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This is an experimental reordering and filtering of the items in article List of important publications in physics. At present, see that article for attribution. If you have any remarks, you are welcome to write on my talk page. BR84 (talk) 00:13, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Bibliography of physics edit

This is a list of publications in physics. The contributions must be primary, expanding the knowledge of their time; the place for comprehensive and/or educational books is Bibliography of educational publications on physics

17th century and older edit

Optics edit

See also: History of optics
  • Alhacen (1021). Book of Optics.
(Arabic: Kitab al-Manazir, Latin: De Aspectibus) – a seven volume treatise on optics and physics, written by the Muslim scientist Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhacen or Alhazen in Europe), and published in 1021.
Huygens attained a remarkably clear understanding of the principles of wave-propagation; and his exposition of the subject marks an epoch in the treatment of Optical problems. Not appreciated until much later due to the mistaken zeal with which formerly everything that conflicted with the cherished ideas of Newton was denounced by his followers.
 
Title page of the first, 1704, edition of Newton's Opticks.
Work by Thomas Young and Fresnel provided a comprehensive picture of the propagation of light.
These three papers introduced the Frequency comb technique. The earlier presented the main idea but last is the one often cited.

Geophysics edit

See also: History of geophysics
  • English translation: Gilbert, William (1991). De Magnete. Unabridged and unaltered translation by P. Fleury Mottelay (republication of the 1893 edition ed.). New York: Dover. ISBN 9780486267616. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)

Astrophysics edit

See also: Astrophysics

Astrophysics deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of celestial objects, as well as their interactions and behavior.[1]

Provided strong arguments for heliocentrism and contributed valuable insight into the movement of the planets, including the first mention of their elliptical path and the change of their movement to the movement of free floating bodies as opposed to objects on rotating spheres (two of Kepler's laws). One of the most important works of the Scientific Revolution.[2]
  • — (1997). The harmony of the world. Translated into English with an introduction and notes by E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan and J. V. Field. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-209-0.
Developed the third of Kepler's laws.[citation needed]
Introduction of the Faber–Jackson law relating galaxy luminosity and velocity dispersion.[citation needed]
Introduction of the Tully–Fisher relation between galaxy luminosity and rotation-curve amplitude.[citation needed]
Introduction of the M-sigma relation between black hole mass and galaxy velocity dispersion.[citation needed]

Classical mechanics edit

See also: History of classical mechanics

Classical mechanics is concerned with the motion of macroscopic objects at speeds well below the speed of light.[3]

  • Galilei, Galileo (1638). Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze attenenti alla mecanica & i movimenti locali (in Latin). Leiden: Louis Elsevier. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  • Classic English translation: — (1914). Mathematical discourses and demonstrations, relating to Two New Sciences. Translation by Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio.
  • Recent English translation: — (1974). Two New sciences, including Centers of gravity & Force of percussion. Translated and compiled by Stillman Drake. Madison: Wisconsin University Press. ISBN 9780299064044.
  • Descartes, René (1983) [1644, with additional material from the French translation of 1647]. Principia philosophiae (in Latin). Translation with explanatory notes by Valentine Rodger Miller and Reese P. Miller (Reprint ed.). Dordrecht: Reidel. ISBN 9027714517. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
A three-volume work, often called Principia or Principia Mathematica. One of the most influential scientific books ever published, it contains the statement of Newton's laws of motion forming the foundation of classical mechanics as well as his law of universal gravitation. He derives Kepler's laws for the motion of the planets (which were first obtained empirically).[citation needed]
Lagrange's masterpiece on mechanics and hydrodynamics. Based largely on the calculus of variations, this work introduced Lagrangian mechanics including the notion of virtual work, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian. Lagrange also further developed the principle of least action and introduced the Lagrangian reference frame for fluid flow.[citation needed]

18th century edit

Statistical mechanics and Thermodynamics edit

See also: History of thermodynamics and List of notable textbooks in statistical mechanics
Observations of the generation of heat during the boring of cannons led Rumford to reject the caloric theory and to contend that heat was a form of motion.
  • — (1890). Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat and on Machines Fitted to Develop That Power. New York: J. Wiley & Sons. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) (full text of 1897 ed.)) (html)
  • — (2005). Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire – and other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Edited with an introduction by E. Mendoza. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-44641-7. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Between 1876 and 1878 Gibbs wrote a series of papers collectively entitled "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances", considered one of the greatest achievements in physical science in the 19th century and the foundation of the science of physical chemistry. In these papers Gibbs applied thermodynamics to the interpretation of physicochemical phenomena and showed the explanation and interrelationship of what had been known only as isolated, inexplicable facts. Gibbs' papers on heterogeneous equilibria included: some chemical potential concepts; some free energy concepts; a Gibbsian ensemble ideal (basis of the statistical mechanics field); and a phase rule.
In this publication Einstein covered his study of Brownian motion, and provided empirical evidence for the existence of atoms.
Introduces the Metropolis Monte Carlo method with periodic boundary conditions and applies it to the numerical simulation of a fluid.
  • Kadanoff, Leo P. (1966). "Scaling laws for Ising models near Tc". Physics. 2: 263.
Introduces the real space view on the renormalization group, and explains using this concept some relations between the scaling exponents of the Ising model.
Application of the renormalization group to the solution of the Kondo problem. The author was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1982 for this work.

19th century edit

Electromagnetism edit

See also: History of electromagnetism
  • Faraday, Michael (1839–1855). Experimental researches in electricity (Reprinted 2000 from the 1st ed. 1839 (vol. 1), 1844 (vol. 2), 1855 (vol. 3) ed.). Santa Fe (N.M.): Green Lion Press. ISBN 1888009-15-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
Faraday's law of induction and research in electromagnetism.[4]
The third of James Clerk Maxwell's papers concerned with electromagnetism. The concept of displacement current was introduced, so that it became possible to derive equations of electromagnetic wave. It was the first paper in which Maxwell's equations appeared.

Mathematical physics and Nonlinear Dynamics edit

See also: Mathematical physics and Chaos theory
  • Poincare? orbital motion
  • Noether, Emmy (1918). "Invariante Variationsprobleme". Nachr. D. König. Gesellsch. D. Wiss. Zu Göttingen, Math-phys. Klasse (in German). 1918: 235–257. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Contains a proof of Noether's Theorem (expressed as two theorems), showing that any symmetry of the Lagrangian corresponds to a conserved quantity. This result had a profound influence on 20th century theoretical physics.
  • Ising, Ernst (1924). "Beitrag zur Theorie des Ferro-und Paramagnetismus". Thesis, Hamburg (in German). {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  • Ising, Ernst (1925). "Beitrag zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus". Zeitschrift für Physik (in German). 31 (1): 253–258. Bibcode:1925ZPhy...31..253I. doi:10.1007/BF02980577. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors= and |month= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Ising's 1924 thesis proving the non-existence of phase transitions in the 1-dimensional Ising model.
Peierls' 1936 contour argument proving the existence of phase transitions in higher dimensional Ising models.
  • Fröhlich, J.; Simon, B.; Spencer, T. (1 February 1976). "Infrared bounds, phase transitions and continuous symmetry breaking". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 50 (1): 79–95. doi:10.1007/BF01608557.
Proved the existence of phase transitions of continuous symmetry models in at least 3 dimensions.
A finite system of deterministic nonlinear ordinary differential equations is introduced to represent forced dissipative hydrodynamic flow, simulating simple phenomena in the real atmosphere. All of the solutions are found to be unstable, and most of them nonperiodic, thus forcing to reevaluate the feasibility of long-term weather prediction. In this paper the Lorenz attractor is presented for the first time, and gave the first hint of what is now known as butterfly effect.

Fluid dynamics edit

See also: Fluid dynamics and History of fluid mechanics
  • Reynolds, Osbourne (1883). "An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water shall be direct or sinuous, and of the law of resistance in parallel channels". Philosophical Transactions. 174.
Introduces the dimensionless Reynolds number, investigating the critical Reynolds number for transition from laminar to turbulent flow.
  • Kolmogorov, A. N. (1941). "Локальная структура турбулентности в несжимаемой жидкости при очень больших числах Рейнольдса". Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (in Russian). 30: 299–303. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
Introduces a quantitative theory of turbulence.
  • Monin, A. S. (1971) [1965]. Lumley, John L. (ed.). Statistical fluid mechanics; mechanics of turbulence. Translated by A. M. Yaglom (Updated, augmented and revised English ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262130622.
The most important review text on turbulence.

20th century edit

Quantum mechanics and field theory edit

See also: History of quantum mechanics and History of quantum field theory
Introduced Planck's law of black body radiation in an attempt to interpolate between the Rayleigh–Jeans law (which worked at long wavelengths) and Wien's law (which worked at short wavelengths). He found that the above function fit the data for all wavelengths remarkably well. This paper is considered to be the beginning of quantum theory.
Quantum mechanics as explained by one of the founders of the field, Paul Dirac. First edition published on 29 May 1930. The second to last chapter is particularly interesting because of its prediction of the positron.
Introduction of the Feynman diagrams approach to quantum electrodynamics.
Standard graduate textbook in quantum field theory.

Theory of Relativity edit

See also: History of special relativity, History of general relativity, and List of scientific publications by Albert Einstein
Introduced the special theory of relativity. Reconciled Maxwell's equations for electricity and magnetism with the laws of mechanics by introducing major changes to mechanics close to the speed of light. One of the Annus Mirabilis papers.
This pioneering textbook drew together the now well-known developments of H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein, and H. Minkowski. It uses concepts developed in the then-current textbooks (e.g. Vector Analysis and Bonola: Non-Euclidean Geometry) to provide entry into mathematical physics including a vector-based introduction to quaternions and a primer on matrix notation for linear transformations of 4-vectors. The ten chapters are composed of 4 on kinematics, 3 on quaternion methods, and 3 on electromagnetism. Silberstein uses biquaternions to develop Minkowski space and Lorentz transformations. The second edition published in 1924 extended relativity into gravitation theory with tensor methods, but was superseded by Eddington's text. The book has a conversational style and is provided with references in footnotes.
  • Albert Einstein. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Annalen der Physik, 1916
  • The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity,[5] Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie.[6]
A book on gravitation (often considered the "Bible" by researchers for its prominence) by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler. Published by W.H. Freeman and Company in 1973. A massive tome of over 1200 pages, the book covers all aspects of the General Theory of Relativity and also considers some extensions and experimental confirmation. The book is divided into two "tracks", the second of which covers more advanced topics.

Accelerator physics edit

See also: Accelerator physics
  • Ising, Gustav (1928). "Prinzip Einer Methode Zur Herstellung Von Kanalstrahlen Hoher Voltzahl". Arkiv Fuer Matematik, Astronomi Och Fysik. 18 (4).
The swedish physicist Gustav Ising was the first one to publish the basic concept of a linear accelerator (in this case, as part of a cathode ray tube).
  • Widerøe, R. (17 December 1928). "Ueber Ein Neues Prinzip Zur Herstellung Hoher Spannungen". Archiv fuer Elektronik und Uebertragungstechnik. 21 (4): 387.
The norwegian physicist Rolf Widerøe took Isings idea and expanded it. Later, he built the first operational linear accelerator.[7]
These articles describe the betatron concept and the first experimental data of a working betatron, built by Donald Kerst.
This publication was the first to introduce the idea of strong focusing to particle beams, enabling the transition from compact circular accelerator concepts to separate-function magnet devices like synchrotrons, storage rings and particle colliders.

Condensed matter physics edit

See also: Condensed matter physics

Condensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when atoms interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise concentrated.

These three papers develop the BCS theory of usual (not high TC) superconductivity, relating the interaction of electrons and the phonons of a lattice. The authors were awarded the Nobel prize for this work.[citation needed]
Develops theory of a digital computer as an efficient universal computing device.[citation needed]

Plasma physics edit

See also: Plasma physics
These two volumes from Nobel Prize winning scientist Irving Langmuir, include his early published papers resulting from his experiments with ionized gases (i.e. plasma). The books summarise many of the basic properties of plasmas. Langmuir coined the word plasma in about 1928.
Hannes Alfvén won the Nobel Prize for his development of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) the science that models plasma as fluids. This book lays down the ground work, but also shows that MHD may be inadequate for low-density plasmas such as space plasmas.

Cosmology edit

See also: Physical cosmology
Reference textbook on cosmology, discussing both observational and theoretical issues.
Reported results from the COBE satellite, which was developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to measure the diffuse infrared and microwave radiation from the early universe to the limits set by our astrophysical environment. Measurements by a Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) confirmed that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) spectrum is that of a nearly perfect black body with a temperature of 2.725 ± 0.002 K. This observation matches the predictions of the hot Big Bang theory extraordinarily well, and indicates that nearly all of the radiant energy of the Universe was released within the first year after the Big Bang. The first paper presents initial results; the second, final results.
Presents results from the Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) on the COBE satellite. This maps the cosmic radiation and searches for variations in brightness. The CMB was found to have intrinsic "anisotropy" for the first time, at a level of a part in 100,000. These tiny variations in the intensity of the CMB over the sky show how matter and energy was distributed when the Universe was still very young. Later, through a process still poorly understood, the early structures seen by DMR developed into galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the large scale structure that we see in the Universe today. The first paper presents initial results; the second, final results.
Presents results from the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) on the COBE satellite. This searches for the cosmic infrared background radiation produced by the first galaxies. Infrared absolute sky brightness maps in the wavelength range 1.25 to 240 micrometres were obtained to carry out a search for the cosmic infrared background (CIB). The CIB was originally detected in the two longest DIRBE wavelength bands, 140 and 240 micrometres, and in the short-wavelength end of the FIRAS spectrum. Subsequent analyses have yielded detections of the CIB in the near-infrared DIRBE sky maps. The CIB represents a "core sample" of the Universe; it contains the cumulative emissions of stars and galaxies dating back to the epoch when these objects first began to form.

Biophysics edit

References and secondary sources edit

  1. ^ DeVorkin, David H. (1982). The history of modern astronomy and astrophysics : a selected, annotated bibliogr. New York: Garland. ISBN 082409283X.
  2. ^ Voelkel, James R. (2001). The composition of Kepler's Astronomia nova. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-691-00738-1.
  3. ^ Dugas, René (1988). A history of mechanics. Foreword by Louis de Broglie ; translated into English by J.R. Maddox (Dover ed.). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-65632-2.
  4. ^ Bragg, Melvyn (2006). 12 books that changed the world. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0340839812.
  5. ^ Alberteinstein.info
  6. ^ Physik.uni-augsburg.de[dead link] (German original)
  7. ^ Pedro Waloschek (ed.): The Infancy of Particle Accelerators: Life and Work of Rolf Wideröe, Vieweg, 1994
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