Category Archives: books

The Town In The Snuffbox and Old Father Frost – Odoyevsky

In this post, we will see a book having two children’s stories The Town In The Snuffbox and Old Father Frost by Vladimir Odoyevsky. A contemporary of Pushkin and Gogol, the well-known Russian Prince Vladimir Odoyeusky (1804-1869) is the author … Continue reading

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Semiconductors: Testing and Adjusting – Green, Shokalsky

In this post, we will look at the book Semiconductors: Testing and Adjusting by G. Green and A Shokalsky.   About the book: The book describes the working of many electronic devices and methods of testing them. Since the book was … Continue reading

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Measure, Lebesgue Integrals and Hilbert Space – Kolmogorov and Fomin

In this post, we will see the book Measure, Lebesgue Integrals and Hilbert Space by A. N. Kolmogorov and S. V. Fomin. About the book: This publication is the second book. of the “Elements of the Theory of Functions and Functional Analysis,” … Continue reading

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Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics

In this post, we will see the book Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics. Many interesting articles are present in the book which would interest a physicist as well as students of history and philosophy of science. About the book: … Continue reading

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Traces of Bygone Biospheres – Lapo

In this post, we will see the book Traces of Bygone Biospheres by A. V. Lapo. The book is an introduction to the ideas of the biosphere which were first proposed by remarkable Soviet scientist V. I. Vernadsky.  The book explores his ideas and … Continue reading

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The Decomposition of Figures Into Smaller Parts – Boltyanskii and Gohberg

In this post, we will see the book The Decomposition of Figures Into Smaller Parts by V. G. Boltyanskii and I. T. Gohberg. The book is part of the Popular Lectures in Mathematics Series. About the book: This book is devoted to … Continue reading

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Elements Of Applied Mathematics – Zeldovich, Myskis

In this post, we will see the book Elements Of Applied Mathematics by Ya. B. Zeldovich and A. D. Myskis. This book is not a textbook in the ordinary sense of the word but rather a reader in the mathematical sciences. Using … Continue reading

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Shcholkin – Physics of the Microworld

In this post, we will see the book titled Physics of the Microworld by K. I. Shcholkin. The book is an introduction to many facets of the quantum phenomena, both basic and advanced. The book is essentially a collection of a variety of essays … Continue reading

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Entertaining Electronics – E. Sedov

Posting after a long time! Hopefully, this run will continue through this summer and we will see new titles every few days. In this post, we will see the much-awaited book by E. Sedov Entertaining Electronics. The book is an amazing … Continue reading

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Mirtiles at The Internet Archive

In recent past we have added many of the books on The Internet Archive. The process is not complete but many have been added. In case the old links are broken you might find them there: https://archive.org/details/@mirtitles Happy Reading 🙂

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