Category Archives: books

Why I Am Like Dad?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a book on genetics titled Why I’m Like Dad? by N. Luchnik. Why do cats give birth to kittens, lions to lion-cubs, and rabbits to baby rabbits? Why do human children, too, not only outwardly look … Continue reading →

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Electrons, Phonons and Magnons

Posted on June 26, 2012 by damitr

It is a book about the methods of interpreting macroscopic effects, about the  relationship between solid state physics and quantum mechanics, about the creation and use of new concepts…. I have also pursued another goal—to “lift the veil” by explaining … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on June 26, 2012 by damitr

Links to following books in the Science for Everyone series have been restored. Please check and report of errors if any. Some are major revisions over the older links. Physics and Geometry of Disorder: Percolation Theory A. L. Efros Physics … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on June 25, 2012 by damitr

Links to following books in the Science for Everyone series have been restored. Please check and report of errors if any. In The World of Binary Stars V. N. Lipunov 1989 Luminescence in Public Health N. N Barashkov Me or … Continue reading →

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Practical Inorganic Chemistry

Posted on June 25, 2012 by damitr

In this post we will see a book titled Practical Inorganic Chemistry by O. J. Vorobyoca, K. M. Dunaeva, E. A. Ippolitova, and N. S. Tamm and was edited by V. I. Spitsyn. Students using the present textbook will acquaint … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on June 24, 2012 by damitr

Links to following titles in Science for Everyone Series have been updated, please check and report errors if any: Elementary Kinematics of Elementary Particles G. I. Kopylov 1983 Encounters with Physicists and Physics I.K. Kikoin. 1989 Flying Trains G. Zelkin … Continue reading →

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Space Chemistry

Posted on June 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Space Chemistry by L. Nikolaev. The book covers aspects of astrophysics and astronomy with stars, planets, comets and meteorites and other celestial bodies from a perspective of chemistry and hence that of spectroscopy. The last chapter … Continue reading →

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Chemical Elements: How They Were Discovered

Posted on June 22, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another book by D. N. Trifonov and V. D. Trifonov  on history of chemistry titled Chemical Elements: How They Were Discovered. In this book we shall describe how the alphabet of chemistry has been designed and … Continue reading →

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Elementary Order: Mendeleev’s Periodic System

Posted on June 22, 2012 by damitr

In this post we look at another book by I. V. Petryanov and D. N. Trifonov (whom we have met earlier in a Science for Everyone book titled Silhouttes of Chemistry) This book traces the history of development of periodic … Continue reading →

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Experiments Without Explosions

Posted on June 22, 2012 by damitr

We now see another wonderful book in chemistry titled Experiments Without Explosions by O. M. Olgin. The book consists of six parts. The first part contains advice on how to set up a home laboratory, and preliminary instructions that are … Continue reading →

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