Elementary Particles, Signed (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition signed and inscribed by the author. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Gerry Loose, dated Mar. 2000. A very good copy. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. 1994. paperback. E. scarce. From the library of Michael Viney. With MS letter from Loose to Viney, April, 1993. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy. First edition copy. . . Signed Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Translated by Frank Wynne. Inscribed by Houellebecq on half title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition of this overview of the evolution of atomic physics, focusing on the discovery and understanding of elementary particles. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Boldly signed by Chen Ning Yang on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with minor toning to the spine. Illustrated with black and white drawings and pictures. Rare and desirable signed. Yang begins by tracing the early identification of subatomic particles, such as electrons, protons, and neutrons, highlighting the experimental and theoretical advancements that led to their discovery. He emphasizes the collaborative interplay between experimental findings and theoretical frameworks, demonstrating how each has propelled the other forward. A pivotal aspect of the book is the discussion of parity violation, a groundbreaking concept that Yang, along with Tsung-Dao Lee, introduced in 1957. This theory challenged the previously held notion that physical processes are symmetrical, revealing that certain subatomic interactions differentiate between left and right orientations. The experimental confirmation of parity violation marked a paradigm shift in the understanding of fundamental physical laws.

3 offprints. Original wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. INVENTORY: 1. NAMBU, Yoichiro. An Empirical Mass Spectrum of Elementary Particles. From: Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 595-6, June 1952. 2 inch tear on left side. Signed by Pais. 2. NAMBU, Yoichiro. General Discussion. Introductory Talk. From: Proceedings of the International Conference on Elementary Particles 1965 Kyoto. pp. 327-340. Pencil annotation on p. 327. Original printed wrappers. Signed by Pais. 3. NAMBU, Yoichiro. A Systematics of Hadrons in Subnuclear Physics. Offprint from: Preludes in Theoretical Physics, The Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies and the Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1966. pp. 133-142. Original gray printed wrappers. / Nambu was a Japanese-American physicist, known for his contributions to the field of theoretical physics. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics. He also received a number of other prizes in physics. He spent most of his career at the University of Chicago. "Nambu was one of the great theoretical physicists of the latter half of the 20th century. Much of the current theory of elementary particles revolves around seminal contributions by Nambu," said Peter Freund, professor emeritus in physics at University of Chicago.

14 offprints, 1 handout. Original wrappers. From the collection of Abraham Pais. Very good. BIOGRAPHY: Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist, and the first Japanese Nobel Laureate. He spent most of his life teaching at Kyoto University. His 1935 paper, "On the Interaction of Elementary Particles," proposed a new field theory of nuclear forces and predicted the existence of mesonsâ"it was this discovery which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. / INVENTORY: 1. YUKAWA, Hideki; Sakata, Shoichi. The Mass and the Life Time of the Mesotron. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematics Society of Japan, 3rd Ser., Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 138-140. March, 1938. 2. YUKAWA, Hideki; Sakata, Shoichi; Kobayashi, Minoru; Taketani. On the Interaction OE Elementary Particles. IV. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd Ser., Vol. 20, No. 9, pp.720-745, September, 1938. 3. YUKAWA, Hideki; Sakata, Shoichi; Taketani, Mitsuo. On the Interaction of Elementary Particles. III. Ser. B. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd Ser., Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 319-340, April, 1938. THIS PAPER PROPOSED A NEW FIELD THEORY OF NUCLEAR FORCES AND PREDICTED THE EXISTENCE OF MESONSâ"IT WAS THIS DISCOVERY WHICH LED TO HIS BEING AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS 4. YUKAWA, Hideki. Models and Methods in the Meson Theory. Offprint from: Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 474-479, July, 1949. Signed by Pais. 5. YUKAWA, Hideki. Remarks on Non-local Spinor Field. Offprint from: The Physical Review, Vol. 76, No. 11, p. 1731, December 1, 1949. Signed by Pais. 6. YUKAWA, Hideki. On the Radius of Elementary Particle. Offprint from: The Physical Review, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 300-301, July 15, 1949. Signed by Pais. 7. YUKAWA, Hideki. Letter to the Editor of The Physical Review. S-Matrix in Non-local Field Theory. January 23, 1950. pp. 1-3. Signed by Pais. Mimeograph-form, probably distributed in small numbers. 8. YUKAWA, Hideki. Special Theory of Relativity and the Structure of Elementary Particles. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 687-690, December 1956. Signed by Pais. 9. YUKAWA, Hideki. Elementary Particles and Space-Time Structure. Offprint from: Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1956. pp. 91-100. Signed by Pais. 10. YUKAWA, Hideki. Introductory Remarks on Meson Theory. Offprint from: Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 213-215, April, 1957. 11. YUKAWA, Hideki; Yamada, Eiji; Katayama, Yasuhisa. Internal Structure and Symmetry of Elementary Particles. III. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 3, March 1965. pp. 541-542. 12. YUKAWA, Hideki. Space-Time Description of Elementary Particles. Offprint from: Proceedings of the International Conference on Elementary Particles, 1965 Kyoto. pp. 139-158. 13. YUKAWA, Hideki; Katayama, Yasuhisa; Yamada, Eiji. Internal Structure and Symmetry of Elementary Particles. III. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 3, March 1965. pp. 541-2. 14. YUKAWA, Hideki. Atomistics and the Divisibility of Space and Time. Offprint from: Progress of Theoretical Physics, Supplement Nos. 37 & 38, (1966). pp. 511-523.

First Japanese Physicist to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics Yukawa, Hideki (1907-81). (1) [with Shoichi Sakata] On the theory of the -disintegration and the allied phenomenon. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 17 (1935). 467-479pp. Original printed wrappers. Presentation Copy, inscribed "With the compliments of the authors" on the front wrapper. (2) [with Sakata] On the theory of internal pair production. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 17 (1835). 397-407pp. Original printed wrappers. Presentation Copy, inscribed "With the compliments of the authors" on the front wrapper. (3) On a possible interpretation of the penetrating component of the cosmic ray. Offprint from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 19 (1937). [1], 712-713pp. 271 x 195 mm. (4) [with Sakata, Taketani and Minoru Kobayasi] On the interaction of elementary particles II [-IV]. Parts II and IV are offprints from Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 3rd series, 19 (1937) and 20 (1938); Part III is a mimeograph typescript bound similarly to the other two offprints. Original printed wrappers. Together 4 items in 6 parts. 260 x 188 mm. Spine of no. (4), Part III split at extremities, light vertical creasing. Light browning, but very good. First Editions, Offprint Issues; First Separate Edition (?) of no. (3), Part III. In October 1934 Yukawa, then a lecturer in physics at Osaka Imperial University, proposed a unified theory of nuclear forces in which a set of hypothetical particles-now known as mesons-was responsible for the force binding positively charged protons and neutral neutrons together in atomic nuclei. The following year Yukawa published his paper "On the interaction of elementary particles" (not offered here), in which he set forth his meson theory, calculated the mass of the proposed particle (about 200 times that of the electron) and suggested that these particles might be present in cosmic rays. In 1936 Anderson and Neddermeyer reported anomalous cosmic-ray tracks made by particles intermediate in mass between the electron and proton; their observations were confirmed in early 1937 by several other cloud-chamber groups. In June 1937 Oppenheimer, Serber and Stueckelbert sent letters to the Physical Review calling attention to Yukawa's meson theory, and from then on its success, and that of its author, was assured. In 1949 Yukawa received the Nobel Prize for physics for his prediction of the existence of the meson. Despite its later success Yukawa's meson theory attracted almost no attention in the two years following its announcement, largely because physicists were reluctant to accept the possibility of a new particle without direct observation confirmation. During this fallow period Yukawa published several joint papers with his student Shoichi Sakata on electromagnetic and nuclear phenomena. We are offering the first two of these joint papers in rare offprint form with even rarer presentation inscriptions. The paper on beta disintegration (no. [1] above]) is remarkable in that it contains the only other published reference to the meson prior to 1937. This paper includes "an important calculation of the inverse beta-decay process: the absorption of an orbital electron by a nucleus with the emission of a neutrino. [The paper] was noteworthy, not only because it was the first to call attention to a new effect but also because it was the first additional application of the meson theory [emphasis ours] and thus showed that Yukawa and Sakata had faith in it" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Supplement]). In 1936, heartened by Anderson and Neddermeyer's discovery of a new unidentified particle in cosmic rays, Yukawa returned to meson theory. (It should be noted that Anderson and Neddermeyer's particle, although widely assumed at the time to be the one predicted by Yukawa, is in fact a decay product of the Yukawa particle; Yukawa's particle, now called the pi-meson or pion, was discovered by Powell and Occhialini in 1947.) Yukawa wrote a letter to Nature that year calling attention to a possible connection between his postulated new particle and the puzzling cosmic-ray cloud chamber tracks observed by Anderson and Neddermeyer; unfortunately, Nature rejected Yukawa's letter, but he was able to get a similar letter published the following year in Proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan (no. [3] above). In 1937 and 1938 Yukawa and his students published three more fundamental papers on meson theory (no. [4] above). "On the interaction of elementary particles II" presents a scalar meson theory of nuclear forces based on the Pauli-Weisskopf method, and speculates on the possible existence of an additional electrically neutral "heavy quantum." Part III introduces what is now called "vector meson theory"; the fourth and final part completes the pioneering work begun by Yukawa four years earlier. Curiously, our copy of Part III is a mimeograph typescript bound in wrappers similar to those of Parts II and IV but omitting the journal imprint information (this information is supplied in manuscript below the wrapper title in our copy). The typescript has a mimeograph label inside the back wrapper with the undated imprint of Teidai Print in Tokyo. OCLC does not list any copies of the separate edition of Part III; we do not know if a typeset offprint version also exists. Magill, ed., The Nobel Prize Winners: Physics, pp. 561-69. Mehra & Rechenberg, The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, 6, pp. 831-836; 946-958. Twentieth Century Physics, 1, pp. 378-392. Weber, Pioneers of Science, pp. 133-34. 43268 .