1976 v, 108 p., numerous figures, paperbound. Ex library Dr. J. Krikken (with his small Ex Libris). Very good copy.
1963 viii, 326 p., num. figs & maps, paperbound. Library stamps, else good copy of the original, not a low quality modern print on demand reprint.
1968. 8vo. Entire issue of The American Scholar in the original printed wrappers. A slight bump to upper spine, otherwise exceptionally fresh, clean, and bright. Internally near mint. Wheeler: pp. 248-274. With an illustration of a black hole and diagrams in the text. [Entire volume: (17) pp. + pp. 210-378).
First printing of the seminal paper that coined the term ""black hole"", giving name to a then peculiar and controversial field of study that today is considered one of the most important in modern physics and a key to understanding the universe. ""In 1968, physicist John Archibald Wheeler popularized the term ""black hole"" to describe collapsed stars that have undergone total gravitational collapse, leading to a singularity from which no light can escape... Wheeler's introduction of the term helped to demystify the concept of black holes and fostered greater public and scientific interest in the field. His pioneering research contributed to the understanding of the potential existence of black holes as significant energy sources, particularly in the centers of galaxies, and positioned him alongside other prominent figures in theoretical physics. The ongoing search for black holes, including candidates like Cygnus X-1, continues to inspire research and deepen our understanding of fundamental cosmic phenomena and the fabric of space-time."" (Zabilka). A black hole is a supermassive star that has collapsed due to exhausting its supply of nuclear fuel, and therefore gravity compresses it into a superdense sphere that absorbs anything that approaches it"" not even light can escape. John Archibald Wheeler was a pioneer in black hole research and responsible for popularizing our undersatnding of this complex phenomenon. He was a prominent physicist and mentor for Nobel prize winner, Kip S. Thorne. ""John Archibald Wheeler is a major figure in twentieth century particle and gravitational physics. Along with Schwarzschild, Oppenheimer, Roy Kerr, and Stephen W. Hawking, he stands as a pioneer in the understanding and theory of black holes. Among the most significant contributions Wheeler made was breaking down the psychological barrier that exists for scientists and public alike to believe in something that has an esoteric name. By giving the singularity a common name like black hole, Wheeler put it within reach and made acceptance of the unusual theoretical results easier. Wheeler’s timing was also impeccable. While Wheeler and many others, especially Hawking, had been studying singularities for several years immediately after the radio discovery of the pulsars and their explanation in terms of neutron stars, the total collapse into singularities was the next logical step. By giving these objects a catchy name, Wheeler was able to bring them to attention and start the massive outpouring of interest that followed. Black holes provide clues to the resolution of outstanding difficulties in cosmology. They have been proposed as explanations of the missing mass needed to bring the mass of the universe to a level where the expansion will be slow and eventually reverse into the next phase of collapse. They have been proposed as a source of the massive energy outpouring of the quasars. Further, they appear to hold significant implications for studies in the field of general relativity. Wheeler has pioneered in seeking a theory that would combine quantum physics and general relativity into a theory of quantum gravity, a first step in formulating the long-sought unified field theory in relativity studies. At the present time, relativistic equations break down when confronted with the infinite forces and gravity of a singularity. The most fruitful consequence of the naming and study of black holes has been the significant research stimulated by the effort to find black holes. While incontrovertible proof is not yet available, Cygnus X-1 and two or three other dynamical doubles where objects on the order of 10 solar masses are invisible are circumstantial candidates for status as black holes. The search to strengthen the evidence continues, and exciting results will continue to develop.""
"FEYNMAN, R. P. (+) N. BOHR (+) J. A. WHEELER (+) J. R. OPPENHEIMER (+) H. SNYDER.
Reference : 46900
(1939)
[Lancaster], American Institute of Physics, 1939. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Entire volume of ""The Physical Review"", Volume 56, Second Series, July 1 - December 15, 1939. ""Development Department"" in small gilt lettering to lower part of spine. A very fine and clean copy. [Feynman:] Pp. 340-43. [Bohr & Wheeler:] Pp. 426-50. [Oppenheimer & Snyder:] Pp. 455-59. [Entire volume: X, 1264 pp.].
First printing of three landmark papers, all of seminal importance in history of physics: Feynman's undergraduate thesis at MIT, the intricacies of the fission process, the groundwork for atomic and hydrogen bombs and the forgotten birth of black holes: The first theoretical description of a black hole, the production of a singularity when a sufficiently large neutron star collapses.First printing of ""FORCES IN MOLECULES"" - know known as Feynman-Hellmann theorem - is Feynman's undergraduate thesis at MIT, published when he was just twenty-one, which helped to establish his name in the world of physics. ""This work treated the problem of molecular forces from a thoroughly quantum-mechanical point of view, arriving at a simple means of calculating the energy of a molecular system that continues to guide quantum chemists."" (DSB). ""As Feynman conceived the structure of molecules, forces were the natural ingredients. He saw springlike bonds with varying stiffness, atoms attracting and repelling one another. The usual energy-accounting methods seemed secondhand and euphemistic: [He demonstrated that] the force on an atom's nucleus is no more or less than the electrical force from the surrounding field of charged electrons-the electrostatic force. Once the distribution of charge has been calculated quantum mechanically, then from that point forward quantum mechanics disappears from the picture. The problem becomes classical"" the nuclei can be treated as static points of mass and charge. Feynman's approach applies to all chemical bonds"" (Gleick, The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, P. 54).Oppenheimer and Snyder's ""ON CONTINUED GRAVITATIONAL CONTRACTION"" constitutes the very first theoretical prediction of a singularity when a sufficiently large neutron star collapses. This phenomenon was later to be coined as a black hole. ""Had J. Robert Oppenheimer not led the US effort to build the atomic bomb, he might still have been remembered for figuring out how a black hole could form."" (American Physical Society). Many historians of physics describe this paper as the forgotten birth of black holes. ""Oppenheimer and his graduate student George Volkoff presented the first analysis of the formation of a neutron star in a 1939 Physical Review paper titled, ""On Massive Neutron Stars"". Oppenheimer wondered what would happen to a very massive neutron star. The Schwartzschild analysis of General Relativity has a theoretical limit, called the ""Schwartzschild limit"", when the ratio of mass-to-radius of a star is 236,000 times greater than the ratio for our sun. When this limit is exceeded, the Schwartzschild analysis does not yield a solution. Oppenheimer believed that a neutron star could have sufficient mass to exceed this limit. What would happen to it? Oppenheimer and his graduate student Hartland Snyder applied General Relativity theory to a star with sufficient mass and density to exceed the Schwartzschild limit. The Schwartzschild analysis assumed that the size of the star stays constant with time. Oppenheimer and Snyder found that they could achieve a real solution from General Relativity when the Schwartzschild limit is exceeded by assuming that the diameter of the star decreases with time. They presented their analysis in a 1939 Physical Review paper, titled, ""On Continual Gravitational Contraction,"" which concluded with: ""When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted, a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless fission due to rotation, the radiation of mass, or the blowing off of mass by radiation, reduce the star's mass to the order of that of the sun, this contraction will continue indefinitely."" This analysis concluded that when the Schwartzschild limit is exceeded, the star must collapse indefinitely until it reaches a singularity having an infinite density of matter"" (Bjornson, Singularity Predictions of General Relativity, P. 4).The Chandrasekhar / Eddington controvery in the mid 30ies did discuss the fate of neutron stars but the first thoroughly theoretical desciption was first published here. ""THE MECHANISM OF NUCLEAR FISSION"" is the first fully worked out theory of nuclear fission, which laid the groundwork for atomic and hydrogen bombs.""Wheeler's technical mastery of physics is best seen in the classic paper of Bohr and Wheeler. Bohr and Wheeler wrote the paper in Princeton, where Bohr was visiting in the spring of 1939, a few months after the discovery of fission. The paper is a masterpiece of clear thinking and lucid writing. It reveals, at the center of the mystery of fission, a tiny world where everything can be calculated and everything understood. The tiny world is a nucleus of uranium 236, formed when a neutron is freshly captured by a nucleus of uranium 235. The uranium 236 nucleus sits precisely on the border between classical and quantum physics. Seen from the classical point of view, it is a liquid drop composed of a positively charged fluid. The electrostatic force that is trying to split it apart is balanced by the nuclear surface tension that is holding it together. The energy supplied by the captured neutron causes the drop to oscillate in various normal modes that can be calculated classically. Seen from the quantum point of view, the nucleus is a superposition of a variety of quantum states leading to different final outcomes. The final outcome may be a uranium 235 nucleus with a re-emitted neutron, or a uranium 236 nucleus with an emitted gamma-ray, or a pair of fission-fragment nuclei with one or more free neutrons. Bohr and Wheeler calculate the cross-section for fission of uranium 235 by a slow neutron and get the right answer within a factor of two. Their calculation is a marvelous demonstration of the power of classical mechanics and quantum mechanics working together. By studying this process in detail, they show how the complementary views provided by classical and quantum pictures are both essential to the understanding of nature. Without the combined power of classical and quantum concepts, the intricacies of the fission process could never have been understood. Bohr's notion of complementarity is triumphantly vindicated"" (John Archibald Wheeler, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 154 (2010)).
"BOHR, N. (+) J. A. WHEELER (+) J. R. OPPENHEIMER (+) H. SNYDER.
Reference : 54015
(1939)
Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1939. Royal8vo. In the original green printed wrappers. In ""The Physical Review"", Volume 56, Second Series, Number 5, September 1. With cloth back-strip. A quire, affecting both papers, detached but without any loss of paper. A few minor tear throughout, far from affecting text. [Bohr & Wheeler:] Pp. 426-50. [Oppenheimer & Snyder:] Pp. 455-59. [Entire volume: Pp. 387-486].
First printing of two landmark papers, all of seminal importance in history of physics: The intricacies of the fission process, the groundwork for atomic and hydrogen bombs and the forgotten birth of black holes: The first theoretical description of a black hole, the production of a singularity when a sufficiently large neutron star collapses.Oppenheimer and Snyder's ""ON CONTINUED GRAVITATIONAL CONTRACTION"" constitute the very first theoretical prediction of a singularity when a sufficiently large neutron star collapses. This phenomenon was later to be coined as a black hole. ""Had J. Robert Oppenheimer not led the US effort to build the atomic bomb, he might still have been remembered for figuring out how a black hole could form."" (American Physical Society). The paper has by several physics historians been described as the forgotten birth of black holes. ""Oppenheimer and his graduate student George Volkoff presented the first analysis of the formation of a neutron star in a 1939 Physical Review paper titled, ""On Massive Neutron Stars"". Oppenheimer wondered what would happen to a very massive neutron star. The Schwartzschild analysis of General Relativity has a theoretical limit, called the ""Schwartzschild limit"", when the ratio of mass-to-radius of a star is 236,000 times greater than the ratio for our sun. When this limit is exceeded, the Schwartzschild analysis does not yield a solution. Oppenheimer believed that a neutron star could have sufficient mass to exceed this limit. What would happen to it? Oppenheimer and his graduate student Hartland Snyder applied General Relativity theory to a star with sufficient mass and density to exceed the Schwartzschild limit. The Schwartzschild analysis assumed that the size of the star stays constant with time. Oppenheimer and Snyder found that they could achieve a real solution from General Relativity when the Schwartzschild limit is exceeded by assuming that the diameter of the star decreases with time. They presented their analysis in a 1939 Physical Review paper, titled, ""On Continual Gravitational Contraction,"" which concluded with: ""When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted, a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless fission due to rotation, the radiation of mass, or the blowing off of mass by radiation, reduce the star's mass to the order of that of the sun, this contraction will continue indefinitely."" This analysis concluded that when the Schwartzschild limit is exceeded, the star must collapse indefinitely until it reaches a singularity having an infinite density of matter"" (Bjornson, Singularity Predictions of General Relativity, P. 4).The Chandrasekhar / Eddington controvery in the mid 30ies did discuss the fate of neutron stars but the first thoroughly theoretical desciption was first published here. ""THE MECHANISM OF NUCLEAR FISSION"" is the first fully worked out theory of nuclear fission, which laid the groundwork for atomic and hydrogen bombs.""Wheeler's technical mastery of physics is best seen in the classic paper of Bohr and Wheeler. Bohr and Wheeler wrote the paper in Princeton, where Bohr was visiting in the spring of 1939, a few months after the discovery of fission. The paper is a masterpiece of clear thinking and lucid writing. It reveals, at the center of the mystery of fission, a tiny world where everything can be calculated and everything understood. The tiny world is a nucleus of uranium 236, formed when a neutron is freshly captured by a nucleus of uranium 235. The uranium 236 nucleus sits precisely on the border between classical and quantum physics. Seen from the classical point of view, it is a liquid drop composed of a positively charged fluid. The electrostatic force that is trying to split it apart is balanced by the nuclear surface tension that is holding it together. The energy supplied by the captured neutron causes the drop to oscillate in various normal modes that can be calculated classically. Seen from the quantum point of view, the nucleus is a superposition of a variety of quantum states leading to different final outcomes. The final outcome may be a uranium 235 nucleus with a re-emitted neutron, or a uranium 236 nucleus with an emitted gamma-ray, or a pair of fission-fragment nuclei with one or more free neutrons. Bohr and Wheeler calculate the cross-section for fission of uranium 235 by a slow neutron and get the right answer within a factor of two. Their calculation is a marvelous demonstration of the power of classical mechanics and quantum mechanics working together. By studying this process in detail, they show how the complementary views provided by classical and quantum pictures are both essential to the understanding of nature. Without the combined power of classical and quantum concepts, the intricacies of the fission process could never have been understood. Bohr's notion of complementarity is triumphantly vindicated"" (John Archibald Wheeler, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 154 (2010)).
- Snyder Ted,Wheeler Francis,Lyn EV. E. - Snyder Ted,Wheeler Francis,Lyn EV. E.
Reference : 109545
(1927)
Waterson 1927
Bon état Format Américain Piano,Ukulélé
Un volume relié (28 x 21,5 cm) de 102 pp. Relié, plein veau rouge, filet doré d'encadrement des plats et plat sup. titré doré avec le nom de M. R. Dabrainville en queue, dos fleuronné doré titré à nerfs, roulette dorée sur les remplis, montage sur onglets. Fort rare manuscrit de cette édition privée et unique de Rolt-Wheeler (1876-1960), célèbre astrologue et occultiste, docteur en théologie, qui fut également prêtre anglican et aumônier à New-York pendant 20 ans et fondateur de la revue ésotérique Astrosophie. Il s'agit de son ouvrage le plus rare et le moins connu, dont on estime qu'il ne réalisa que 20 exemplaires, manuscrits, individuels et strictement réservés à ses plus proches disciples. Nous n'avons pu trancher si cet exemplaire, qui ne comporte ni numéro, ni date, est de la main même de Rolt-Wheeler et/ou d'un de ses disciples. Reliure très légèrement passée avec de petites traces de frottements, charnières intérieures lég. lâches renforcées par une bande de conservation en toile gommée crème. "Les Talismans de Pouvoir sont basés sur une synthèse des principes égyptiens, kabbalistes, pythagoriciens, hermétiques, gnostiques et alchimiques (...) Les 24 symboles composés qui se trouvent dans ce livre ont été spécialement combinés pour un emploi théurgique et zodiacal et cela en usage personnel ; ce sont donc des Talismans. De plus en raison de leur étroite association avec les entités supérieures, ces symboles sont chargés de force spirituelle ; ce sont donc aussi des amulettes dans la signification ancienne du mot ", lit-on dans l'avant-propos. L'utilisation de cet ouvrage se déroulait en trois étapes. Le disciple devait d'abord apprendre les différents symboles et pouvoirs des talismans, apprendre les prières associées, et se familiariser avec les Génies et les Invocations. Le disciple désirant l'aide des Forces Supérieures devait mettre trois doigts sur le talisman approprié, dire son désir à voix haute et réciter la prière attribuée.
1960 Plon 1960, collection "Civilisations d'Hier et d'Aujourd'hui", IX+232pp., petit in-8, 16 cartes in texte, broché.
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Richard Wilson Webb et Hugh Callingham Wheeler sous le pseudonyme de Patrick Quentin - Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe.
Reference : 1772
(1949)
Editions Presses de la Cité / Collection Cosmopolis ( ancêtre de la collection " Un Mystère " ) 1949. In-12 broché de 250 pages au format 12 x 19 cm. Couverture avec titre imprimé. Dos carré. Plats et intérieur parfaits. Exemplaire non coupé. Complet de la belle jaquette illustrée. Rarissime édition originale surtout dans un tél état de fraicheur. Précieux exemplaire orné de 3 dédicaces autographes signées, non nominatives, de Patrick Quentin alias, Richard Wilson Webb et Hugh Callingham Wheeler et du traducteur, Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe.
. Vente exclusivement par correspondance. Le libraire ne reçoit, exceptionnellement que sur rendez-vous. Il est préférable de téléphoner avant tout déplacement.Forfait de port pour un livre 8,50 €, sauf si épaisseur supérieure à 3 cm ou valeur supérieure ou égale à 100 €, dans ce cas expédition obligatoire au tarif Colissimo en vigueur. A partir de 2 livres envoi en colissimo obligatoire. Port à la charge de l'acheteur pour le reste du monde.Les Chèques ne sont plus acceptés.Pour destinations extra-planétaire s'adresser à la NASA.Membre du Syndicat Lusitanien Amateurs Morues
P , Carrousel, 1999 , in4° br , 174 pp , abondantes illustrations Langue: Français
New York, Vantage Press, (1958). In-16 (20.2 cm) 93, (3) pages. Reliure toile bleue d'édition en très bel état. Jaquette défraîchie de petits accrocs, dont 2 réparés au ruban gommé, coin supérieur du rabat coupé. Édition originale signée par l'auteure au titre.
Frances Wheeler, née à St-Jovite dans les Laurentides, fille de pionniers du Mont Tremblant, première femme à gravir cette montagne.
2007 Paris, Lonely planet, 2007, 14x22, 348pp., couverture souple, très bon état, nouveauté rentrée 2007,
traduit de l'anglais par Nathalie Berthet et Anne Caron,.
GALLIMARD NRF. 1955. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Quelques rousseurs. 589 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
WHEELER BENNETT JOHN W. - COLLIN LEMERCIER JEANNE (traduction) Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1973 New York, Westport, Lawrence Hill and Co,1973, in huit, 174 pp,
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952 in-8, VIII-342 pp., index, bradel toile grise et rouge sous jaquette illustrée (reliure de l'éditeur). Jaquette défraîchie.
125 lettres écrites entre 1809 et 1828. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.
Stone (Williard E.), ed. - Norton M. Bedford - John T. Wheeler - Louis Goldberg - Stephen A. Zeff - R.J. Chambers - Kermit D. Larson - Robert T. Sprouse - Alfred Rapaport - Harvey T. Deinzer - Robert R. Sterling - C. West Chruchman - Robert E. Jensen
Reference : Cyb-7020
(1971)
University of Florida Press , University of Florida Accounting Series, n° 7 Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1971 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full blue printed binding, no dust-jacket grand In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages
a photography of Bill Paton 1st edition, 1971 "Contents, Chapitres : Foreword, Contributors, Contents, Introduction by William A. Paton, xi, Text, 164 pages - Norton M. Bedford : Information, business, and society - John T. Wheeler : Discussion on Norton Bedford paper, Information, business, and society - Louis Goldberg : Varieties of accounting theory - Stephen A. Zeff : Comments on Varieties of Accounting Theory - R.J. Chambers : The commercial foundations of accounting theory - Kermit D. Larson : Are there commercial foundations of accounting theory ? - Robert T. Sprouse : The balance sheet embodiment of the most fundamental elements of accounting theory - Alfred Rapaport : Discussion of the ""Balance sheet-embodiment..."" - Harvey T. Deinzer : What is the measure of A statement of basic accounting - Robert R. Sterling : A response - C. West Chruchman : The past's future - Robert E. Jensen : Discussion on the Past's future" editor's binding in very good condition, minor wear on the top of the spine, inside is fine, no markings
R. LaffontLagny-sur-Marne impr. E. Grevin et fils 1960 253 pages 1960. 253 pages.
Tony Wheeler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, ...
Reference : RO40060558
(1999)
ISBN : 2840700921
Lonely Planet. 1999. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 335 pages - texte sur deux colonnes - quelques illustrations noir/blanc et couleurs, dans et hors texte, dont cartes.. . . . Classification Dewey : 53-Guide
Tony Wheeler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Olivier Cirendini, Christophe Corbel, Laurence Billiet Classification Dewey : 53-Guide
Paris, Flammarion, [d.l. 1992] 1 volume 22,1 x 29cm Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette noire illustrée couleurs. 344p.; très nombreuses vignettes in texte, en noir et en couleurs. Très bon état.
Traduction (par une équipe de traducteurs) de "Art since Mid-Century, 1945 to the Present", publié en 1991 par l'historien d'art états-unien Daniel WHEELER; synthèse sur les grands courants internationaux de l'art de la 2nde moitié du XXè siècle (expressionnisme abstrait, pop art et nouveau réalisme, assemblages, environnements, happenings, abstraction post-picturale, minimalisme et sculpture formaliste, op art, cinétisme et art luminocinétique, art conceptuel, performances et process art, land art, nouveau réalisme, photoréalisme, hyperréalisme, pattern and decoration, "new image", néo-expressionnisme, nouvelle abstraction...), avec analyse de l'oeuvre des grands artistes; index; bibliographie; "plus de 650 illustrations" annoncées. Exemplaire bien complet de sa jaquette.
Spring books. 1966. In-4. Relié. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 159 pages. Texte en anglais, français et allemand. Jaquette correcte. Frontispice illustré en couleurs. Nombreuses photos et illustrations en noir et blanc, in/hors texte. Texte sur trois colonnes.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Photos par Jan Lukas. Introduction par Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1889. 4to. Orig. full cloth. Spine with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges. Stamps on title-page. 780 pp., 38 lithographed plates (tinted lithography and chromolithography), 3 folded maps. Internally clean and fine. With printet presentation slip on inside frontcover.
Kummerly+Frey. 1988. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 211 pages illustrées de 218 photographies et de cartes couleur dans le texte et hors texte; couverture cartonnée souple rempliée illustrée d'une photographie couleur. Photographies par Nik Wheeler.. . . . Classification Dewey : 915-Géographie de l'Asie
Classification Dewey : 915-Géographie de l'Asie