Science > Physics > 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics book ever?
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12 Jul 2003 03:34:05 PM |
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100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics book ever? |
Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&ISBN=038714255X
JmcA
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| User: "Prai Jei" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics book ever? |
12 Jul 2003 05:10:44 PM |
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"jmcA" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&ISBN=038714255X
Surely they've published more than 7400 pages in a century! From my own
experience of some of the science journals, that's just the output of one
year.
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| User: "Edward Green" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics book ever? |
13 Jul 2003 08:44:03 AM |
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"Prai Jei" <pvstownsend@prai-jei.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<beq10d$3oq$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
"jmcA" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:bepqjd$u02$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&ISBN=038714255X
Surely they've published more than 7400 pages in a century! From my own
experience of some of the science journals, that's just the output of one
year.
The link variously claims the product has "1288 pages", "more than
1000 papers" and "more than 7500 papers"; so who knows what you are
getting? Typos, for one thing.
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| User: "Andrew Resnick" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics bookever? |
14 Jul 2003 06:58:42 AM |
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In <2a0cceff.0307122023.5ea6db67@posting.google.com> Edward Green wrote:
"Prai Jei" <pvstownsend@prai-jei.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:
<beq10d$3oq$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
"jmcA" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:bepqjd$u02$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&
ISBN=038714255X Surely they've published more than 7400 pages in a
century! From my own experience of some of the science journals,
that's just the output of one year.
The link variously claims the product has "1288 pages", "more than
1000 papers" and "more than 7500 papers"; so who knows what you are
getting? Typos, for one thing.
I have the book/CD. The book is 1288 pages, consisting of a few hundred
papers (major landmark papers), and the CD contains the contents of the
book plus additional papers. It's one of those books I'm glad I have.
Also, be advised that the original CD had some problems working with
Windoze- if there is a problem, contact APS (American Physical Soc.) and
they should send you a good one.
--
Andrew Resnick, Ph. D.
National Center for Microgravity Research
NASA Glenn Research Center
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| User: "jmc" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics book ever? |
14 Jul 2003 02:50:14 PM |
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"Andrew Resnick" <andy.resnick@NOSPAM.grc.nasaDOTgov> wrote in message
news:20030714075842825-0400@newsread.grc.nasa.gov...
In <2a0cceff.0307122023.5ea6db67@posting.google.com> Edward Green wrote:
"Prai Jei" <pvstownsend@prai-jei.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:
<beq10d$3oq$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
"jmcA" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:bepqjd$u02$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&
ISBN=038714255X Surely they've published more than 7400 pages in a
century! From my own experience of some of the science journals,
that's just the output of one year.
The link variously claims the product has "1288 pages", "more than
1000 papers" and "more than 7500 papers"; so who knows what you are
getting? Typos, for one thing.
I have the book/CD. The book is 1288 pages, consisting of a few hundred
papers (major landmark papers), and the CD contains the contents of the
book plus additional papers. It's one of those books I'm glad I have.
Also, be advised that the original CD had some problems working with
Windoze- if there is a problem, contact APS (American Physical Soc.) and
they should send you a good one.
Are all the papers complete, rather than highlights?
Jmc
Andrew Resnick, Ph. D.
National Center for Microgravity Research
NASA Glenn Research Center
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| User: "Andrew Resnick" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best value physics bookever? |
15 Jul 2003 06:46:36 AM |
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In <bev0p3$qov$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> jmc wrote:
"Andrew Resnick" <andy.resnick@NOSPAM.grc.nasaDOTgov> wrote in message
news:20030714075842825-0400@newsread.grc.nasa.gov...
In <2a0cceff.0307122023.5ea6db67@posting.google.com> Edward Green
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I have the book/CD. The book is 1288 pages, consisting of a few
hundred papers (major landmark papers), and the CD contains the
contents of the book plus additional papers. It's one of those books
I'm glad I have.
Also, be advised that the original CD had some problems working with
Windoze- if there is a problem, contact APS (American Physical Soc.)
and they should send you a good one.
Are all the papers complete, rather than highlights?
Jmc
The papers are complete papers.
--
Andrew Resnick, Ph. D.
National Center for Microgravity Research
NASA Glenn Research Center
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| User: "Uncle Al" |
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| Title: Re: 100 years of Physical review - 7400 pages for $29 - Best valuephysics book ever? |
12 Jul 2003 11:52:26 PM |
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jmcA wrote:
Is this the best value physics book ever?
Admittedly it's on a CD-ROM, but who cares for the price.
http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?cart=10580408261874969&ISBN=038714255X
JmcA
Papers, not pages. It's highlights. I am not disparaging it, quite
the contrary! However, it is by no means a database. The pertinent
question is, how can the CD be searched?
--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" The Net!
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