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 Einstein's Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Alan Harris
Speeches and essays in accessible, everyday language profile influential physicists such as Niels Bohr and Isaac Newton. They also explore areas of physics to which the author made major contributions.
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| |  The Grammar of Science
by Karl Pearson
A major statement of the language, method, and concepts of the physical sciences, this volume traces the history of experimental investigation and efforts of philosophic minds to state and organize their findings.
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 Seismic Waves and Sources
by Ari Ben-Menahem, Sarva Jit Singh
In-depth quantitative assessment of seismic observations covers history of seismology, from first principles to modern developments. Comprehensive, rigorous, lucid account; well illustrated with figures, tables, solved examples. 1981 edition.
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| |  An Elementary Survey of Celestial Mechanics
by Y. Ryabov, G. Yankovsky
Accessible classic of gravitation theory and celestial mechanics explains methods used by physicists in studying celestial phenomena, including perturbed motion, satellite technology, planetary rotation, and motions of stars. 1959 edition.
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 Condensed Matter Physics
by A. Isihara
More than a graduate text and advanced research guide on condensed matter physics, this volume emphasizes applications to a variety of systems rather than theoretical derivations and techniques. 1991 edition.
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| |  Random Vibrations: Theory and Practice
by Paul H. Wirsching, Thomas L, Paez, Keith Ortiz
Comprehensive text and reference covers topics in probability, statistics, and random processes, plus methods for analyzing and controlling random vibrations. Suitable for graduate students and mechanical, structural, and aerospace engineers. 1995 edition.
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| Products in General Physics | | |  | Almost All About Waves
by John R. Pierce
This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics, employing minimal mathematics to explore behavior common to earthquake waves, ocean waves, sound waves, and mechanical waves. 1974 edition.
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|  | Analytical and Canonical Formalism in Physics
by Andre Mercier
Variational principles are usually discussed individually; however, this compact but far-reaching work surveys the variational principles of several areas and examines their relationships. 1959 edition.
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| | Condensed Matter Physics
by A. Isihara
More than a graduate text and advanced research guide on condensed matter physics, this volume emphasizes applications to a variety of systems rather than theoretical derivations and techniques. 1991 edition.
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|  | Dimensional Analysis: Examples of the Use of Symmetry
by Hans G. Hornung
Derived from a course in fluid mechanics, this text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students employs symmetry arguments to illustrate the principles of dimensional analysis. 2006 edition.
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|  | Discourse on Bodies in Water
by Galileo Galilei, Thomas Salusbury
This 1612 essay challenged Aristotelian physics by asserting that sunspots are actual spots on the surface of the sun or in its atmosphere, rather than satellites. Introduction. Explanatory Notes. Index.
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| | Einstein's Essays in Science
by Albert Einstein, Alan Harris
Speeches and essays in accessible, everyday language profile influential physicists such as Niels Bohr and Isaac Newton. They also explore areas of physics to which the author made major contributions.
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| | An Elementary Survey of Celestial Mechanics
by Y. Ryabov, G. Yankovsky
Accessible classic of gravitation theory and celestial mechanics explains methods used by physicists in studying celestial phenomena, including perturbed motion, satellite technology, planetary rotation, and motions of stars. 1959 edition.
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|  | Fundamentals of Mathematical Physics
by Edgar A. Kraut
Indispensable for students of modern physics, this text provides the necessary background in mathematics to study the concepts of electromagnetic theory and quantum mechanics. 1967 edition.
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| | The Grammar of Science
by Karl Pearson
A major statement of the language, method, and concepts of the physical sciences, this volume traces the history of experimental investigation and efforts of philosophic minds to state and organize their findings.
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|  | An Introduction to the Theory of Elasticity
by R. J. Atkin, N. Fox
Accessible text covers deformation and stress, derivation of equations of finite elasticity, and formulation of infinitesimal elasticity with application to two- and three-dimensional static problems and elastic waves. 1980 edition.
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|  | Noise and Fluctuations: An Introduction
by D. K. C. MacDonald
This concise study of random processes offers graduate students and research physicists a survey encompassing both relationship of Brownian movement with statistical mechanics and problem of irreversible processes. 1962 edition.
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|  | On the Continuity of the Gaseous and Liquid States
by J. D. van der Waals
Much-cited thesis by recipient of 1910 Nobel Prize in physics is accompanied by an introductory essay by J. S. Rowlinson and another work by van der Waals on the theory of liquid mixtures.
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|  | Philosophy of Scientific Method
by John Stuart Mill, Ernest Nagel
Features extracts from Mills' A System of Logic and other major works to consider names and propositions; reasoning; induction; operations subsidiary to induction; the logic of the moral sciences; political economy.
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|  | Physical Adsorption: Forces and Phenomena
by L. W. Bruch, Milton W. Cole, Eugene Zaremba
A comprehensive account of the phenomena that occur when simple gases interact with surfaces, this text takes a fundamental perspective, offering observations relevant to professional scientists and students. 1997 edition.
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| |  | Principles of Stellar Dynamics
by S. Chandrasekhar
A Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist presents the theory of stellar dynamics as a branch of classical dynamics, clarifying fundamental issues and revealing underlying theoretical motivations. 1942 edition.
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| | Random Vibrations: Theory and Practice
by Paul H. Wirsching, Thomas L, Paez, Keith Ortiz
Comprehensive text and reference covers topics in probability, statistics, and random processes, plus methods for analyzing and controlling random vibrations. Suitable for graduate students and mechanical, structural, and aerospace engineers. 1995 edition.
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| | Seismic Waves and Sources
by Ari Ben-Menahem, Sarva Jit Singh
In-depth quantitative assessment of seismic observations covers history of seismology, from first principles to modern developments. Comprehensive, rigorous, lucid account; well illustrated with figures, tables, solved examples. 1981 edition.
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|  | Temperatures Very High and Very Low
by Mark W. Zemansky
A clear, insightful volume for students and professionals, this concise study of temperature and its extremes provides greater understanding of temperature as a concept of physics and thermodynamics.
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|  | Theories of Figures of Celestial Bodies
by Wenceslas S. Jardetzky
Suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this text explores exact methods used in the theory of figures of equilibrium and examines problems concerning figures of celestial bodies. 1958 edition.
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