Title Handbook of physics / edited by E. U. Condon, Hugh Odishaw

Edition Second edition Published New York, N.Y. ; Sydney : McGraw-Hill, c.1967

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Description 1 volume (various pagings) : diagrams ; 26 cm Contents Part 1: Mathematics -- Fundamentals / Franz L. Alt -- Algebra / Olga Taussky -- Analysis / John Todd -- Ordinary differential equations / Olga Taussky -- Partial differential equations / Fritz John -- Linear spaces and operators; integral equations / J.L.B. Cooper -- Numerical analysis / John Todd -- Geometry / A.J. Hoffman -- Vector analysis / E.U. Condon -- Tensor calculus / C. Lanczos -- Calculas of variations / C.B. Tompkins -- Elements of probability / Churchill Eisenhart and Marvin Zelen -- Statistical design of experiments / W.J. Youden Part 2: Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies -- Kinematics / E.U. Condon -- Dynamical principles / E.U. Condon -- Theory of vibrations / E.U. Condon -- Orbital Motion / E.U. Condon -- Dynamics of rigid bodies / E.U. Condon -- The theory of relativity / E.L. Hill -- Gravitation / Hugh C. Wolfe -- Dynamics of the Solar System / G.M. Clemence -- Control mechanisms / Harold K. Skramstad and Gerald L. Landsman Part 3: Mechanics of deformable bodies -- Kinematics and dynamics / E.U. Condon -- Fluid mechanics / R.J. Seeger -- Rheology / M. Reiner -- Wave propagation in fluids / A.H. Taub -- Statics of elastic bodies / Richard A. Beth -- Experimental stress analysis / M.M. Frocht -- Vibrations of elastic bodies: wave propagation in elastic solids / Philip M. Morse -- Acoustics / Uno Ingard Part 4: Electricity and magnetism -- Basic electromagnetic phenomena / E.U. Condon -- Static electric and magnetic field / E.U. Condon -- Electric circuits / Louis A. Pipes -- Electronic circuits / Chester H. Page -- Electrical measurements / Walter C. Michels -- Conduction: metals and semiconductors / John Bardeen -- Dielectrics / A. von Hippel -- Magnetic materials / William Fuller Brown, Jr. -- Electrolytic conductivity and electrode processes / Walter J. Hamer and Reuben E. Wood -- Conduction of electricity in gases / Sanborn C. Brown and J. Charles Ingraham -- Plasma physics / J. Charles Ingraham Part 5: Heat and thermodynamics -- Principles of thermodynamics / E.U. Condon -- Principles of statstical mechanics and kinetic theory of gases / E.W. Montroll -- Thermometry and pyrometry / James F. Swindells -- The equation of state and transport properties of gases and liquids / R.B. Bird, J.O. Hirschfelder, and C.F. Curtiss -- Heat transfer / E.U. Condon -- Vacuum technique / Andrew Guthric -- Surface tension, adsorption / Stephen Brunauer and L.E. Copeland -- Chemical thermodynamics / Frederick D. Rossini -- Chemical kinetics / Richard M. Noyes -- Vibrations of crystal lattices and thermodynamics properties of solids / E.W. Montroll -- Superfluids / K.R. Atkins -- Superconductivity / William M. Fairbank and Alexander L. Fetter Part 6: Optics -- Electromagnetic waves / E.U. Condon -- Geometrical optics / Max Herzberger -- Photometry and illumination / E.S. Steeb, Jr. and W.E. Forsythe -- Color vision and colorimetry / Deane B. Judd -- Diffraction and interference / J.G. Hirschberg, J.E. Mack, and F.L. Roesler -- Molecular optics / E.U. Condon -- Fluorescence and phosphorescence / J.G. Winans and E.J. Seldin -- Optics and relativity theory / E.L. Hill Part 7: Atomic physics -- Quantum mechanics and atomic structure / E.U. Condon -- Atomic spectra. including Zeeman and Stark effects / J. Rand McNally, Jr. -- Atomic line strengths / Lawrence Aller -- Hyperfine structure and atomic beam methods / Norman F. Ramsey -- Infrared spectra of molecules / Harald H. Nielsen -- Microwave spectroscopy / Walter Gordy -- Electronic structure of molecules / E.U. Condon -- X rays / E.U. Condon -- Mass spectroscopy and ionization processes / John A. Hipple -- Fundamental constants of atomic physics / E. Richard Cohen and Jesse W.M. DuMond Part 8: The solid state -- Crystallography and x-ray diffraction / R. Pepinsky and V. Vand -- The energy-band theory of solids / Herbert B. Callen -- Ionic crystals / R.W. Gurney -- Flow of electrons and holes in semiconductors / John Bardeen -- Photoelectric effect / R.J. Maurer -- Termionic emission / Lloyd P. Smith -- Glass / S.D. Stookey and R.D. Maurer -- Phase transformations / R. Smoluchowski -- Magnetic resonance / D.P. Ames Part 9: Nuclear physics -- General principles of nuclear structure / Leonard Eisenbud, G.T. Garvey, and Eugene P. Wigner -- Nuclear masses / Walter H. Johnson, Jr., and A.O. Nier -- Nuclear moments / Norman F. Ramsey -- Alpha particles and alpha radioactivity / William E. Stephens and Theodore Hurlimann -- Weak interaction processes / J. Nilsson and M.E. Rose -- Nuclear electromagnetic radiation / R.W. Hayward -- Neutron physics / D.T. Goldman and C.O. Muehlhause -- Nuclear reactions / Bernard L. Cohen and David Halliday -- Acceleration of charged particles to high energies John P. Blewett -- Fission / John A. Wheeler and Ivan G. Schroder -- Cosmic rays / Yash Pal -- Physics of strongly interacting particles / R.D. Hill Summary A standard handbook with chapters by specialists; encyclopedic in nature. In nine main sections: (1) mathematics; (2) mechanics of particles and rigid bodies; (3) mechanics of deformable bodies; (4) electricity and magnetism; (5) heat and thermodynamics; (6) optics; (7) atomic physics; (8) solid state; (9) nuclear physics. Includes bibliographies; indexed Analysis Physics Bibliography Includes bibliographies Notes Also issued online Subject Physics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Physics. Physics. Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Author Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. Odishaw, Hugh. LC no. 66020002

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