Abstract
(1) PROF. LEIGH PAGE covers the usual ground expected of a book on theoretical physics. After an introduction on vector notation and analysis, there follow four chapters on dynamics, two on hydrodynamics, three on thermodynamics and kinetic theory, three on electrodynamics, and three on optics and spectroscopy. The treatment throughout is on classical and essentially mathematical lines, and forms a thoroughly adequate and clear exposition of the analysis associated with the various branches of classical physics. There is an almost complete lack of physics in the book, and in this respect it is somewhat disappointing, but if there had been more it would have been probably too bulky.
Introduction to Theoretical Physics.
By Prof. Leigh Page. Pp. x + 587. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1929.) 35s. net.
(2) The General Properties of Matter.
By Prof. F. H. Newman V. H. L. Searle. Pp. 388. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1928.) 25s. net.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
L., G. Theoretical Physics. Nature 124, 527–528 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124527a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124527a0
