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Little Mathematics Library – Differentiation Explained

Posted on April 18, 2012 by damitr

We begin with the Little Mathematics Library series once again, after a long break.  We first see the book titled Differentiation Explained by V. G. Boltyansky (Boltyanskii). The author in the Preface says: High school students, especially those interested in … Continue reading →

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Higher Maths for Beginners – Zeldovich, Yaglom

Posted on April 17, 2012 by damitr

The book in this post is one of the best introductory books for Higher Mathematics and it has been written by two exceptionally talented people, namely, Yakov B. Zeldovich and Issak M. Yaglom. Just visit the wikipedia pages to see … Continue reading →

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Did You Say Mathematics?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by damitr

We have seen one book by Yakov Khurgin previously in the Science for Everyone series named Yes, No  Or Maybe . Now we come to another book by him with the title Did You Say Mathematics? The back cover of … Continue reading →

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Magnetism of Elementary Particles – S. V. Vonsovsky

Posted on March 15, 2012 by damitr

After last book, we come to another book on the topic of magnetism. But this is not of the popular science kind as most of the books that we have seen so far, this is for the experts in the … Continue reading →

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Three Thousand Years of Magnets – V. P. Kartsev

Posted on March 14, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a wonderful book titled Three Thousand Years of Magnets by V. P. Kartsev. The introduction of the book says: The universe is magnetic, from its vast, distant nebulae right down to elementary particles, and man is … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on March 13, 2012 by damitr

Have upped Tarasov’s Calculus. The link in the original post has also been updated. Also Landau and Rumer’s What is The Theory of Relativity has been re-upped.  

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Science for Everyone – The Grand Biological Clock

Posted on March 12, 2012 by damitr

So out of our remaining posts for Science for Everyone, as mentioned in Taking Stock we now come to The Grand Biological Clock by V. M. Dilman. Many, many thanks to gnv64 for making this possible. From  the back cover: … Continue reading →

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Quasi Particles – M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

We come to Quasi Particles by M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits. A wonderful little book on solid state physics. The back cover says: This book, “Quasiparticles (Ideas and principles of solid state quantum physics)“, was written by two … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

New and improved version (cleaner, paginated, ocred, bookmarked, with cover) upped. Check the new link and report problems if any. Link on original post is also restored. You can download this book from here.

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Updates…

Posted on March 8, 2012 by damitr

Physics for Everyone  series has been upped, with improved versions (single page, ocr, covers, pagination and bookmarked). Links in the originals posts have also been updated. Check the files and report problems if any. Physics for Everyone – Motion and … Continue reading →

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