The Structure of Matter.

TELLER, Edward O.; Francis Owen Rice.

$2,000.00

Item Number: 146896

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1949.

First edition, secondo printing of this introductory volume on the properties of matter and their systematic interpretation by quantum mechanics. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with charts and graphs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Stan in memory of a spectacular appreciation of the application of the theory of atomic structure, Edward Teller.” Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with small loss to the crown of the spine. Bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

Known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", Hungarian-American theoretical physicist Edward Teller made numerous contributions to nuclear and molecular physics, spectroscopy, and surface physics. The Structure of Matter deals with the behavior of matter in its various forms beginning with the hydrogen atom - the simplest of all atomic structures - and ending with the state of matter in the stars. The book covers a wide range of topics, including atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, and the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. It also delves into the principles of thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics and explores the principles of quantum mechanics, including wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and the Schr dinger equation.