Bücher der Reihe Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences

This second edition updates and expands the acclaimed first edition, adding a new chapter on a family of symmetric functions depending rationally on two parameters and also a chapter on zonal polynomials. It is available for the first time in paperback.

This is a classic text of its time in condensed matter physics.

This book discusses many advances in optical physics and is intended mainly for experimentalists. The interaction of electromagnetic radiation with free atoms is introduced using classical or semi-classical calculations wherever possible. Topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments.

Explains hardness measurements of metals in terms of some of their more basic physical properties. The author emphasises the physical concepts involved, so that non-mathematical readers can grasp and appreciate the general physical picture without needing to follow the more detailed mathematical treatment.

This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things.

First published in 1952, this book has been recommended to generations of students. It provides a clear and systematic introduction to projective geometry, building on concepts from linear algebra. '[Topics are] presented with a simplicity and clarity of treatment ... This interesting book may be warmly recommended.' Mathmatical Gazette

Correlates experimental observations and theoretical discussions from the scientific literature on water. The topics this book include: the water molecule and forces between water molecules; the thermodynamic properties of steam; the structures of the ices; the properties of the ices and of liquid water; and hydrogen bonding in ice and water.

This is not a traditional textbook. It aims to reveal in one single continuous logical development what each successive kind of physical hypothesis tells us about the nature of things.

Part of the "Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences" series, this title details the mathematical theory underlying the behaviour of plastic materials, especially metals. It includes several examples relating to the shaping of metals.

Co-written by one of the founders of quantum mechanics, this book presents an exposition on the dynamics of crystal lattices. Divided into four sections, it deals with the general statistical mechanics of ideal lattices, and moves on to long lattice waves, thermal, and optical properties of crystals.

Details Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism that underpins much of modern physics, and which inspired both Lorentz's theories on the electron and Einstein's theory of relativity. This volume also deals with the theory of electricity, with Part 1 talking about electrostatics and Part 2 about electrokinematics.

First published in 1983, this book is one of the great modern classics of relativity theory. It details one of the most beautiful areas of mathematical physics; the theory of black holes. `There is no doubt in my mind that this book is a masterpiece ... beautifully written and well-presented.' Roger Penrose in Nature.

This celebrated treatise details Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism which underpins much modern physics. The theory elaborated here inspired both Lorentz's theories on the electron and Einstein's theory of relativity. This volume copntains Parts III and IV of the treatise dealing respectively with magnetism and finally with electromagnetism itself.

Published in 1939, this book was the first to develop a fundamental theory of scientific inference based on the ideas of Bayesian statistics. Recent advances in computer power and availability have brought Bayesian statistics into the limelight and make this book a must for all serious statisticians.