Maria Goeppert Meyer (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean copy of the 1946 second printing of Joseph E. Mayer and Maria Goeppert Mayer's Statistical Mechanics, from the library of the physical chemist Walter J. Kauzmann, whose name is written on the front endpaper. Kauzmann was one of the major figures in 20th‑century thermodynamics, known for the Kauzmann paradox and foundational contributions to the statistical mechanics of liquids, protein folding, and the glass transition. His ownership of this classic text represents a direct and meaningful association between the Mayers' theoretical work and one of the field's most influential practitioners. A strong provenance copy of a key work in modern physical chemistry.…