From Crystal to Solution – Krestov, Kobenin

Posted on July 4, 2012 by damitr 
Crystal and solution. The two words often go together. Crystals of 
salts dissolve in water, and saturated solutions of mineral salts 
precipitate crystals ...

We now come to a wonderful little book titled From Crystal to Solution by G. A. Krestov, V. A. Kobenin and edited by P. B. Dobrotin.

The editor says in the Preface:

Fascinated as we are with the perfect beauty of a snow flake, we must remember that when it melts on the palm to turn into water, its inner structure is not fully destroyed but only becomes invisible to the eye. The structure persists in the mutual arrangement of molecules, in the intricate ice-like structure of liquid water …

As substances dissolve in water, they occupy their own “apartments” in this invisible but orderly “molecular building” partly destroying its separate sections and partly introducing their own new order around the ions and molecules.

So it is not for nothing that crystal and solution are put together in the title of this book. They are related and the modern scientist believes that the study of the close connections between them will give him the clue to understanding the nature of solution, which is perhaps the most important state of matter.

The book was translated from the Russian by A. Rosinkin and was first published by Mir Publishers in 1980.

You can get the book here.

and here

PDF | OCR | 600 dpi | Paginated | Bookmarked | Cover (Front Only) | 145 Pages |8.3 MB

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Trigonometric Functions – Problem Solving Approach

Posted on July 4, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another Problems and solutions book titled Trigonometric Functions (Problem Solving Approach) by A. Panchishkin and E. Shavgulidze.

The  back cover says:

This study aid is to help the student to master the basic techniques of solving difficult problems in trigonometry. The book contains theoretical material, many worked competition problems, and some problems to be solved independently (the answers being at end of the book.) Intended for high-school and precollege students.

The book has some interesting things, for example it introduces the trigonometric functions as a feature of a trigonometric circle instead of a right-angled triangle as many books do. Also the second chapter (Identical Transformations of Trigonometric Expressions) will help you understand many combination formulae (which we learn by heart in many cases without understanding). Chapter 4 (Investigating Trigonometric Functions) treats the trigonometric functions graphically and analyzes the meaning of graphs, also with help of their derivatives.

The book was translated from the Russian by Leonid Levant and was first published by Mir in 1988. This book also has an ISBN Number 5030002227.

You can get the book here. and here

PDF | OCR | Bookmarked | Paginated | 300 dpi | Cover | 9 MB

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Key Problems of Physics and Astrophysics – Vitaly L. Ginzburg

Posted on July 4, 2012 by damitr 
This unusual book is a rare personal exploration of a wide range 
of current physics and astrophysics by a distinguished scientist; 
it was planned to educate budding scientists on important new
topics. 

The book is excellent reading for intelligent undergraduates and 
for graduates facing a decision on the field in which they will 
work. It should prove an education for specialized research 
scientists, teachers and Federal-agency decision-makers and
planners.

The discovery of Higg’s Boson was done today (04 July 2012), we would see a book whose title resonates with the meaning of this discovery. In this post have a book by Vitaly L. Ginzburg titled Key Problems of Physics and Astrophysics.

About the book author says:

 “I came to the decision to write this book having in mind that there was so much interesting in various areas of physics and astrophysics and yet many budding physicists and students were not aware of this and could hardly find out for themselves. So I decided to do something constructive in this way, to describe briefly some urgent problems of physics and astrophysics.”

One of the reviewers of the book in Physics Today (July 1977) says following about the author:

Ginzburg is a generalist whose encyclopedic reading and depth permit coverage of a variety of such novel, specialized material. He uses order-of-magnitude (nearly dimensional) formulas, sufficient to provide quantitative estimates. He appreciates the experimenter’s contribution. The book provides a model of how non-theorists can judge what realms of theory may be illuminated by work in a new range of photon and particle energy, how new technologies may be used to good effect.

The book has three sections dealing with Macrophysics, Microphysics and Astrophysics and in the end is full of references for each of the fields.

This book was translated from the Russian by Oleg Glebov and was first published by Mir in 1976 with a revised and enlarged edition in 1978. Link below is for 1978 print.

You can get the book here. and here

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Physics and Music – Gleb Anfilov

Posted on July 1, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Physics and Music by Gleb Anfilov. This is a book that I had seen as an advertisement in back of many books, but failed to get a look at the book itself. But finally got the book. Since there was no original cover left (only cloth bound), I designed this cover which you see below. The image is from inside the book (page 110) and is the  Berliner’s Gramophone from 1894.

The book takes us through the history of music, and the science behind it. Anfilov tells about development of various musical instruments, and also what possible future developments might take place. For example he says (p. 265):

So, sooner or later musical instruments will come which are controllable, probably, even by the subconscious desire of the artist. Man will inject his will and thoughts into the responsive machine which will “be an extension of his fingers and nerves.” Isn’t that fantastic? Instead of being a slave of the machine, man is becoming its almighty master.
Looking further ahead, we can see with our mind’s eye machines which reproduce musical thoughts, that internal music which every person hears when his or her “very soul is singing”. We can imagine thought-controlled computers composing all sorts of music.

Though many of the contents may seem ‘dated’ to some people, the book remains a very good read for a refreshing view on the subject of music.

From the primitive reed pipe to modern music “written” by computers is quite a journey. Here, in informal text and about a score of plates, is a story that takes the teenage layman on this interesting trip.

The younger reader, like a good musicologist, follows the steps in the evolution of the most important instruments that make up today’s symphony orchestra, and the development of music itself (scales, modes, keys, and temperaments).

Physics and music is also a source, although, of necessity a modest one, of information about the music research that has been underway in the Soviet Union, especially in the scientific manufacture of the violin, and in electrophonic and synthetic music. This why the foreign reader might think of a degree of “bias” on the part of the author. Yet, it gives him an insight into what is going on in a country that has given the world quite a number of great composers.

The book was translated from the Russian by  Boris Kuznetsov and was first published by Mir in 1966. There is a new edition published by University Press of the Pacific in 2001.

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Probability Theory (first steps)

Posted on June 28, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a small booklet by E. S. Wentzel titled Probability Theory (first steps).

The back cover of the book says:

The author of this booklet describes in popular language how probability theory was developed and found wide application in all fields of modern science. This book can be considered as an introduction towards a more thorough study of probability theory and is intended for a wide circle of readers.

This book has a translation in Tamil titled நிகழ் தகவுக் கோட்பாடு
(தொடக்கப் படிகள்) thanks to Senthil for helping with this. I do not know about translations in other Indian languages

Many thanks to Al-Kap-Ro (\alpha \kappa \rho) for making this book available.

The book was translated from the Russian by N. Deineko and was first published by Mir in 1982, followed by a second print in 1986.

You can get the book here. and here

Tamil translated version here and here

Contents are as under

Contents
Probability Theory and Its Problems 6
Probability and Frequency 24
Basic Rules of Probability Theory 40
Random Variables 57
Literature 87

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Physics for Everyone via magnet links

Posted on June 28, 2012 by damitr

The 5 books of the Physics for Everyone series have been uploaded to magnet links.

The link has following files:

Physics for Everyone: Motion, Heat- L. D. Landau, A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1978) pp. 478
Physics for Everyone – Book 1 – Physical Bodies – L. D. Landau, A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1980) pp. 248
Physics for Everyone – Book 2 – Molecules – L. D. Landau, A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1980) pp. 244
Physics for Everyone – Book 3 – Electrons – A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1981) pp. 248
Physics for Everyone – Book 4 – Photon and Nuclei – A. I. Kitaigorodsky (1981) pp. 235

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I. E. Irodov via magnet links

Posted on June 27, 2012 by damitr

We have put up magnet links (torrents) for Irodov’s four books namely:

Problems in General Physics
Problems in Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Fundamental Laws of Mechanics
Basic Laws of Electromagnetism

Please find the magnet link here, seed it and share it, so that it is always alive.

Other books will also be soon released via magnet links (torrents).

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Problems of Wave Optics

Posted on June 26, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a small booklet titled Problems of Wave Optics by S. E. Frish. The book starts with history of wave theory and contributions of various people like Huygens, Young, Fresnel, Newton and takes on the theoretical framework which explains the observed phenomena.

This booklet acquaints the reader in a popular form with the basic features of modern wave theory of light. New advances in optics, in particular sources of coherent radiation, lasers, are discussed, and prospects outlined for their application in photography and microscopy.

The booklet is intended for specialists, students school teachers and a wide range of readers interested in problems of theoretical and experimental physics.

This book is a part of a series called as “Knowledge Series” the logo is a at top right corner of cover. I do not know what other books were part of this series, if you know any please let us know.

The book was translated from the Russian by V. Kisin and was first published by Mir in 1976 with  a second reprint in 1982.

You can get the book here.

and here

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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 like their parents, but also resemble them in character and disposition?
Why are twins as like as two peas or quite different?
Why are some babies born monsters? Can man remake animals and plants to order?
Questions like those are the field of this book. It describes the quests that led to major discoveries in genetics, and the obstacles encountered by researches, and tells about the scientists who study heredity, and how to change it. The author, a prominent biologist himself, takes the reader to research laboratories, farm fields, and hospitals, opening up before him the whole broad field of modern genetics. Why I’m Like Dad received the award of the USSR Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge (Znaniye) for the best popular science writing in 1967.

Many thanks to gnv64 for this book.

You can get the book here.

and here

This book has several translations in Indic languages

Hindi here and here

Banlga here and here

Update: 08 December 2015 | Added Internet Archive Link

Torrent, go here.

Update August 2020: There is a Spanish version available (all credits to IA user danni229)

Link to the Spanish version

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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 
how the results are obtained and not restricting the presentation 
to an itemization of the results.

We have earlier seen book by M. I Kaganov (and I. M. Lifshits) titled Quasi Particles we now come to another book by the title Electrons, Phonons and Magnons.

Back cover of the book says:

The book introduces the reader to the fascinating world of solid state physics as governed by quantum mechanics. It gives a clear exposition of the dynamics of the crystal lattice (propagation of waves, heat conduction and similar problems), of electric phenomena in crystals in conjunction with the properties of the lattice and of the magnetic properties of the crystals.

The author using almost no formulas, manages to give a complete explanation of the nature of phenomena. An attentive reader will find in this book a lot more than is found on the surface and will appreciate its very personal style.

The book was translated from the Russian by V. I Kissin and was first published by Mir in 1981.

All credits to the original uploader.

You can get the book here. and here

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