Functional Operators, Volume I [Annals Of Mathematics Studies, Number 21] by Von Neumann, John - 1950

Princeton University Press, 1960. Annals of Mathematics Studies Number 21, light wear to covers, spine discoloured, unmarked, 261pp, VG.. 4th Printing. Card Covers. Very Good.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1950. Softcover. Very Good. First editions. Two volumes. Tall octavos. 261; 107pp. Original printed orange wrappers. Some sunning at the edges of the wrappers, and some faint spotting and dampstains at the spines, a very good, uniform set. Arthur S. Wightman's copies with his ownership Signature ("A.S. Wightman") on the front cover of each volume (one dated in 1951). Von Neumann was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics, in the development of functional analysis, and a principal member of the Manhattan Project and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Wightman was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. His work, including such titles as *PCT, Spin and Statistics and All That*, frequently cites the work of von Neumann. Although we wouldn't claim to understand the writings of either mathematician, we know an excellent association when we see one.

Widder, David Vernon: THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. Copyright 1941. 1946 Second Printing Thus. Princeton University Press, London. MATHEMATICS. INTEGRAL TRANSFORM. "The Laplace transform is an integral transform perhaps second only to the Fourier transform in its utility in solving physical problems." USED. VG Condition/ No DJ included if issued. 6 ¼ X 9 ¼. 405 pages, indexed. RARE. Please see stock photo.

LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.

Ex-library, shows some age with some wear on orange cloth cover. Otherwise good with clean text. Email for pictures

Discounted for final fair hours!San Jose, CA: Billiken Press, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Softcover 4to, 44pp. No date, but an article about the book appears in the Dec 3, 1971 San Jose State "Spartan Daily" newspaper. Adhesive remainder to the upper left cover, mild rubbing and edgewear. Previous owner's signature on the title page, else unmarked. Great '70s graphic design and illustrations. Developed while Goldberg was a grad student at SJS to make sturdy geometrical models that "combine techniques from the mathematics and art classroom." Patterns are included to make a equilateral tetrahedron, equilateral hexahedron, isosceles hexahedron, cube, octahedron, decahedron, icosahedron, twenty-four triangular hedron, and concave hedron. Goldberg published a more popular variation of the book in 1977, without Sellars (misspelled "Sellers" on the title page). The newer "Pholdit" featured simpler shapes and was marketed toward a more general audience for "family fun." Scarce.

Orthogonal Town Planning In Antiquity. By Ferdinando Castagnoli.1971 The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. First English Edition. ILLUSTRATED. Originally published in Rome by De Luca Editore Under the auspices of the Institute of ancient topography of the University of Rome. English translation copyright, 1971. ISBN 026203042X. 138 pages. 7 ¼ X 10 ¼. EXLIB Textbook. VG/ NO DJ is included.

This early American textbook has a quarter leather binding, with the spine in leather and heavy paper boards. The boards show considerable wear, with the marbled paper cover stripped away in places and heavily worn in others. However, both boards are firmly attached to the spine and the binding is still tight with all pages intact. The pages are heavy textured paper, some staining, but in amazingly good condition, considering the age of this obviously much-used volume. Except for some long-hand division on the inside of the back board, the book is unmarked. The best feature of the text is its content--besides all sorts of mathematic information, problems and measurements, it also has instructions/examples of all sorts of things mathematical--eg. the correct way to design a graph, calculations for different forms of weight, motion. measures of all kinds and an entire section of the appropriate forms of notes, deeds, bonds, receipts and wills--all in the erudite, charming language of the age. This is a… Read More

Freddy And The Clockwork Twin. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Copyright 1937. A Borzoi Book. Doesn't state 1st. USED. From private owner. Bright Yellow Gibraltar Binding. Good+ Condition/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown cloth, re-backed with maroon cloth over 1/2 leather spine. Paper spine label. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact , first and last few pages are somewhat foxed. Front corners lightly rubbed. (viii) , 294pp. Signature of Robert Ramsey Webb, Professor of Mathematics at St. Johns, Cambridge. Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Mathematics Physics ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 294 pages .

Catlin, Donald E.
Estimation, Control, the Discrete Kalman Factor (Applied Mathematical Sciences V. 71) New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989. First Printing. Printed in the United States of America. vii - xiii + 274p. 6.25x0.75x9.75. Yellow and white paper over boards with black titling and publisher's device. Collectible hardcover in LIKE NEW condition. Bright, clean pages. Square boards, with a miniscule scratch to the front cover joint, light wear to the spine ends. With 13 illustrations. Bibliography, Index.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. Covered in adhesive plastic with ownership signature inside both covers; small stain in gutter of title page; price stamp inside front cover; three places in textblock where paperclips have left indentations. Textblock is clean and bright. Overall, a clean, solid copy of this classic text. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.