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1990réf. PH-183Boulder CO.: Perseus Books 1990. Classic advanced text explores not only the connections between quantum and classical physics information and its transfer computation and their significance for the formulation of physical theories but it also considers the origins evolution of the information-processing entities their complexity and the manner in which they analyze their perceptions to form models of the Universe. Topics covered include: physics of information and computation; laws of physics and computation; complexity and evolution; probability entropy and quantum; quantum theory and measurement; theory of dynamical systems; and the interconnections between quantum and classical physics. 530 pp. Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Perseus Books Hardcover
2002réf. PH-52Bristol U.K.: Institute of Physics 2002. Comprehensive text presents detailed sections on laser absorption and propagation electron transport and relevant plasma waves laser induced shock waves hydrodynamic instabilities rarefaction waves the Ponderomotive force etc. Hard Cover. Corner tips slightly rubbed. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Institute of Physics hardcover
2009réf. 4627MB2009. Melville N.Y. American Institute of Physics 2009. 24 cm. xvii 678 p. ill. Hardcover. Versand aus Deutschland / We dispatch from Germany via Air Mail. Einband bestoßen daher Mängelexemplar gestempelt sonst sehr guter Zustand. Imperfect copy due to slightly bumped cover apart from this in very good condition. Stamped. AIP conference proceedings v. 1187. hardcover
1978réf. 512067MIR Publisher 1978. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD. 640pp. Second Printing. Sewn binding in blue cloth hard covers with silver gilt-lettered spine. With some trivial foxing as commonly seen with this grade of paper otherwise very clean and unmarked with sound square binding; DJ just trivially rubbed along the extremities now wrapped in mylar. A seminal text in Soviet mathematics long out of print and quite scarce in trade. 'The book covers branches of mathematics increasingly .required by phy-sicists such as multiple line and improper integrals the theory of fields and power and trigonometric series. Based on lectures read by the authors in the physics faculty of Moscow University the book endeavours to show the connection between the various mathematical concepts and their applications and wherever possible their physical sense as well.' From the Dust Jacket. MIR Publisher hardcover
1971réf. PH-174Boulder CO.: Colorado Associated University Press 1971. Classic comprehensive text contains detailed lectures covering the mathematical theory of the representations of a general class of non-compact groups and their various uses in many areas of theoretical physics. Topics covered include one-parameter subgroups of the conformal group; classification of the irreducible representationsof the O41 De Sitter group; expansion theory and the Lorentz groups in noncanonical bases; non-continuous representations of lie groups; generalized O21 expansions; conformal-invariant phase shift analysis; canonical and noncanonical scale symmetry breaking; closed orbits and SO42 symmetry in relativistic two-body theory; group theoretical basis for the Dirac equation; mass zero particles; etc. 440 pgs. Illustrated. Upper corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colorado Associated University Press hardcover
1970réf. 049990Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co 1970. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Group Of 28 Catalogs Staple-Bound But All Attached Together With Large Acco-Fastener Else Fine No Marks. Undated In General One Dated 1965 Anothernear The End Is Dated 1970 So Probably Late 1960'S To Early 1970'S. A Very Rare Set Of Catalogs/ Manuals As This Was Very Expensive Cutting Edge Equipment And Few Institutions Could Afford To Purchase Them. All Well Illustrated With Photos Of The Equipment Tables Charts And Multiple Examples Of Images Taken By The Equipment. Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co paperback
1932réf. 020085Paris: Hermann et Cie 1932. First Edition . Original Wrappers. Very Good. Signature And Personal Information Of Cal Tech Professor Paco Lagerstrom Dated 1947. Per Wikipedia Élie Joseph Cartan 1869 - 1951 Was An Influential French Mathematician Who Did Fundamental Work In The Theory Of Lie Groups Differential Systems Coordinate-Free Geometric Formulation Of Pdes And Differential Geometry. He Also Made Significant Contributions To General Relativity And Indirectly To Quantum Mechanics. He Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Greatest Mathematicians Of The Twentieth Century. His Son Henri Cartan Was An Influential Mathematician Working In Algebraic Topology. As A Student Of Cartan The Geometer Shiing-Shen Chern Wrote: Usually The Day After Meeting With Cartan I Would Get A Letter From Him. He Would Say "After You Left I Thought More About Your Questions."-He Had Some Results And Some More Questions And So On. He Knew All These Papers On Simple Lie Groups Lie Algebras All By Heart. When You Saw Him On The Street When A Certain Issue Would Come Up He Would Pull Out Some Old Envelope And Write Something And Give You The Answer. And Sometimes It Took Me Hours Or Even Days To Get The Same Answer. I Had To Work Very Hard. . Hermann et Cie unknown
1995réf. 043090New York: Springer 1994 1995. Second Edition First Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Xiv 112 Pp. Hardcover. Second Corrected Printing Of The Second Edition Revised And Enlarged. As New Except For Previous Owner's Name From Caltech. Number Line Ends In "2". Springer (1994) hardcover
1912réf. 041860Leipzig: B. G. Teubner 1912. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Xii 588 Pp. Ads At Front And Rear. Green Cloth Gilt. A Technical Compendium Of The Classical Mechanics Of The Major Mathematical Physicists To 1904; Errors Were Corrected In This Second Edition Of 1912 Apparently No Changes In Later Editions. Wear Gilt Brilliant Front Hinge Cracked Before Title Page Joints Cracked With Neat Exterior Black Tape Reinforcement Fraying At Corners. Ownership Name Of A. T. Ellis Possibly Arthur T. Ellis Of Caltech; Ownership Stamp Of Howard Higbee Dated Jan 4 1924; Later Ownership Signature Of Caltech Mathematics Professor Milton S. Plesset With His Penciled Marginal Notes To P. 36. Per Wikipedia Arthur Gordon Webster 1863 -1923 Was An American Physicist Who Founded The American Physical Society. Webster Had Graduated From Harvard College In 1885 At The Top Of His Class And Had Stayed For A Year As Instructor In Mathematics And Physics. At The End Of That Year He Went To The University Of Berlin Where He Studied For Four Years With Hermann Von Helmholtz Receiving His Phd In 1890. Helmholtz Is Said To Have Considered Webster His Favorite American Student. During This Period Webster Also Studied In Paris And Stockholm. He Was Unusually Proficient In Literature And Was Fluent In Latin Greek German French And Swedish With A Good Knowledge Of Italian And Spanish And Competency In Russian And Modern Greek. Clark University President G. Stanley Hall Appointed Webster Assistant Professor And Head Of The Physical Laboratories In 1892 When Physicist Albert A. Michelson Left For The Newly Organized University Of Chicago. At That Time Only Johns Hopkins University And Clark University Had Doctoral Programs In Physics. Webster Was Promoted To Full Professor In 1900. Webster Was Unusual For His Time In That He Was Both A Proficient Mathematician As Well As A Competent Experimentalist. Webster's Research Was In The Field Of Acoustics And Mechanics. He Is Credited With Developing An Instrument To Measure The Absolute Intensity Of Sound The Phonometer And For Research On The Gyroscope. He Also Gave Graduate Lectures In Theoretical Physics At Clark University Which Have Been Published As Three Textbooks. A Group Of 20 Physicists Invited By Webster Founded The American Physical Society At A Meeting At Fayerweather Hall In Columbia University On May 20 1899. In 1903 Webster Became President Of The American Physical Society And Was Elected To The National Academy Of Sciences. Webster Committed Suicide In 1923 Leaving A Note To Huis Son How He Felt That Every Aspect Of His Life Was A Failure Including The Impending Closure Pf Clark'S Physical Sciences Department. Unfortunately Only A Very Few Politicians Have Ever Felt That. B. G. Teubner hardcover
1981réf. PH-354San Francisco CA.: Holden-Day 1981. Comprehensive highly acclaimed two-volume reference text presents detailed coverage of predominantly classical physics including particle kinematics; dynamics of particles; momentum; vectors; gravity and central forces; potential energy and conservative systems; rotational dynamics; elasticity; rigid bodies and center of mass; mechanics of fluids; relativity; oscillations and waves; heat and temperature; kinetic theory; phases of matter; entropy; electric fields; dielectrics; circuit theory; electrochemistry thermoelectricity and nonohmic conduction; magnetic fields and forces; capacitance and capacitors; magnetic media; inductance; induced electromotive force; plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics; electromagnetic waves; radiation and guided waves; geometrical optics; interference of light; polarization; diffraction; alternating currents; etc. 1801 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Holden-Day hardcover
1788réf. e4735London: J. Johnson. Cover worn. Upper board detached. Browning to title page. Contents firm and overall bright. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. 1788. Second Edition with very large additions. Leather cover. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". 491pp. 4 engraved plates including one fold out. . J. Johnson hardcover
1971réf. PH-71New York: Plenum Press 1971. Comprehensive text contains contributions by leading experts in topics of the use of lasers in high-temperature plasmas historical conceptsprinciples of interaction of low laser radiation; applications to thermonuclear fusion; laser-produced gas breakdown; high power CO2 lasers; fusion neutrons from laser-irradiated high-density plasmas; and theoretical and experimental work on laser-produced plasmas. 509 pp. Illustrated. Ex-Library copy stamped on upper outer edge and title page; pocket remnant on front blank endpaper. Very minimal shelf wear. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Plenum Press hardcover
1930réf. 75191930. Various. 7 volumes 8vos various paginations. Each signed by Vivian Johnson in front one with a gift inscription to a family member the rest with her ownership signature. A few scattered markings in the text but generally not annotated. Generally very good with wear to covers but each generally sound. Lovely set of science books from the library of one of the important woman scientists in the new field of solid state physics. Vivian Annabelle Johnson 1912-1985 was born and raised in Portland Oregon earing a B.A. in physics from Reed College before attending Purdue as a graduate assistant under Karl Lark-Horovitz. She earned a Master's degree in 1934 and three years later completed her PhD thesis Effect of Valence Electrons on the Electron Cloud Distribution with Wolfgang Nordheim. This research contributed to the newly developing field. She remained on the faculty at Purdue where she continued her specialization and research being named assistant department head in 1973. Her trailblazing work as a woman in the field paved the way for others such as her friend Cleota Fry. In 1939 Fry became one of the first women to earn a PhD in mathematics also at Purdue before WWII. This collection includes books from her time at Washington High School and Reed College in Portland and Purdue. The Science of Everyday Life by by Edgar F. Van Buskirk and Edith Lillian Smith Houghton Mifflin 1921. An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis by Frank Loxley Griffin Houghton Mifflin 1921. A Short Table of Integrals third revised edition by B.O. Peirce Ginn and Company 1929. An Introduction to the Use of Generalized Coordinates in Mechanics and Physics by William Elwood Byerly Ginn and Company 1916 The New World of Physical Discovery by Floyd L. Darrow The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1930 gifted to her father. Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables revised edition by Earle Raymond Hedrick The Macmillan Company 1927. A Short Table of Integrals by B.O. Peirce revised edition Ginn and Company 1899. . unknown
1941réf. 010309Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1941. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket old internal tape mends spine sunned small chips at spine ends at top edge rear panel light soiling. With the bookplate of William B. Jensen Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and curator of the Oesper Collection on the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati at front paste down. Bridgman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1946 "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics" . Uncommon in First Edition First Printing and in original dust jacket. . Harvard University Press Hardcover
1931réf. 1185This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details. Cover title: Reglas Oficiales de Atletismo. 66 pp. rule book for international sporting competitions. 8vo. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps saddle stapled. 1185 Primarily of interest for the superb but uncredited estridentismo illustration that graces the front cover. "Aceptados por la Federación Atlética Internacional de aficionados en el Congreso de La Haya en agosto de 1926 con las adiciones y reformas hechas en el congreso de Amsterdam en 1928." As of February 2021 we can locate only one holding in North America at the National Library of Mexico. Talleres Gráficos de la Nación
1942réf. 010238Columbus OH: A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Science Ohio State University 1942. Book. Near Fine. Two Ring Binder. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1 title 5 a-e 227 pages. Mimeograph printing on rectos only. Includes 456 bibliographical references. The second printing apparently reproduced in 100 copies although no copies located in commerce and only a single copy the original mss. dissertation at the University of CinCinnati located at OCLC. Near Fine corner creases and small tears to stiff cardboard binding a scribbled drawing verso of final page.Composed with the advice and guidance of Dr. Laurence L. Quill. "A second printing of this book was the idea of Dr. C.L. Rollinson late of Monsanto Unit 3 Dayton Ohio and now at the University of Maryland. It was Dr. Rollinson's thought that this book would serve the following purposes: 1 To provide a wealth of practical examples of techniques of radiochemistry there seems to be no other collection of this sort available. 2 To provide a detailed technical treatment of the work leading to the discovery of nuclear fission. 3 To provide a collection of the published data on nuclear fission from the discovery to the beginning of the work of the Manhattan Project." A RARE and early work on nuclear fission. . A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Science, Ohio State University Hardcover
1993réf. 046774Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Xix 598 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. First Printing 1993 Issued Later In Paperback. Fine. Former Owner's Name With His Address As The Beckman Institute Caltech With A 1993 Caltech Bookmark. From Wikipedia In Feb 2021: Peter R. Holland Is An English Theoretical Physicist Known For His Work On Foundational Problems In Quantum Physics And In Particular His Book On The Pilot Wave Theory And The De Broglie-Bohm Causal Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics The Book Offered Here. Holland Was Educated At Hazelwick Comprehensive School In Crawley West Sussex And At Imperial College. He Did His Ph.D. On Algebraic Topological Methods In Physics Under David Bohm At Birkbeck College. Holland Has Worked At The University Of London Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie Paris Bristol Uwe And The University Of Oxford. He Is An Editor Of Physics Letters A. In 1993 Holland Published His Book "The Quantum Theory Of Motion'' In Which He Presented A Comprehensive Account Of The Causal Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics Initiated By Louis De Broglie And In A More Complete Form By David Bohm. Drawing Upon Numerical Trajectory-Based Methods For Solving The Schrödinger Equation And Upon Methods Of Hydrodynamics Holland Showed In 2004 How The Time Evolution Of The Wavefunction Could Be Derived Exactly From The Dynamical Evolution Of A Congruence Of Spacetime Trajectories. The Method Achieves The Same Result As Richard Feynman's Path Integral Formulation The Mapping Of The Initial Wavefunction Through Time But Instead Of Using Feynman's 'All Possible Paths' Between Two Points It Employs At Most One Path. This Is A Considerable Conceptual Advantage In Understanding Quantum Motion And Is Potentially A Computational Benefit Too. Another Difference With Feynman Is That While The Trajectories Do The Job Of Evolving The Quantum System In Time The Initial Wavefunction Is Integral To The Trajectory Dynamical Equations As It Provides The Initial Density And The Initial Velocity. Using Riemannian Geometry Holland Formulated This Method In Very General Terms That Includes As Special Cases Quantum Many-Particle Systems And Spin. He Has Applied It To Other Field Theories Such As Electromagnetism And Second-Order Wave Equations. Holland Has Published Many Peer-Reviewed Articles On The Foundations Of Physics Including The Quantum Potential Quantum Hydrodynamics Quantum Field Theory Symmetries Hidden-Variables Theories Quantum Back-Reaction Quantum Hamilton-Jacobi Theory Classical-Like Quantum Systems And The History Of Physics. Cambridge University Press hardcover
1948réf. 023101Lancaster: International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company / Science Press Printing Company 1948. Third Edition First Printing stated . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Good DJ. 806 Pp. Blue Cloth. Third Edition 1948. Clean Gilt Bright Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj Well Worn Small Losses/Chipping At Corners Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design Not Price-Clipped $8.00. International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company / Science Press Printing Company hardcover
1974réf. 036014Jerusalem: I.P.S.T. / Israel Universities Press / John Wiley & Sons / Halsted Press 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Xv 190 Pp. Red Cloth Printed In Black And Pink. First Printing. Inscribed By The Author To The Dedicatee Prof. Abraham Kaplan. Light Wear Rubbing And Bumping At Corners No Fraying Some Fading To Cloth On Spine Panel But Lettering Still Strong. Mendel Sachs 1927 -2012 Was An American Theoretical Physicist. His Scientific Work Includes The Proposal Of A Unified Field Theory That Brings Together The Weak Force Strong Force Electromagnetism And Gravity. Sachs Earned His Bachelors At The University Of California Los Angeles He Then Moved To Columbia University New York For Postgraduate Study. While At Columbia Sachs Was Taught By Willis Lamb And Hideki Yukawa.5 Yukawa Had Agreed To Be Sach's Thesis Advisor But Sachs Decided To Complete His Doctorate Back At Ucla. Following The Award Of His Phd In 1954 Sachs First Post-Doctoral Position Was At The New University Of California Radiation Laboratory At Both Berkeley And Livermore Which Was Run By Edward Teller And Ernest Lawrence And Was Also Home To Bryce Dewitt Who Sachs Would Later Co-Author Articles With In Physics Today. In 1956 Sachs Became A Senior Scientist At Lockheed Missiles And Space Laboratory While At Lockheed Sachs Began Developing With Solomon Schwebel A Field Theory Of Quantum Electrodynamics That Included Broken Symmetries That Did Not Require Recourse To Renormalization Or Perturbation Techniques - The "Schwebel-Sachs" Model. In 1961 He Became A Research Professor At Mcgill University; This Was Followed By A Post As Associate Professor Of Physics At Boston University 1962-1966. In 1964 While At Boston University Sachs Received An Invitation From Paul Dirac To Visit Cambridge University. Sachs Stayed In England For Three Months Where His Wife Yetty Had Family. Sachs Worked With Paul Dirac At The Department Of Applied Mathematics And Theoretical Physics Cambridge University. While Working With Dirac Sachs Also Had The Opportunity To Discuss Ideas With John G. Taylor John Polkinghorne And Graduate Students At Damtp. In 1965 Sachs Had Had A Breakthrough While At The Aspen Physics Institute Colorado. Sachs Was Able To Derive A Result For A Unified Field Theory If Quantum Mechanics Was Considered To Be A Linear Approximation For A Field Theory Of Inertia Expressed In General Relativity. Sachs Argued That The Work Of Albert Einstein And Erwin Schrödinger In General Relativity Did Not Yet Take Account Of The Inertia Of Matter Which Required Consideration Of The Mach Principle. In The Summer Of 1966 Abdus Salam Invited Sachs To Spend A Few Months At The International Centre For Theoretical Physics In Trieste Italy. During This Time Sachs Published The Details Of His Formal Structure Of Quantum Mechanics From A Generally Covariant Field Theory Of Inertia In The Italian Journal Il Nuovo Cimento. In The Autumn Of 1966 He Was Appointed Professor Of Physics At State University Of New York At Buffalo. I.P.S.T. / Israel Universities Press / John Wiley & Sons / Halsted Press hardcover
1928réf. 032977Leipzig: Verlag S. Hirzel 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Viii 221 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt. Ownership Signature Of Physicist H. A. Kramers Of Leiden Dated Jan 1929 And With Several Pages Of Finely Written Formulae And Notes One Page Dated "11/4/27 Ii". Small Probably Original Bookseller's Label Berlin. Bookplate Of Kramer's Assistant At The Univ. Of Leiden Physicist Jan Korringa. Verlag S. Hirzel hardcover
2001réf. x-9810246617World Scientific Pub Co Inc 2001. Hardcover. New. 500 pages. 11.00x8.25x0.75 inches. World Scientific Pub Co Inc hardcover
1820réf. 46029Paris Crochard 1820. No wrappers. In "Annales". In "Annales de Chimie et de Physique Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago" Tome XIV Juin issue pp. 113-222. Entire issue offered with halftitlepage to vol. 14. Savart's paper: pp. 113-172 and 3 folded engraved plates. Plates with some scattered brownspots. First printing of a pioneer paper on the acoustics of the violin and on the construction of the Trapezoidal Fiddle."In his earliest work Savart gave the first explanation of the function of certain parts of the violin. To learn how vibrations are transmitted from the strings to the rest of the instrument he induced vibrations in a free wood plate by passing a vibrating string over a bridge at its center; he also used Chladni’s sand-pattern technique to observe the resulting nodal lines. Savart showed that the bridge transmits the string’s vibrations; that the plate can be made to vibrate at any frequency; and that the corresponding mode is a modification of an unforced mode. He demonstrated that the sound post also serves to transmit vibrations and he explained that it therefore should not be placed under a nodal line. Thinking that symmetry and regularity would produce the best tone Savart built a trapezoidal violin with rectangular sound holes. When the instrument was played before a committee that included Biot the Composer Cherubini and other members of the Academy of Sciences and the Académie des Beaux-Arts its tone was judged as extremely clear and even but somewhat subdued."DSB.The issue also contains Eilhard Mitscherlich' famous paper in the first French version "Sur la Relation qui existe entre la forme cristalline et les proportions chimiques" pp. 172-190. unknown
1994réf. BN216004Oxford University Press Inc 1994. 1994. Softcover. Quantum Field Theory Quantum Field Theory Michio Professor Department of Physics City College of the City University of New York Kaku Oxford University Press Inc paperback
1975réf. PH-69Oxford UK: Pergamon Press 1975. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering non-relativistic quantum mechanics; classical and quantum theories of the electromagnetic field; relativistic quantum mechanics of electrons; general principles of quantum theory; formulation of quantum electrodynamics; renormalization theory; applications of quantum electrodynamics; chronological and normal products; Green's functions; Poincare group; functional differentiation; spinors; representation of the S matrix as a double limit of the propagator; symmetric energy-momentum tensor; etc. 550 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Small ink formula notation on margin of first introduction page. Gilt spine and front cover. Minimal shelfwear. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Pergamon Press Hardcover
