Statistical Mechanics: The Theory Of The Properties Of Matter In Equilibrium, Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged.

Language: English

Published by Macmillan, New York, 1936

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864 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt First Printing Of The Revised Edition, 1936 Date On Title Page, No Additional Printing Indicated. A Standard Work For Many Years. A Touch Of Rubbing At Tips. Signature And Printed Bookplate Of Nicholas Renzetti, Professor At Caltech. Per Wikipedia, Sir Ralph Howard Fowler ( 1889 – 1944) Was An English Physicist. At Trinity College, He Worked On Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics, Bringing A New Approach To Physical Chemistry. With Arthur Milne, A Comrade During The War, He Wrote A Seminal Work On Stellar Spectra, Temperatures, And Pressures. In 1925 He Was Made A Fellow Of The Royal Society. He Became Research Supervisor To Paul Dirac And, In 1926, Worked With Him On The Statistical Mechanics Of White Dwarf Stars. In 1927 He Was One Of The Participants Of The Fifth Solvay Conference On Physics That Took Place At The International Solvay Institute For Physics In Belgium. In 1928 He Published (With Lothar Nordheim) A Seminal Paper That Explained The Physical Phenomenon Now Known As Field Electron Emission, And Helped To Establish The Validity Of Modern Electron Band Theory. In 1931, He Was The First To Formulate And Label The Zeroth Law Of Thermodynamics.[5] In 1932 He Was Elected To The Chair Of Theoretical Physics At The Cavendish Laboratory. In 1933 He Worked With John Bernal To Develop A Model For The Structure Of Water And Ice Known As The Ice Rules. In 1921 He Married Eileen Mary (1901–1930), The Only Daughter Of Ernest Rutherford. They Had Four Children, Two Daughters And Two Sons. Eileen Died After The Birth Of Their Last Child, Ruth Fowler Edwards, A Geneticist And Wife Of Robert G. (Bob) Edwards, The "Father" Of In Vitro Fertilization And 2010 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine Laureate. One Of His Grandchildren Is Mary Fowler, A Geophysicist And The Sixth Master (2012–2020) Of Darwin College, Cambridge.…

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Title
Statistical Mechanics: The Theory Of The Properties Of Matter In Equilibrium, Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged.
Author
Fowler, R. H. / Ralph Howard [Ownership Signature Of Nicholas Renzetti]
Publisher
Macmillan, New York
Publication year
1936
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
No Dust Jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First American Edition
Printing
1st Printing
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