E. Richard Cohen Richard E. Cohen Richard E. Cohen
Originally published by the American Institute of Physics as the Physics Vade Mecum, this third edition has been completely updated to reflect contemporary modern physics. It is a concise compilation of the most frequently used physics data and formulae with their derivations, and this edition contains six new chapters, with outdated chapters dropped, and new chapters added on atmospheric physics, electricity and magnetism, elementary particle physics, fluid dynamics, geophysics, nonlinear physics, particle accelerators, polymer physics, and quantum theory. A new, final chapter deals with...
Originally published by the American Institute of Physics as the Physics Vade Mecum, this third edition has been completely updated to reflect contemp...
For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century. As chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the representative from Illinois influenced the nation s tax laws, international trade, Social Security, health care, welfare, and a good many other areas policies that affected most Americans. Richard Cohen s scrupulous political biography of Rostenkowski follows his rise to power from modest origins in the Democratic ward politics of Chicago s...
For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American le...