Matter Physics, Ed. Daoud
Statistical mechanics of macromolecules, Grosberg et al
Statistical Thermodynamics of Surfaces,Interfaces and Membranes, Safran, 1994
The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Doi and Edwards, 1986
The Physics of Liquid Crystals, 2nd Ed., De Gennes and Prost
The Physics of Polymers: Concepts for understanding their structures and behavior, G. Strobl
Viscoelastic properties of Polymers, Ferry, 1980

 

Chemistry:

Title of the book

Advanced Organic Chemisty, Smith and March
Fluorinated Surfactants and Repellents, Kissa
Handbook of Radical Polymerization, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Microscale Organic Lab., Mayo, Pike and Butcher
The organic chem lab survival manual

 

Biology:

Title of the book

Animal Tissue Techniques, Presnell and Schreibman, 1997
Cell Biology, Ed. Julio Celis Vol. 1
Cell Biology, Ed. Julio Celis Vol. 2
Cell Biology, Ed. Julio Celis Vol. 3
Cell Biology, Ed. Julio Celis Vol. 4
Cells, Gels and Engines of Life, G. Pollack
Cell Mechanics, Volume 83 (Methods in Cell Biology) (Methods in Cell Biology), Yu-Li Wang
Cytoskeletal and Motor Proteins, 2nd Ed. Kries and Vale
Instant notes in Biochemistry, Hames, Hooper and Houghton, 1997
Instant notes in Molecular Biology, Turner, McLennan, Bates and White, 1998
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, Hille, 1992
Mechanics of Motor proteins and the Cytoskeleton, J. Howard,2001
Mechanics of the cell, David Boal
Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts, 2002, 4th ed.
Molecular Cell Biology, Lodish et.al., 1999
Molecular Cloning, Sambrook, Fritsch and Maniatis Vol. 1
Molecular Cloning, Sambrook, Fritsch and Maniatis Vol. 2
Molecular Cloning, Sambrook, Fritsch and Maniatis Vol. 3
The Cytoskeleton: A Practical Approach, K. L. Carraway, C.A.C. Carraway


Image and Signal Processing:

Title of the book

Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB, Gonzales, Woods, and Eddins
Discrete-Time Signal Processing, Oppenheim, Shafer, and Buck
Image Processing Handbook, Russ
Statistical Digital Signal Processing and Modeling, Hayes

 

Others:

Title of the book

Art of Electronics, Horowitz and Hill
Nuclear Tracks in Solids, Fleischer et.al., 1975
Prudent Practices in the Lab NRC


Computer/OS/Mathematical packages:

Title of the book

Learning GNU Emacs, D. Cameron, B. Rosenblatt, and E. Raymond
Learning the Unix Operating System (Nutshell Handbook), J. Peek, G. Todino, and J. Strang
Learning the vi Editor, L. Lamb and A. Robbins
Linux Network Administrator's Guide, O. Kirch and T. Dawson
Linux system administration handbook, Mark F. Komarinski
Math toolkit for Real-time programming, Crenshaw
Numerical recipes in C: The art of scientific computing
Numerical Recipes with Source Code CD-ROM 3rd Edition: The Art of Scientific Computing - William H. Press
Running Linux, M. Welsh et. al.
Unix System Administration Handbook, E. Nemeth et. al.
Mathematica Manual, S. Wolfram

 


 

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If you would like to request an addition to the library or report a missing book contact:

Rodrigo Guerra
guerra (at) physics.harvard.edu