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Electrons, Phonons and Magnons

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…

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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Practical Inorganic Chemistry

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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Space Chemistry

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

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

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

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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On Rare and Scattered Metals – Venetsky

In this post we will see a book titled On Rare and Scattered Metals by S. Venetsky, which is a sort of sequel to the book titled Tales About Metals. This book tells about some rare metals (including those called … Continue reading

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The Extraordinary Properties of Ordinary Solutions

 I, too, invite you to share my amazement at the extraordinary, extremely extraordinary properties of ordinary solutions. We now come to an interesting book on chemistry titled Extraordinary Properties of Ordinary Solutions by Yu. Ya. Fialkov. Why is it that the … Continue reading

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Physical Problems for Robinsons – Lange

In some of the problems given in this book we offer the use of what seem to be utterly unsuitable instruments and objects in order to determine various quantities. The problems, however, can be solved if these objects are applied … Continue reading

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