Books in the Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences series

This second edition updates and expands the acclaimed first edition, adding a new chapter on a family of symmetric functions depending rationally on two parameters and also a chapter on zonal polynomials. It is available for the first time in paperback.

A presentation of the vast progress made by both theory and experiment in recent years in the field of the static properties of flexible polymers in solution. This work is the result of collaboration between a theoretician and an experimentalist in polymer chemistry.

The study of interfaces within and between materials is a central field which is relevant to almost all aspects of materials science. This book is intended to serve as a graduate text consisting of four inter-related parts spanning the structure, thermodynamics, kinetics, and properties of interfaces in crystalline materials.

This is a classic text of its time in condensed matter physics.

This book explores the universal spontaneous generation of magnetic fields in astronomical bodies and the agitation of the bodies by those fields. Properties of magnetic fields, their appearance in the universe, and the havoc they wreak are described in simple physical terms to define the broad scientific problem presented by magnetic fields.

Johannes Kepler's Latin essay of 1611, 'On the Six-Cornered Snowflake', is here presented in an English translation by Colin Hardie. The text is accompanied by essays from Brian J. Mason and Lancelot Law Whyte, describing the place Kepler's work holds in the development of crystallography.

This primer provides a descriptive approach to the subject of quasicrystals for those coming to it for the first time. The various practical, experimental, and theoretical topics are dealt with in an accessible style. The book is completed by problem sets and there is a computer program that generates a Penrose lattice.

Cloud physics is concerned with the processes responsible for the formation of clouds and the release of precipitation. This classic book gives a comprehensive account of research on the microphysical processes of nucleation, condensation, droplet growth, initiation and growth of snow crystals, and the mechanisms of precipitation release.

The fifth edition of this widely acclaimed work has been reissued as part of the Oxford Classic Texts series. The book includes a clear exposition of general topics concerning the structures of solids, and a systematic description of the structural chemistry of elements and their compounds.

A reissue of a classic Oxford text. The book is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject of electron paramagnetic resonance.

A reissue of the second of two classic volumes on electromagnetism. This includes coverage of electrical and magnetic properties of matter, dielectrics, conduction in metals, magnetic materials, semiconductors and their applications in electronics, superconductors, electronic devices and circuits, magnetic resonance.

A reissue of the first of two classic volumes on electromagnetism. It provides an introduction to the principles and experimental aspects of electricity and magnetism, together with an elementary account of the underlying atomic theory.

A reissue of a classic Oxford text. The book sets out theoretical concepts and makes comparisons with experiments for a wide variety of phenomena in non-crystalline materials.

This classic 1974 monograph provided when published the first comprehensive account of the physics and chemistry of ice, and remains authoritative and relevant today. Emphasis is placed on the basic physical properties of ice, the modes of nucleation and growth of ice, and the interpretation of these phenomena in terms of molecular structure.

This book discusses many advances in optical physics and is intended mainly for experimentalists. The interaction of electromagnetic radiation with free atoms is introduced using classical or semi-classical calculations wherever possible. Topics discussed include the spontaneous emission of radiation, and atomic beam magnetic resonance experiments.

This book surveys the theory of defects in solids, concentrating on the electronic structure of point defects in insulators and semiconductors. The relations between different approaches are described, and the predictions of the theory compared critically with experiment. The physical assumptions and approximations are emphasized.

This is a classic text of its time in condensed matter physics.

Explains hardness measurements of metals in terms of some of their more basic physical properties. The author emphasises the physical concepts involved, so that non-mathematical readers can grasp and appreciate the general physical picture without needing to follow the more detailed mathematical treatment.

This book aims to give the non-specialist reader a general overview of what physicists think they do and do not know in some representative frontier areas of contemporary physics. It focuses on the fundamental problems at the heart of the subject, and emphasizes the provisional nature of our present understanding of things.

First published in 1952, this book has been recommended to generations of students. It provides a clear and systematic introduction to projective geometry, building on concepts from linear algebra. '[Topics are] presented with a simplicity and clarity of treatment ... This interesting book may be warmly recommended.' Mathmatical Gazette

This book provides a critical review of the equilibrium elastic properties of rubber, together with the kinetic-theory background. It is suitable for the non-specialist and the emphasis is on the physical reality embodied in the mathematical formulations.

Correlates experimental observations and theoretical discussions from the scientific literature on water. The topics this book include: the water molecule and forces between water molecules; the thermodynamic properties of steam; the structures of the ices; the properties of the ices and of liquid water; and hydrogen bonding in ice and water.

This is not a traditional textbook. It aims to reveal in one single continuous logical development what each successive kind of physical hypothesis tells us about the nature of things.

This book represents a notable contribution to the literature of atomic and molecular structure. The introductory section of the book gives us a preliminary survey of experimental apparatus and the kinds of quantities that can be measured. Subsequent chapters give accounts of gas kinetics, chemical equilibria and atomic and nuclear magnetic moments.

Part of the "Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences" series, this title details the mathematical theory underlying the behaviour of plastic materials, especially metals. It includes several examples relating to the shaping of metals.

Co-written by one of the founders of quantum mechanics, this book presents an exposition on the dynamics of crystal lattices. Divided into four sections, it deals with the general statistical mechanics of ideal lattices, and moves on to long lattice waves, thermal, and optical properties of crystals.

Details Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism that underpins much of modern physics, and which inspired both Lorentz's theories on the electron and Einstein's theory of relativity. This volume also deals with the theory of electricity, with Part 1 talking about electrostatics and Part 2 about electrokinematics.

This celebrated treatise details Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism which underpins much modern physics. The theory elaborated here inspired both Lorentz's theories on the electron and Einstein's theory of relativity. This volume copntains Parts III and IV of the treatise dealing respectively with magnetism and finally with electromagnetism itself.

Published in 1939, this book was the first to develop a fundamental theory of scientific inference based on the ideas of Bayesian statistics. Recent advances in computer power and availability have brought Bayesian statistics into the limelight and make this book a must for all serious statisticians.

This is a standard work on ferroelectrics.