The principles of quantum mechanics. L. M. Milne-Thomson copy in dust-jacket

Dirac, Paul

Edité par Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1930

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Dirac, Paul A. M. (1902-84). The principles of quantum mechanics. x, 257, [1]pp. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930. 237 x 156 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor wear and chipping). Very fine copy. From the library of British applied mathematician Louis Melville Milne-Thomson (1891-1974), with his signature on the dust-jacket and front free endpaper, and a few annotations in the margins. First Edition of Dirac s classic treatise on quantum mechanics, containing "the first complete exposition of the general formalism of quantum mechanics, presented in a logically consistent and axiomatic fashion" (Jammer, Conceptual Development of Quantum Mechanics, p. 366). "Except for Darwin s Origin of Species, no book since Newton s Principia explained so much of so wide a realm of nature. It is difficult to think of another physics text that conveys more effectively the power of a simple, logical presentation. Probably no other book has ever given its readers a greater appreciation of the aesthetic dimension of theoretical physics" (Schweber, QED and the Men who Made It, p. 573). "Present expositions of quantum mechanics largely rely on [Dirac s] masterpiece The Principles of Quantum Mechanics" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography). This very fine copy in dust-jacket is from the library of Louis Melville Milne-Thomson, author of several classic textbooks on applied mathematics such as The Calculus of Finite Differences (1933), and developer of the Milne-Thomson circle theorem and the Milne-Thomson method for finding a holomorphic function. The excellent condition of Milne-Thomson s copy of Dirac s Principles of Quantum Mechanics suggests that he did not use it in his own work, despite the presence of a few marginal notes in what is presumably his hand. .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The principles of quantum mechanics. L. M. Milne-Thomson copy in dust-jacket
• Éditeur: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Date de parution: 1930
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette