The Field Concept in Contemporary Science [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. XI, [1], 120pp. Original printed wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Mendel Sachs. Remarkable work in which the author presents a lucid, non-mathematical account of the role of the continuous field concept in three major areas of 20th-century science: the theory of electromagnetism, the theory of relativity, and the contemporary theory that underlies phenomena in the microscopic domain of atoms, molecules and elementary particles - the quantum theory. Moderate age toning and slight rubbing on wrappers. Wraps in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Item #31272
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