In this groundbreaking two-volume textbook first published in 1867, Lord Kelvin and Peter Guthrie Tait offer a unified scientific explanation of the physical world through the laws of energy. They defined much of what today ...

In this path breaking contribution to the logic of probability, Keynes showed how to adapt the work of George Boole for the purpose of estimating probabilities.Keynes is the first scholar in history to explicitly emphasize ...

To incorporate in this work the discoveries of the last twenty years would necessitate the rewriting of at least Chapters XII-XIX; my interest in Bessel functions, however, has waned since 1922, and I am consequently not ...

This great classic by the Nobel Prizewinner who originated quantum theory is still recognized as one of the best introductions to thermodynamics. A model of conciseness and clarity, the book covers fundamental facts and ...