810 Pp. Book Is Lightly Used, No Marks Except Generic Inscription ""With Compliments Of I. S. Sokolnikoff" On Front Endpaper. Dj Worn, Small Losses At Corners, Spine Background Faded But Lettering Clear. Per Wikipedia, Ivan Stephan Sokolnikoff (1901, Chernigov Province, Russian Empire ? 1976, Santa Monica) Was A Russian-American Applied Mathematician, Who Specialized In Elasticity Theory And Wrote Several Mathematical Textbooks For Engineers And Physicists. Born To A Wealthy Family In Tsarist Russia, Ivan Sokolnikoff Was Educated By Private Tutors And At Anders Classical Gymnasium In Kiev. During The Russian Revolution, As A Tsarist Naval Officer, He Was Wounded In Combat Off The Kuril Islands. With The Victory Of The Reds, He Became A Refugee In China. There He Worked For A Subsidiary Of An American Electrical Firm Until 1922 When He Became An American Immigrant In Seattle. In 1946 He Became A Mathematics Professor At The University Of California At Los Angeles (Ucla). There He Retired As Professor Emeritus In 1965. Seller Inventory # 022434

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Title: Mathematics of Physics and Modern Engineering

Publisher: McGraw- Hill, New York

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Grey Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good DJ

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition, First Printing

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