Category Archives: mathematics

Electricity and Magnetism – Matveev

We now come to a long awaited book by A. N. Matveev. Sometime back we had seen his Mechanics and Theory of Relativity. In this post we will see Electricity and Magnetism. This book is a part of 5 book … Continue reading

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Fundamentals of The Theory of Electricity – Tamm

Fundamentals of the Theory of Electricity is a classical course in electrodynamics written by Igor E. Tamm (1895-1971), one of the most outstanding and well-known Soviet physicists. In this post we will see a book titled Fundamentals of The Theory … Continue reading

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Electrodynamics – Novozhilov, Yappa

In this post we will see Electrodynamics by Yu. V. Novozhilov and Yu. A. Yappa. From the Preface: This book originated from our experience in teaching electrodynamics as part of a series of lectures in theoretical physics. The lectures were … Continue reading

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Something Called Nothing – Podolny

The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading

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Differential Equations and the Calculus of Variations – Elsgolts

In this post we will see the book Differential Equations and the Calculus of Variations by L. Elsgolts. About the book: This text is meant for students of higher schools and deals with the most important sections of mathematics-differential equations … Continue reading

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Problems in Higher Mathematics – Minorsky

In this post we will see Problems in Higher Mathematics by V. P. Minorsky. About the book: The list of topics covered is quite exhaustive and the book has over 2500 problems and solutions. The topics covered are plane and … Continue reading

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Partial Differential Equations – Mikhailov

In this post we will see the book Partial Differential Equations by V. P. Mikhailov. About the book: This book has developed from courses of lectures given by the author over a period of years to the students of the … Continue reading

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Problems and Exercises in Integral Equations – Krasnov, Kiselev, Makarenko

In this post we see yet another problem and solution book in mathematics titled Problems and Exercises in Integral Equations by M. Krasnov, A. Kiselev, G. Makarenko. About the book: As the name suggests the book is about integral equations … Continue reading

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Radio Receiver Theory – Chistyakov

In this post we will see the book Radio Receiver Theory by N. Buka, A. Falko and N. Chistyakov, which was edited by N. I. Chistyakov. About the Book: This book is a general course on radio receivers as taught in … Continue reading

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Problems in Linear Algebra – Proskuryakov

In this post we will see Problems in Linear Algebra by I. V. Proskuryakov. From the Preface: In preparing this book of problems the author attempted firstly, to give a sufficient number of exercises for developing skills in the solution … Continue reading

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