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New York: AIP Press: American Institute of Physics, 1993. Printed Gray Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/2"; 21.6cm. This is AIP Conference Proceedings No. 281. Representative of the nine invited papers are Multibunch Feedback -- Strategy, Technology, and Implementation [Fox, Eisen, et al.]; Introduction to Beam Diagnostics and Physics for Circular Accelerators [Billing]; and Log-Ratio Signal-Processing Technique for Beam Position Monitors [Shafer]. In addition there are nine contributed papers (Bunch Shape Monitors Using Low Energy Secondary Electron Emission [Feschenko]); and 15 Poster Sessions (Beam Current and Beam Lifetime Measurements at the HERA Proton Storage Ring [Schütte, Unser]). 350 (+ xi) pages, with List of Participants, and Author Index. Boards show insignificant shelf use; name of prior owner on front endpaper; text is strong and unmarked.

New York, NY: Academic Press, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/None (As Issued?). Text/BRAND NEW. Orange-red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF; trace surface rubs to spine. DJ/None As Issued? PO name to fEP. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN subsequently assigned to 1996 reprint. Collection of articles on variable magnification, quantitative measurement, stereologoy, and microincineration. The 5 articles are: 1, Zoom Systems in Microscopy (James R. Benford & Harold E. Rosenberger); 2, Mensuration Methods in Optical Microscopy (D.W. Humphries); 3, Microincineration Techniques for Electron-microscopic Localization of Biological Minerals (Richard S. Thomas); 4, Small Angle Electron Diffraction in the Electron Microscope (R.P. Ferrier); and, 5, The Assessment of Electron Microscopic Autoradiographs (M.A. Williams). Fine copy.

New York: AIP - American Institute of Physics, 1991. Printed Taupe Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. This volume is a collection of papers oresented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Superconductivity and Applications ... The field of high-T(sub c) superconductivity is gowing so rapidly that it is difficult to keep up with the literature. An open meeting like the Buffalo Conference serves the purpose of helping keep researchers abreast of important progress being made around the world." The presentations are organized as follows, Plenary Reviews (by Lee, Goodenough, Dynes, Cava (et al.), and Teller); Fundamental Properties (26 papers); Thin Films and Synthesis (38); and Applications (6). 713 pages, with tables, charts, photographs, Subject Index and Author Index; plus xi pages Contents, and Preface.Covers are slightly grimed, and pushed at front lower leading corner and rear upper leading corner; text is strong. but slightly grimed on leading edges.

Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, Inc, 1968. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Indigo linen boards/NF, showing trace dimming. Annual publication. Anthology of research papers. Frontispiece: Arne Tiselius, author of lead article: Reflections From Both Sides of the Counter.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. First Edition, 20th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/light edge wear & wear to corner tips. Transcription of 1964 Messenger Lectures delivered by Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988), extempore from a few notes at Cornell Univ. 7 chapters: 1, The Law of Gravitation, an Example of Physical Law; 2, The Relation of Mathematics to Physics; 3, The Great Conservation Principles; 4, Symmetry in Physical Law; 5, The Distinction of Past & Furture; 6, Probability & Uncertainty - the Quantum Mechanical View of Nature; and 7, Seeking New Laws.

New York, NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1963. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Flexible. Fine/None as Issued. Soft cover. First Edition, First Thus of 1963. BRAND NEW Copy. Text/New & bright. Illustrated, flexible cloth cover/Fine. Treatise on ecosystems as a basic functional unit of both living organism and the nonliving environment. Outgrowth of lectures given at the Univ of Georgia and portions of text adopted from the author's Fundamentals of Ecology (W.B. Saunders). 7 chapters: 1, The Scope of Ecology; 2, The Ecosystem; 3, Energy Flow & Nature's Metabolism; 4, Biogeochemical Cycles; 5, Limiting Factors --- Liebig's Law Extended; 6, Ecological Regulation; and, 7, Ecosystems of the World. Fine copy.

New York, NY: John Wiley, 1967. First Edition, 8th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. First Edition, 8th Printing, Text/side-bars to content tables, marginalia to pg 95, else bright, clean, As New. Sienna linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO stamp to fEP & leading text edge. Expansion & update on treatise of compressible fluid aerodynamics which first appeared in GALCIT (Guggenheim Aeronaturical Lab, Cailfornia Institute of Technology) in 1947 by Hans W. Liepmann and Allen E. Puckett. Last chapter, fundamentals concepts of the kinetic theory of gases is new. 14 chapters: 1, Concepts from Thermodynamics; 2, One-Dimensional Gasdynamics; 3, One-Dimensional Wave Motion; 4, Waves in Supersonic Flow; 5, Flow in Ducts & Wind Tunnels; 6, Methods of Measurement; 7, The Equations of Frictionless Flow; 8, Small-Perturbation Theory; 9, Bodies of Revolution, Slender Body Theory; 10, The Similariy Rules of High-Speed Flow; 11, Transonic Flow; 12, The Method of Characteristics; 13, Effects… Read More

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover/Ex-Library. Near Fine/Near Fine. Archival Photographs. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Orange linen boards/NF. DJ/NF; under library mylar. Biography of Hungarian-born American physicist Edward Teller (1908 - 2003), popularly known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb." Book based on full cooperation from Teller and key declassified materials from the former Atomic Energy Commission. 492 pgs, archival photos, 19 chapters, followed by Appendix. Fine copy uncirculated EX-Lib.

Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Research & Education Assn, 1987. Reprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF; strong w/trace edge rubs and faint creasing to lower front & upper back corners. Lucid study guide, reference & resource to important Principles, Equations, Theorems & Definitions in physics. 83 pgs, w/formulas & illustrations, in 19 chapters: 1, Vectors & Scalars; 2,One Dimensional Motion; 3, Plane Motion; 4, Dynamics of a Particle; 5, Work & Energy; 6, Conservation of Energy; 7, The Dynamics of Systems of Particles; 8, Rotational Kinematics; 9, Rotational Dynamics; 10, Harmonic Motion; 11, Sound Waves; 12, Gravitation; 13, Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies; 14, Fluid Statics; 15, Fluid Dynamics; 16, Temperature; 17, Heat & The First Law of Thermodynamics; 18, Kinetic Theory of Gases; and 19, Entropy & The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Fine copy

New York: Wiley - Interscience, 1972. First Printing . Charcoal Boards. Very Good/Good. 10 1/4 x 7 1/8. A volume in the publisher's SERIES IN ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR COLLISIONAL PROCESSES. The author has studied four decades (to January, 1970) of research results about excitation induced by collisions between atoms and ions, and found that "(t)here is little unanimity in the data published by the separate research groups, even when they employ nominally the same experimental techniques... (Thus) the purpose of this monograph is to compile the available data and to attempt some reconciliation of the diverse results." The chapter headings are: Introduction; Relationship Between Cross Section and Experimental Parameters; Determination of Experimental Parameters; Summary and Critique of the Experimental Data; Experiments Involving Atomic Hydrogen Targets: Target Excitation and Charge Transfer Excitation of Projectiles; Excitation of a Helium Target; Excitation of Heavy Monoatomic Gases;… Read More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light rubs. Modern response to the ancient Greek query: " What is matter?" Lucid exposition of modern particle physics, explaining how the discipline reduces physical matter to various states, or combinations, of as a few elemental substances possible. Author of more than 30 books, Professor James S. Trefil (1938 -)skillfully opens the first door for those new to physics. 225 pgs w/diagrams in 24 chapters & appendices, Fine copy.

Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1966. Printed Black Boards. Very Good/Good. 9 3/16" Tall. This book was written for the student at junior and senior college levels, for the graduate student who requires a thorough grounding in nuclear physics, and for the professional man who has a basic understanding of physics. For the student who is preparing for nuclear engineering, this book will serve well as a text for a prerequisite course. It is assumed that the reader has had a course in atomic physics and is familiar with the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. A good background in mathematics including differential equations will aid him in his understanding of the basic theoretical aspects of nuclear physics." The chapter headings are: The Atomic Nucleus; Radioactivity; Radiation Detectors; Nuclear Reactions I; Nuclear Masses; Nuclear Size; Alpha Decay; Beta Decay; Gamma Radiation; Nuclear Models; Nuclear Reactions II; Nuclear Forces; Neutron Physics and Fission; Particle Accelerators and Nuclear… Read More

New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1938. First Edition. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New. Dark blue boards w/gilt spine lettering/VG; strong w/edge & surface rubs, and fading to backstrap. Textbook. Written for a full year's course. 38 chapters.

New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1986. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright w/faint creasings to pg vii from faulty handling. First Edition, First Printing. Blue linen boards/NF w/trace edge rubs. DJ/Fine. 13 essays from distinguished authorities on major topics in astrophysics, assembled with both professional and lay readers in mind. 389 pgs.with biographical sketches of authors, in 5 parts. Part I, Nuclear Physics & Stellar Evolution: 1, The Synthesis of the Chemical Elements Carbon & Oxygen (William A. Fowler, Nobel 1983); 2, Old & New Neutron Stars (Malvin A. Ruderman); 3, Supernova Theory (Hans A. Bethe, Nobel 1967); 4, Solar Neutrinos (Joh N. Bahcall). Part II, Relativistic Astrophysics: 5, Black Holes: The Membrane Viewpoint (Kip S. Thorne); 6, Jets & Galactic Nuclei (Martin J. Rees); 7, Probes of the Universe (Robert V. Wagoner). Part III, Interstellar Matter: 8, Theory of the Interstellar Medium (George B. Field). Part IV,… Read More

Scranton, PA: International Textbook, 1942. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/None (As Issued?). Text/BRAND NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Embossed black boards/Fine. Marblized endpapers. Thumb tabs to leading text edge. Text presented in 4 parts. Fine copy.

Amsterdam -- New York: North-Holland -- John Wiley & Sons, 1967. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near new w/discrete check marks to pgs 87/88, and underling to pgs 155/156. Brick red linen boards/NF w/trace surface wear. DJ/None. PO name to title page. Hadrons are characterized by strong, electromagnet and weak interactions; this volume chiefly deals with the phenomenological description of these interactions. 13 chapters: 1, Kinematics & Phase Space; 2, Collisions & Decays of Spinless Particles; 3, Spin; 4, Survey of Baryons & Mesons; 5, Resonances & SU[sub]3 Symmetry; 6, S-Matrix Theory; 7, Theory of Low-Energy [pi]N Scattering; 8, [bar]KN Interactions & Multi-Channel Formalism; 9, Helicity & Polarization; 10, Electromagnetic Interactions of Hadrons; 11, High-Energy Interactions; 12, Weak Interactions Between Hadrons & Leptons; and 13, Neutral Kaons. 375 (+ xi) pages, with figures, tables, 5 Appendices, References, and Subject Index.

Chicago, IL: Edinburgh Univ Press/Aldine Publishing, 1961. Reprint of 1968 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Reprint of 1968, Hardcover. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Salmon line boards/NF. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Textbook. Written as a sequel to An Introduction to the Physics of Mass, Length and Time, which was devoted to the classical concept of particles; this volume considers the concept of waves. 10 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Stretched Strings; 3, Coupled Vibrations; 4, Elastic Vibrations of Rods; 5, Elastic Vibrations of Air Columns; 6, Plane Waves in an Infinite Medium; 7, Water Waves; 8, Interference & Diffraction; 9, The Wave-Particle Duality; and, 10, Miscellaneous. Fine copy less dust jacket.

New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press, 1988. Paperback Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Science history. First published in 1986; this copy is the First Paperback Edition (with corrections) of 1988. Commencing with two accidental discoveries (X-Rays, Roentgen; "uranic rays", Bequerel), physicist Abraham Pais (1918 -) reaccounts the history of the physics to its present atomic age. It is a story of science and of the steps forward, mis-steps, and accidental discoveries along the path as human intellect explored the way towards the heart of matter. Fine copy.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1949. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Text/As New & bright. Linen boards/VG; Strong & sound showing rubs & discoloration; faded spine. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. Textbook. Written for students of biological and physical sciences as artificial radioactivity dissolves the barrier between disciplines. 30 chapters in 3 parts: Part I, Isotopes & Nuclear Radiations; II, Methods & Instruments; and, III, Biological & Medical Applications of Isotopes. Strong copy.

Los Angeles, CA: Univ of California, 1950. 1950 Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/VG; red underling/marginalia to c. 12 pages & pencilled notes to rear endpaper. Grey soft cover/VG; Strong & sound showing light wear, faint doodling and light soiling. Text first prepared for Physics 1D, 1942, Univ of California at Los Angeles. In this 1950 Edition, corrections and suggestions are incorporated in the Preface.