Suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this work explores the discovery of radioactivity, properties and nature of radiation, absorption and ionization, and changes occurring in radioactive bodies. Additional topics include radioactivity in the atmosphere, ultimate products of radioactive change, and electrical theory of the nature of matter. 1904 edition.
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The Fundamental Principles of Quantum Mechanics: With Elementary Applications by Edwin C. Kemble Hailed by Linus Pauling as "excellent," this graduate-level treatment interweaves applications of theory with development of mathematical structure. Topics include wave packets, two-particle central-field problem, many-particle problem, much more. 1937 edition.
Development of the Minkowski Geometry of Numbers Volume 1 by Harris Hancock This classic two-volume work focuses primarily on geometric problems involving integers and algebraic problems approachable through geometrical insights. Demonstrates simplicity and elegance of number theory proofs and many other related topics.
Substance and Function & Einstein's Theory of Relativity by Ernst Cassirer Double-volume work features the establishment of a general philosophical system in which Einstein's theory of relativity is regarded as the natural progression of the motives inherent to mathematics and the physical sciences. 1923 edition.
A Treatise on the Theory of Determinants by Thomas Muir A comprehensive single-volume treatments of determinants, this compilation features nearly all of the known facts about determinants up to the early 1930s. Includes 485 problems, plus numerous examples. 1933 edition.
