FS: Physics/math books[20 titles]

A FEW BOOKS FROM MY LIBRARY
all prices include postage(USPO) within. US.

PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS


Besides checks & PayPal.
I also have a list of astronomy books for sale. Let me know if
interested.

Also, a list of inexpensive science fiction.

John R. Sievers
5469 Redding Rd
San Diego, CA 92115

Thank you for your time.

ADVANCED CALCULUS. by Buck, R. Creighton ; McGraw-Hill, 1956.
Hardback, 423 pages, index, answers and hints.. International Series in
Pure and Applied Mathematics. VERY GOOD condition. ASKING:
$10.00

ADVANCED VECTOR ANALYSIS: With Application to Mathematical
Physics. by Weatherburn. London Bell & Sons. 1947 reprinted 1948
Open Court Pub. Hardback, 222 pages, illustrated with diagrams. In
GOOD condition. ASKING: $10.00

AN INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR PHYSICS. by N. Feather.
Cambridge: University Press 1948. Hardback, 213 pages, illustrated.
Chapters include: Experiments, Interpretation within scheme of
macroscopic physics, Need for new point of view, Elementary particles,
Nuclear charge & mass, Rotational attributes, Emission of electrons,
Emission of quanta, Transformations produced by alpha particles,
Transformations produced by neutrons, Transformations by accelerated
particles, Effects produced by quanta. Lightly worn dust jacket, owner
bookplate, else in VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $10.00

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF OPTICS.2nd ed. by
Schuster London: Arnold 1909. Hardback, 352 pages, illustrated.
Chapters include: Periodic Motion, Kinematics & Kinetics of Wave
Motion, Preliminary Discussion of the Nature of Light & its Propagation,
Principle of Superposition, Diffraction of Light, Diffraction Gratings,
Theory of Optical Instruments, propagation of Light in Crystalline Media,
Interference of Polarized Light, Theories of Light, Dispersion &
Absorption, Rotatory Effects, Transmission of Light, Nature of Light.
Light rubbing to edges of binding & spine, else in GOOD condition.
ASKING: $14.00

A POSITRON NAMED PRISCILLA: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier.
by Bartusiak, et.al. Washington D.C.: National Acadeny of Sciences,
1994. Large format hardback, 348 pages, illustrated in b/w & color.
Chapters include: New Methods of probing the Sun's Interior, Trapping &
Manipulating Atoms, AIDS-Solving the Molecular Puzzle, How the
Genetic Code Replicates Itself, Magellan's Venus, The Science of
Earthquake Prediction, Mathematical Microscope-Waves-Wavelets &
Beyond, The Top Quark & the Higgs Particle, the Discovery & Promise of
Fullerenes, How Proteins Work. In dist jacket, AS NEW condition.
Original Price was $29.95, I am ASKING: $9.00

ATOMIC PHYSICS 7th ed. . by Born, Max NY: Hafner Publishing
Company, Inc. 1962 Hardback, 459 pages, illustrated. "contains a lucid
and up-to-date account of the physics of the atom, and of the various forms
of the quantum theory; more advanced mathematical developments are
separated from the main text, which is complete in itself"; translated
from the German by John Dougall. A study of atomic physics giving a
comprehensive view of many areas of the subject such as kinetic theory,
elementary particles, the nuclear atom, wave corpuscles, atomic structure,
the electron, nuclear physics and statistics. Light rubbing to top & bottom
of spine, else in VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $12.00

BEYOND STAR TREK: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of
Time. by Krauss. Basic Books: 1997. Soft cover, 190 pages. Book
explores the physics of alien invasions, time travel, quantum reality,
interstellar travel. AS NEW condition. ASKING: $6.00

CALCULUS ANDS ITS APPLICATIONS 4th ed. by Goldstein, et. al.
Prentice Hall 1987. This hardback book of 644 pages plus appendices
is illustrated with many figures. This book is a standard calculus text
and has no markings within and in VERY GOOD condition.
ASKING: $12.00

CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 3rd ed. by Ellis &
Gluck. Harcourt 1986. This hardback book of 978 pages plus 82 pages
of appendices is illustrated from figures. This standard calculus book
has no internal markings and is in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition.
ASKING: $12.00

CHAOS: Making A New Science. by Gleick. Penguin Books 1988. Soft
cover, 352 pages, illustrated in b/w & color. An excellent introduction to
chaos theory. VERY GOOD condition. $6.00 also have hardback edition
in dust jacket in VERY GOOD condition for $12.00

COSMIC PLASMA. by Hannes Alfven(Nobel Laureate) . Reidel Pub.
1981. Hardback, 164 pages, illustrated. Chapters include: Electric
Currents in Space Plasmas, Circuits, Theory of Cosmic Plasmas, Origin of
the Solar System, & Cosmology. 1st fly page is inscribed, "TO HERB
FROM HANNES,. Sea Lodge breakfast La Jolla Jan. 31 1982." The Herb
referred to here by Alfven is Herbert York. In VERY GOOD condition.
ASKING: $35.00

ELEMENTS OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. by
Golomb, Michael & Merrill Shanks. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1950
(International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) Hardback, 356
pages. VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $10.00

ELEMENTS OF PURE AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS. by
Lass, Harry International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics ;
McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1957. Hardback, 490 pages. VERY GOOD
condition. ASKING: $10.00

FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS. by Lindsay & Margenau. NY: Dover
1957. Soft cover, 542 pages, illustrated. Book discusses the foundation of
ideas & background of modern physics. Discusses methods of physical
description & construction of theory. Some calculus knowledge is
assumed. Chapters include: Meaning of Physical Theory, Space & Time
in Physics, Foundations of Mechanics, Probalility & Some of its
Applications, Statistical Point of View, Physics of Continua, Electron
Theory & Special Relativity, General Theory of Relativity, Quantum
Mechanics, and Problem of Causality. Owner name on blank fly page,
otherwise in GOOD condition. ASKING: $6.00

FROM ATOMS TO QUARKS: An Introduction to the Strange World of
Particle Physics. by Trefil. NY: SAcribner's 1980. Soft cover, 225 pages,
illustrated. Chapters include: Quest for Ultimate Simplicity, Nucleus,
New Physics for a New World, Energy-Matter- & Antimatter, Discovery
of Mesons & Other Strange Things, Coming of the Accelerators,
Proliferation of Elementary Particles, Search for Order Amid Chaos, Road
to the Quark Model, Evidence for the Quark Model, Where Are They?,
Charm & the Proliferation of Quarks, Leptons & the Weak Interactions, &
New Trends & Old Problems. In GOOD condition. ASKING: $5.00

GENUS: Life & Times of Richard Feyman. by Gleick. NY: Pantheon
1992. Hardback, 531 pages, illustrated. This is a biography of this great
scientist. In protected dust jacket with price clipped, else AS NEW
condition. Had a list price of $27.50. I am ASKING: $11.00

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (73rd ed) Special Student Ed. Lide,
David R. (editor) Boca Raton: C R C Press LLC, 1993. Massive( I would
say a couple of thousand pages) hardback,7x11 inches. 16 sections
individually paginated, incl formulae, figs, tables, plus extensive
appendices. A ready-reference book of chemical and physical data.
Except for creases to 1st four pages in GOOD condition..ASKING: $15.00

HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS by Roberts. London: Blackie
1928. This hardback book of 454 pages is fully illustrated. Previous
owners pencil notes are in inside front cover, covers show wear,
contents are VERY GOOD. ASKING: $10.00

INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL RELATIVITY. by Smith. NY:
Benjamin 1965. Hardback, 218 pages, illustrated with figures. Book was
designed for lower division students at MIT. While conceived as an
elementary text, it introduces relativity to any beginner in the field,
although readers with more advanced preparation will find the
mathematics rudimentary & examples numerous. In VERY GOOD
condition. ASKING: $14.00

LIGHT. by Sobel. University Chicago Press 1987. Hardback, 263 pages,
illustrated. Gives the history of light, starting with the discovery that
light
rays bend in water & ending with the energence of quantum
electrodynamics as a complete theory of the interaction of light & matter.
Describes instruments such as mirrors, photovoltaic cells, human eye, ...
Explains light in the atmosphere, production of light in the sun & other
stars, & ways scientists use light to give incite in mysteries of the
universe. In dust jacket, as new condition. ASKING: $12.00