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This is a list of important publications in physics, organized by field.
Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:
- Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
- Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
- Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world or has had a massive impact on the teaching of physics.
Applied physics
Accelerator physics
- Ising, G. (1924). "Prinzip einer Methode zur Herstellung von Kanalstrahlen hoher Voltzahl". Arkiv för matematik, astronomi och fysik (in German). 18 (30): 1–4.
- The Swedish physicist Gustav Ising was the first one to publish the basic concept of a linear accelerator (in this case, as part of a cathode ray tube).
- Widerøe, R. (1928). "Über ein neues Prinzip zur Herstellung hoher Spannungen". Archiv für Elektrotechnik (in German). 21 (4): 387–406. doi:10.1007/BF01656341. S2CID 109942448.
- The Norwegian physicist Rolf Widerøe took Ising's idea and expanded it. Later, he built the first operational linear accelerator.
- Kerst, D. W. (1941). "The Acceleration of Electrons by Magnetic Induction" (PDF). Physical Review. 60 (1): 47–53. Bibcode:1941PhRv...60...47K. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.60.47.
- Kerst, D. W.; Serber, R. (1941). "Electronic Orbits in the Induction Accelerator". Physical Review. 60 (1): 53–58. Bibcode:1941PhRv...60...53K. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.60.53.
- These two articles describe the betatron concept and the first experimental data of a working betatron, built by Donald William Kerst.
- Courant, E. D.; Livingston, M. S.; Snyder, H. S. (1952). "The Strong-Focusing Synchrotron—A New High Energy Accelerator". Physical Review. 88 (5): 1190–1196. Bibcode:1952PhRv...88.1190C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.88.1190. hdl:2027/mdp.39015086454124.
- Courant, E. D.; Snyder, H. S. (1958). "Theory of the alternating-gradient synchrotron" (PDF). Annals of Physics. 3 (1): 1–48. Bibcode:2000AnPhy.281..360C. doi:10.1006/aphy.2000.6012.
- These publications were the first to introduce the idea of strong focusing to particle beams, enabling the transition from compact circular accelerator concepts to separate-function magnet devices like synchrotrons, storage rings and particle colliders.
Biophysics
- Schrödinger, E. W. (1944). What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-42708-8.
- Turing, A. M. (1952). "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 237 (641): 37–72. doi:10.1098/rstb.1952.0012.
- Watson, J. D.; Crick, F. H. C. (1953). "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid". Nature. 171 (4356): 737–738. doi:10.1038/171737a0. PMID 13054692. S2CID 4253007.
- Perutz, M. F. (1978). "Electrostatic effects in proteins". Science. 201 (4362): 1187–1191. Bibcode:1978Sci...201.1187P. doi:10.1126/science.694508. PMID 694508.
- Cantor, C. R.; Schimmel, P. R. (1980). Biophysical Chemistry. Vol. 1–3. W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-1188-5 (Vol. 1), ISBN 0-7167-1190-7 (Vol. 2), ISBN 0-7167-1192-3 (Vol. 3)
- Tributsch, H. (1982). How Life Learned to Live: Adaptation in Nature. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-20045-5.
- Glaser, R. (2001). Biophysics (5th Revised ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-67088-9.
- Cotterill, R. M. J. (2002). Biophysics: An Introduction. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-48538-4.
- Nelson, P. C. (2007). Biological Physics (Updated ed.). W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-9897-2.
Cell
- Phillips, R.; Kondev, J.; Theriot, J. (2008). Physical Biology of the Cell. Garland Science. ISBN 978-0-8153-4163-5.
Mathematical
- Rashevsky, N. (1960). Mathematical Biophysics, Volume 1 (3rd ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-60574-6.
- Rashevsky, N. (1960). Mathematical Biophysics, Volume 2 (3rd ed.). Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-60575-3.
Medical
- Ruch, T. C.; Fulton, J. F. (1974). Medical Physiology and Biophysics. Saunders. ISBN 978-0-7216-7818-4.
- Haacke, E. M.; Brown, R. W.; Thompson, M. R.; Venkatesan, R. (1999). Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design. Wiley–Liss. ISBN 978-0-471-35128-3.
- An influential graduate textbook in MRI by some of the principal advancers of the field.
- Hobbie, R. K.; Roth, B. J. (2006). Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology (4th ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-30942-2.
Molecular
- Perutz, M. F. (1962). Proteins and Nucleic Acids. Elsevier.
- Perutz, M. F. (1969). "The haemoglobin molecule". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 173 (31): 113–40. Bibcode:1969RSPSB.173..113P. doi:10.1098/rspb.1969.0043. PMID 4389425. S2CID 22104752.
- Sneppen, K.; Zocchi, G. (2005). Physics in Molecular Biology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84419-2.
Neurophysics
- Hodgkin, A. L.; Huxley, A. F. (1952). "A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve". The Journal of Physiology. 117 (4): 500–44. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1952.sp004764. PMC 1392413. PMID 12991237. Describes the Hodgkin-Huxley model of action potentials in neurons.
- Hodgkin, A. L. (1964). The conduction of the nervous impulse. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0853230618.
Plant
- Govindjee (1975). Bioenergetics of Photosynthesis. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-294350-8.
Geophysics
- Gilbert, W. (1600). De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure [On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth] (in Latin). Peter Short.
- English translation: Gilbert, W. (1991). De Magnete. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-26761-6. Republication of the 1893 unabridged and unaltered translation by Paul Fleury Mottelay.
- Early description of magnetism from an Elizabethan scientist consisting of six books. Erroneously attributes magnetism as causing the motion of bodies in the Solar system.
- Chapman, S.; Bartels, J. (1940). Geomagnetism Volume 1: Geomagnetic and Related Phenomena. Clarendon Press. ASIN B002K07MAO. OCLC 499431969.
- Chapman, S.; Bartels, J. (1940). Geomagnetism Volume 2: Analysis of the Data and Physical Theories. Clarendon Press. ASIN B0020TCMR8. OCLC 458641769.
- A classic reference on the Earth's magnetic field and related topics in meteorology, solar and lunar physics, the aurora, techniques of spherical harmonic analysis and treatment of periodicities in geophysical data.[1] Its comprehensive summaries made it the standard reference on geomagnetism and the ionosphere for at least 2 decades.[2]
- Yilmaz, Ö. (1999). Seismic data processing (9th ed.). Society of Exploration Geophysicists. ISBN 978-0-931830-40-2.
- Up to date account of seismic data processing in the petroleum geophysics industry.[citation needed]
Physics of computation
- Feynman, R. P. (1982). "Simulating physics with computers". International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 21 (6–7): 467–488. Bibcode:1982IJTP...21..467F. doi:10.1007/BF02650179. S2CID 124545445.
- Develops theory of a digital computer as an efficient universal computing device.[citation needed]
- Lloyd, S. (2000). "Ultimate physical limits of computation". Nature. 406 (6799): 1047–1054. arXiv:quant-ph/9908043. Bibcode:2000Natur.406.1047L. doi:10.1038/35023282. PMID 10984064. S2CID 75923.
Plasma physics
- Langmuir, I. (1961). The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir Volume 3: Thermionic Phenomena: Papers from 1916–1937. Pergamon Press.
- Langmuir, I. (1961). The Collected Works of Irving Langmuir Volume 4: Electrical Discharges: Papers from 1923–1931. Pergamon Press.
- These two volumes from Nobel Prize winning scientist Irving Langmuir, include his early published papers resulting from his experiments with ionized gases (i.e. plasma). The books summarise many of the basic properties of plasmas. Langmuir coined the word plasma in about 1928.
- Alfvén, H.; Fälthammar, C.-G. (1963). Cosmical Electrodynamics. Oxford University Press.
- Hannes Alfvén won the Nobel Prize for his development of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) the science that models plasma as fluids. This book lays down the ground work, but also shows that MHD may be inadequate for low-density plasmas such as space plasmas.
Astronomy and astrophysics
- Copernicus, Nicolaus (1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium [On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres] (in Latin). Nuremberg: Johannes Petreius. p. 405.
- Favoured the heliocentric model (first advanced by Aristarchus) over the Ptolemaic model of the solar system; sometimes credited with starting the Scientific Revolution in the Western world.
- Kepler, Johannes (1609). Astronomia nova [New Astronomy] (in Latin). (Available online). Prague.
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- — (1992). New Astronomy. Translated by William H. Donahue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30131-2.
- Provided strong arguments for heliocentrism and contributed valuable insight into the movement of the planets, including the first mention of their elliptical path and the change of their movement to the movement of free floating bodies as opposed to objects on rotating spheres (two of Kepler's laws). One of the most important works of the Scientific Revolution.[3]
- Kepler, Johannes (1619). Harmonices Mundi [Harmony of the World] (in Latin). (Available online).
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- — (1997). The harmony of the world. Translated into English with an introduction and notes by E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan and J. V. Field. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 978-0-87169-209-2.
- Developed the third of Kepler's laws.[citation needed]
Astrophysics
Astrophysics employs physical principles "to ascertain the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their positions or motions in space."[4]
- Burbidge, E. M.; Burbidge, G. R.; Fowler, F.; Hoyle, F. (1957). "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars". Reviews of Modern Physics. 29 (4): 547–650. Bibcode:1957RvMP...29..547B. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547.
- A landmark article of stellar physics, analysing several key processes that might be responsible for the synthesis of chemical elements in nature and their relative abundances; it is credited with originating what is now the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
- Faber, Sandra M.; Jackson, Robert (1976). "Velocity dispersions and mass-to-light ratios for elliptical galaxies". Astrophysical Journal. 204 (6): 668. Bibcode:1976ApJ...204..668F. doi:10.1086/154215.
- Introduction of the Faber–Jackson law relating galaxy luminosity and velocity dispersion.[citation needed]
- Tully, R. B; Fisher, J. R. (1977). "A new method of determining distances to galaxies". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 54 (3): 661–673. Bibcode:1977A&A....54..661T.
- Introduction of the Tully–Fisher relation between galaxy luminosity and rotation-curve amplitude.[citation needed]
- Ferrarese, Laura; Merritt, David (2000). "A fundamental relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 539 (1): L9–L12. arXiv:astro-ph/0006053. Bibcode:2000ApJ...539L...9F. doi:10.1086/312838. S2CID 6508110.
- Introduction of the M–sigma relation between black hole mass and galaxy velocity dispersion.[citation needed]
Cosmology
- Penzias, A.A.; Wilson, R.W. (1965) "A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s."[5] Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation, early evidence for the big bang model. The authors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their joint works.
- A. D. Sakharov (1967). "Violation of CP invariance, C asymmetry, and baryon asymmetry of the universe". Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters. 5: 24–27.
- Introduced the conditions necessary for baryogenesis, by making use of recent results (discovery of CP violation, etc). Republished in A. D. Sakharov (1991). "Violation of CP invariance, C asymmetry, and baryon asymmetry of the universe". Soviet Physics Uspekhi (in Russian and English). 34 (5): 392–393. Bibcode:1991SvPhU..34..392S. doi:10.1070/PU1991v034n05ABEH002497..
- Kolb, Edward; Turner, Michael (1988). The Early Universe. Addison–Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-11604-5.
- Reference textbook on cosmology, discussing both observational and theoretical issues.
- J. C. Mather; E. S. Cheng; R.E. Eplee, Jr.; R. B. Isaacman; S. S. Meyer; R. A. Shafer; R. Weiss; E. L. Wright; C. L. Bennett; N. W. Boggess; E. Dwek; S. Gulkis; M. G. Hauser; M. Janssen; T. Kelsall; P. M. Lubin; S. H. Moseley, Jr.; T. L. Murdock; R. F. Silverberg; G. F. Smoot; D. T. Wilkinson (1990). "A Preliminary Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Satellite". The Astrophysical Journal. 354: L37–40. Bibcode:1990ApJ...354L..37M. doi:10.1086/185717.
- Mather, J. C.; Fixsen, D. J.; Shafer, R. A.; Mosier, C.; Wilkinson, D. T. (20 February 1999). "Calibrator Design for the Far-Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)". The Astrophysical Journal. 512 (2): 511–520. arXiv:astro-ph/9810373. Bibcode:1999ApJ...512..511M. doi:10.1086/306805. S2CID 7394323.
- Reported results from the COBE satellite, which was developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to measure the diffuse infrared and microwave radiation from the early universe to the limits set by our astrophysical environment. Measurements by a Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) confirmed that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) spectrum is that of a nearly perfect black body with a temperature of 2.725 ± 0.002 K. This observation matches the predictions of the hot Big Bang theory extraordinarily well, and indicates that nearly all of the radiant energy of the Universe was released within the first year after the Big Bang. The first paper presents initial results; the second, final results.
- G. F. Smoot; et al. (1992). "Structure in the COBE differential microwave radiometer first-year maps". The Astrophysical Journal. 396: L1–5. Bibcode:1992ApJ...396L...1S. doi:10.1086/186504. S2CID 120701913.
- Bennett, C. L.; Banday, A. J.; Górski, K. M.; Hinshaw, G.; Jackson, P.; Keegstra, P.; Kogut, A.; Smoot, G. F.; Wilkinson, D. T.; Wright, E. L. (1996). "Four-Year COBE DMR Cosmic Microwave Background Observations: Maps and Basic Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 464 (1): L1–L4. arXiv:astro-ph/9601067. Bibcode:1996ApJ...464L...1B. doi:10.1086/310075. S2CID 18144842.
- Presents results from the Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) on the COBE satellite. This maps the cosmic radiation and searches for variations in brightness. The CMB was found to have intrinsic "anisotropy" for the first time, at a level of a part in 100,000. These tiny variations in the intensity of the CMB over the sky show how matter and energy was distributed when the Universe was still very young. Later, through a process still poorly understood, the early structures seen by DMR developed into galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the large scale structure that we see in the Universe today. The first paper presents initial results; the second, final results.
- Hauser; et al. (1998). "The COBE Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment Search for the Cosmic Infrared Background. I. Limits and Detections". The Astrophysical Journal. 508 (1): 25–43. arXiv:astro-ph/9806167. Bibcode:1998ApJ...508...25H. doi:10.1086/306379. S2CID 17415989.
- Presents results from the Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) on the COBE satellite. This searches for the cosmic infrared background radiation produced by the first galaxies. Infrared absolute sky brightness maps in the wavelength range 1.25 to 240 micrometres were obtained to carry out a search for the cosmic infrared background (CIB). The CIB was originally detected in the two longest DIRBE wavelength bands, 140 and 240 micrometres, and in the short-wavelength end of the FIRAS spectrum. Subsequent analyses have yielded detections of the CIB in the near-infrared DIRBE sky maps. The CIB represents a "core sample" of the Universe; it contains the cumulative emissions of stars and galaxies dating back to the epoch when these objects first began to form.
Atomic and molecular physics
- Van der Waals, Johannes Diderik (1873). Over de Continuiteit van den Gas- en Vloeistoftoestand [On the continuity of the gas and liquid state] (PDF) (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. ISBN 978-0-486-49593-4.
- James Clerk Maxwell reviewed this work in Nature and concluded that "there can be no doubt that the name of Van der Waals will soon be among the foremost in molecular science." Johannes Diderik van der Waals received the Nobel Prize in 1910 for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
- Röntgen, W.C. (28 December 1895). "Über eine neue Art von Strahlen" [On A New Kind Of Rays]. Sitzungsberichte der Würzburger Physik-medic. Gesellschaft (in German). 22 (3): 153–157. doi:10.3322/canjclin.22.3.153. PMID 4625566. S2CID 71576877.
- Discovery of X-rays, leading to the very first Nobel Prize in Physics for the author.
- Thomson, J.J. (1897). "Cathode rays". Philosophical Magazine. 44 (269): 293–316. doi:10.1080/14786449708621070.
- The classic experimental measurement of the mass and charge of cathode ray "corpuscles", later called electrons. Won the Nobel Physics Prize (in 1906) for this discovery.
- Zeeman, Pieter (1897) papers
- Zeeman, P. (1897). "On the influence of Magnetism on the Nature of the Light emitted by a Substance". Phil. Mag. 43 (262): 226–239. doi:10.1080/14786449708620985.
- Zeeman, P. (1897). "Doubles and triplets in the spectrum produced by external magnetic forces". Phil. Mag. 44 (266): 55–60. doi:10.1080/14786449708621028.
- Zeeman, P. (11 February 1897). "The Effect of Magnetisation on the Nature of Light Emitted by a Substance". Nature. 55 (1424): 347. Bibcode:1897Natur..55..347Z. doi:10.1038/055347a0.
- Described the Zeeman effect in which spectral lines in magnetic fields are split; earned author a Nobel Physics prize citation (1902).
- Planck, Max (1901).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Einstein, Albert (1905).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Bohr, Niels (1913-4).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Moseley, H. G. J. (1913). "The High Frequency Spectra of the Elements". Phil. Mag. 26 (156): 1024–1034. doi:10.1080/14786441308635052. Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- This announced a law that gave decisive evidence for atomic number from studies of X-ray spectra, which could be explained by the Bohr model.
- Stark, J. (1914). "Beobachtungen über den Effekt des elektrischen Feldes auf Spektrallinien I. Quereffekt" [Observations of the effect of the electric field on spectral lines I. Transverse effect]. Annalen der Physik (in German). 43 (7): 965–983. Bibcode:1914AnP...348..965S. doi:10.1002/andp.19143480702. Published earlier (1913) in Sitzungsberichten der Kgl. Preuss. Akad. d. Wiss.
- Described the Stark effect in which spectral lines in electric fields are split (analogous to the Zeeman effect of splitting in magnetic fields) as predicted by Voigt.[6] Observed the same year (1913) as Lo Surdo;[7] the work won a Nobel Physics prize for Stark.
- Einstein, A. (1916). "Strahlungs-Emission und -Absorption nach der Quantentheorie" [Radiation Emission and Absorption according to the Quantum theory]. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (in German). 18: 318–323. Bibcode:1916DPhyG..18..318E.
- —— (1916). "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung" [On the Quantum Theory of Radiation]. Mitteilungen der Physikalischen Gessellschaft Zürich (in German). 18: 47–62.
- —— (1917). "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung" [On the Quantum Theory of Radiation]. Physikalische Zeitschrift (in German). 18: 121–128. Bibcode:1917PhyZ...18..121E.
- Translated in ter Haar, D. (1967). The Old Quantum Theory. Pergamon. pp. 167–183. LCCN 66029628. Also in Boorse, H.A., Motz, L. (1966). The world of the atom, edited with commentaries, Basic Books, Inc., New York, pp. 888–901.
- Formulated the concepts of spontaneous and stimulated emission.
- Sommerfeld, Arnold |author-link=Arnold Sommerfeld| (1919).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Auger, P.V. (1923). "Sur les rayons β secondaires produits dans un gaz par des rayons X" [On the secondary β-rays produced in a gas by X-rays]. C. R. Acad. Sci. 177: 169–171.
- Description on an atomic ionization effect first discovered by Meitner,[8] but named for the later discoverer, Auger.
- de Broglie, Louis |author-link=Louis de Broglie| (1924).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Matrix mechanics papers: W. Heisenberg (1925), M. Born and P. Jordan (1925), M. Born, W. Heisenberg, and P. Jordan (1926).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Schroedinger, Erwin |author-link=Erwin Schrödinger| (1926).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Relates the experimental discovery of the inelastic scattering of light (predicted theoretically by A. Smekal in 1923[9]) in liquids (with K. S. Krishnan), for which Raman receives the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.[10] Observed independently soon after (in crystals) by G. Landsberg and L. I. Mandelstam.[11]
- Herzberg, Gerhard (1939) Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure I. Diatomic Molecules
- Herzberg, Gerhard (1945) Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure II. Infrared and Raman Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
- Herzberg, Gerhard (1966) Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure III. Electronic Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules
- This three-volume series is the classic detailed presentation of molecular spectroscopy for physicists and chemists. Herzberg received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his spectroscopic research on the electronic structure and geometry of molecules.
Classical mechanics
Classical mechanics is the system of physics begun by Isaac Newton and his contemporaries. It is concerned with the motion of macroscopic objects at speeds well below the speed of light.[12]
- Galilei, Galileo (1638). Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze attenenti alla mecanica & i movimenti locali [Two New Sciences] (in Latin). Leiden: Louis Elsevier.
- Classic (first and original[13]) English translation: — (1914). Mathematical discourses and demonstrations, relating to Two New Sciences. Translation by Henry Crew and Alfonso de Salvio.
- Recent English translation: — (1974). Two New sciences, including Centers of gravity & Force of percussion. Translated and compiled by Stillman Drake. Madison: Wisconsin University Press. ISBN 978-0-299-06404-4.
- Descartes, René (1983) . Principia philosophiae [Principles of Philosophy] (in Latin). Translation with explanatory notes by Valentine Rodger Miller and Reese P. Miller (Reprint ed.). Dordrecht: Reidel. ISBN 978-90-277-1451-0.
- Huygens, Christiaan (1673). Horologium Oscillatorium: Sive de Motu Pendulorum ad Horologia Aptato Demonstrationes Geometricae [The Pendulum Clock: or Geometrical Demonstrations Concerning the Motion of Pendula as Applied to Clocks] (in Latin).
- Regarded as one of the three most important works on mechanics in the 17th century.[14] The first modern treatise in which a physical problem (the accelerated motion of a falling body) is idealized by a set of parameters then analyzed mathematically and constitutes one of the seminal works of applied mathematics.[15][16]
- Newton, Isaac (1687). Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [Mathematical principles of natural philosophy] (in Latin).
- A three-volume work, often called Principia or Principia Mathematica. One of the most influential scientific books ever published, it contains the statement of Newton's laws of motion forming the foundation of classical mechanics as well as his law of universal gravitation. He derives Kepler's laws for the motion of the planets (which were first obtained empirically).[citation needed]
- Lagrange, Joseph Louis (1788). Mécanique Analytique [Analytical mechanics] (in French).
- Lagrange's masterpiece on mechanics and hydrodynamics. Based largely on the calculus of variations, this work introduced Lagrangian mechanics including the notion of virtual work, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian. Lagrange also further developed the principle of least action and introduced the Lagrangian reference frame for fluid flow.[citation needed]
- Hamilton's papers.
- Hamilton, William Rowan (1835). "On the Application to Dynamics of a General Mathematical Method previously applied to Optics" (PDF). British Association Report 1834, Published 1835: 513–518. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 14 Dec 2012.
- — (1835). "On a General Method in Dynamics; by which the Study of the Motions of all free Systems of attracting or repelling Points is reduced to the Search and Differentiation of one central Relation, or characteristic Function" (PDF). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 124: 247–308. doi:10.1098/rstl.1834.0017. S2CID 120206996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 14 Dec 2012.
- — (1835). "Second Essay on a General Method in Dynamics" (PDF). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 125: 95–144. doi:10.1098/rstl.1835.0009. S2CID 186208922. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 14 Dec 2012.
- These three papers used Hamilton's methods in optics to formulate mechanics anew; now called Hamiltonian mechanics.
- Noether, Emmy (1918).
- See mathematical physics section.
- Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser papers.
- Kolmogorov, A. N. "On Conservation of Conditionally Periodic Motions for a Small Change in Hamilton's Function." Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 98, 527–530, 1954.
- Moser, J. "On Invariant Curves of Area-Preserving Mappings of an Annulus." Nachr. Akad. Wiss. Göttingen Math.-Phys. Kl. II, 1-20, 1962.
- Arnol'd, V. I. "Proof of a Theorem of A. N. Kolmogorov on the Preservation of Conditionally Periodic Motions under a Small Perturbation of the Hamiltonian." Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 18, 13–40, 1963.
- Set of results in dynamical systems theory of Hamiltonian systems, named the KAM theorem after the authors' initials. Regarded in retrospect as a sign of chaos theory.[citation needed]
- A standard graduate textbook on classical mechanics, considered a good book on the subject.[citation needed]
Fluid dynamics
- Archimedes (ca. 250 BCE). "On Floating Bodies" (in ancient Greek, later tr. medieval Latin). Syracuse, Sicily. Partial preservation.
- Two-book treatise regarded as the founding text of fluid mechanics and hydrostatics in particular. Contains an introduction of his principle.[17]
- Daniel Bernoulli (1738). Hydrodynamica, sive de viribus et motibus fluidorum commentarii (in Latin). Strasbourg. English translation: Hydrodynamics and Hydraulics by Daniel Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli (Dover Publications, 1968).
- Established a unified approach to hydrostatics and hydraulics; study of efflux; Bernoulli's principle.
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1752). Essai d'une nouvelle théorie de la résistance des fluides (in French) . Paris.
- Introduces D'Alembert's paradox.
- Euler, Leonhard (1757). "Principes généraux du mouvement des fluides" [General principles of fluid motion]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Berlin. 11: 274–315. (Presented in 1755)
- Formulates the theory of fluid dynamics in terms of a set of partial differential equations: Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
- Navier, Claude Louis (1827). "Mémoire sur les lois du mouvement des fluides". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France. 6: 389–440. (Presented in 1822)
- First formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations, albeit based on an incorrect molecular theory.
- Stokes, George Gabriel (1849). "On the theory of the internal friction of fluids in motion, and of the equilibrium and motion of elastic solids". Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 8: 287. (Presented in 1845)
- Correct formulation of the Navier–Stokes equations.
- von Helmholtz, Hermann (1858). "Über integrale der hydrodynamischen gleichungen, welche den wirbelbewegungen entsprechen". Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik. 1858 (55): 25–55. doi:10.1515/crll.1858.55.25. S2CID 123183736.
- Introduced the study of vortex dynamics (see Vorticity).
- Reynolds, Osborne (1883). "An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water shall be direct or sinuous, and of the law of resistance in parallel channels". Philosophical Transactions. 174: 935–982. Bibcode:1883RSPT..174..935R. doi:10.1098/rstl.1883.0029.
- Introduces the dimensionless Reynolds number, investigating the critical Reynolds number for transition from laminar to turbulent flow.
- Prandtl, Ludwig (1905). "Über Flüssigkeitsbewegung bei sehr kleiner Reibung". Verhandlungen des Dritten Internationalen Mathematiker-Kongresses in Heidelberg 1904: 484–491. (Presented in 1904)
- Introduces the Boundary layer.
- Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolaevich (1941). Локальная структура турбулентности в несжимаемой жидкости при очень больших числах Рейнольдса. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR (in Russian). 30: 299–303.. Translated into English by Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolaevich (July 8, 1991). "The local structure of turbulence in incompressible viscous fluid for very large Reynolds numbers". Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 434 (1991): 9–13. Bibcode:1991RSPSA.434....9K. doi:10.1098/rspa.1991.0075. S2CID 123612939.
- Introduces a quantitative theory of turbulence.
Computational physics
- S. Ulam, R. D. Richtmyer, and J. von Neumann (1947). "Statistical methods in neutron diffusion"; LANL Scientific Laboratory report LAMS–551. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- This paper records the first use of the Monte Carlo method, created at Los Alamos.
- Metropolis, N.; et al. (1953)
- See statistical mechanics and thermodynamics section .
- Fermi, E.; Pasta, J.; Ulam, S. (1955) : "Studies of Nonlinear Problems" (accessed 25 Sep 2012). Los Alamos Laboratory Document LA-1940.
- The Fermi-Ulam-Pasta-Tsingou simulation was an early demonstration of the ability of computers to deal with nonlinear physics problems and its surprising result regarding thermal equipartition hinted towards chaos theory.
- Molecular dynamics.
- Alder, B. J.; T. E. Wainwright (1959). "Studies in Molecular Dynamics. I. General Method". J. Chem. Phys. 31 (2): 459. Bibcode:1959JChPh..31..459A. doi:10.1063/1.1730376.
- A. Rahman (1964). "Correlations in the Motion of Atoms in Liquid Argon". Phys Rev. 136 (2A): A405–A411. Bibcode:1964PhRv..136..405R. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.136.A405.
- Car-Parrinello ab-initio molecular dynamics.
- R. Car; M. Parrinello (1985). "Unified Approach for Molecular Dynamics and Density-Functional Theory". Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 (22): 2471–2474. Bibcode:1985PhRvL..55.2471C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.2471. PMID 10032153.
- T. D. Kühne; M. Krack; F. R. Mohamed; M. Parrinello (2007). "Efficient and Accurate Car-Parrinello-like Approach to Born-Oppenheimer Molecular Dynamics". Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (6): 066401. arXiv:cond-mat/0610552. Bibcode:2007PhRvL..98f6401K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.066401. PMID 17358962. S2CID 8088072.
Condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when atoms interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise concentrated.
- Kamerlingh Onnes, H., "Further experiments with liquid helium. C. On the change of electric resistance of pure metals at very low temperatures, etc. IV. The resistance of pure mercury at helium temperatures." Comm. Phys. Lab. Univ. Leiden; No. 120b, 1911.
- Kamerlingh Onnes, H., "Further experiments with liquid helium. D. On the change of electric resistance of pure metals at very low temperatures, etc. V. The disappearance of the resistance of mercury." Comm. Phys. Lab. Univ. Leiden; No. 122b, 1911.
- Kamerlingh Onnes, H., "Further experiments with liquid helium. G. On the electrical resistance of pure metals, etc. VI. On the sudden change in the rate at which the resistance of mercury disappears." Comm. Phys. Lab. Univ. Leiden; No. 124c, 1911.
- Series of articles about superconductivity.
- Sommerfeld, Arnold; Bethe, Hans (1933). Elektronentheorie der Metalle. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3642950025.
- J. Bardeen, L. N. Cooper, and J. R. Schrieffer papers
- Cooper, L. N. (1956). "Bound Electron Pairs in a Degenerate Fermi Gas". Physical Review. 104 (4): 1189–1190. Bibcode:1956PhRv..104.1189C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.104.1189.
- Bardeen, J.; Cooper, L. N.; Schrieffer, J. R. (1957). "Microscopic Theory of Superconductivity". Physical Review. 106 (1): 162–164. Bibcode:1957PhRv..106..162B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.106.162.
- Bardeen, J.; Cooper, L. N.; Schrieffer, J. R. (1957). "Theory of Superconductivity". Physical Review. 108 (5): 1175–1204. Bibcode:1957PhRv..108.1175B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.108.1175.
- These three papers develop the BCS theory of usual (not high TC) superconductivity, relating the interaction of electrons and the phonons of a lattice. The authors were awarded the Nobel prize for this work.[citation needed]
- Ashcroft, Neil W.; Mermin, N. David (1976). Solid State Physics. Brooks Cole. ISBN 978-0-03-083993-1.
Polymer physics
- Guth, Eugen; Hermann, Mark (1934). "Zur innermolekularen, Statistik, insbesondere bei Kettenmolekiilen I" [For the intra-molecular, statistics, especially for chain molecules I]. Monatshefte für Chemie (in German). 65 (1): 93–121. doi:10.1007/BF01522052. S2CID 96474606.
- Contains the foundation of the kinetic theory of rubber elasticity, including the first theoretical description of statistical mechanics of polymers with application to viscosity and rubber elasticity, and an expression for the entropy gain during the coiling of linear flexible molecules.
- Guth, Eugene; James, Hubert M. (1941). "Elastic and Thermoelastic Properties of Rubber like Materials". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 33 (5): 624–629. doi:10.1021/ie50377a017.
- Presented earlier by Guth at the American Chemical Society meeting of 1939, this article contains the first outline of the network theory of rubber elasticity. The resulting Guth-James equation of state is analogous to van der Waal's equation.
- James, Hubert M.; Guth, Eugene (1943). "Theory of the Elastic Properties of Rubber". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 11 (10): 455. Bibcode:1943JChPh..11..455J. doi:10.1063/1.1723785.
- Presents a more detailed version of the network theory of rubber elasticity. The paper used average forces to some extent instead of thermodynamical functions. In statistical thermodynamics, these two procedures are equivalent. After some controversy within the literature, the James-Guth network theory is now generally accepted for larger extensions. See, e.g., Paul Flory's comments in Proc. Royal Soc. A. 351, 351 (1976).
- Flory, Paul J. (1992). Principles of polymer chemistry (15. pr. ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-0134-3.
- Flory, Paul J. (1969). Statistical mechanics of chain molecules. New York: Interscience Publishers. ISBN 978-0-470-26495-9.
- Reissued: Flory, Paul J.; J. G. Jackson; C. J. Wood (1989). Statistical mechanics of chain molecules (Repr. corr. ed.). Hanser Gardner. ISBN 978-1-56990-019-2.
- Gennes, Pierre-Gilles de (1996). Scaling concepts in polymer physics (5. print. ed.). Ithaca, New York: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1203-5.
- Doi, M.; Edwards, S.F. (1988). The theory of polymer dynamics (Reprinted ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852033-7.
- Pokrovskii, Vladimir (2010). The Mesoscopic Theory of Polymer Dynamics, the second edition. Springer Series in Chemical Physics. Vol. 95. Springer, Dordrecht-Heidelberg-London-New York. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2231-8. ISBN 978-90-481-2230-1.
Electromagnetism
- William Gilbert (main author), Aaron Dowling, 1600.
- See geophysics section.
- Coulomb, C. A. (1785–89). Mémoires sur l'Électricité et le Magnétisme (In French; trans. Memoirs on Electricity and Magnetism), a series of seven memoirs.
- Contains descriptions empirical investigations into electricity. Established an empirical inverse-square law that would be named for him,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24] by measuring the twist in a torsion balance.[25] Cavendish would use a similar method to estimate the value of Newton's constant G.[26]
- Biot; Savart (1820). "Note sur le magnétisme de la pile de Volta" [Note on magnetism of the Volta pile]. Annales de chimie et de physique (in French).
- Introduced the Biot–Savart law, the magnetostatic analogue of Coulomb's law.
- Ampère, André-Marie (1826). "Théorie mathématique des phénomènes électro-dynamiques: uniquement déduite de l'expérience" [Memoir on the Mathematical Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena, Uniquely Deduced from Experience] (in French). Méquignon-Marvis.
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- Introduced Ampere's law for electric current.
- Ohm, GS (1827). "Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeitet tr., The Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically" (in German). TH Riemann, Berlin.
- Announced the circuital relation between voltage and current.
- Green, George (1828). "An Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism", Nottingham.[27]
- Essay conceived several key ideas, among them a theorem similar to the modern Green's theorem, the idea of potential functions, and the concept of what are now called Green's functions. [citation needed] This (initially obscure) work directly influenced the work of James Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson, among others.
- Faraday, Michael (1839–1855). Experimental researches in electricity (Reprinted 2000 from the 1st ed. 1839 (vol. 1), 1844 (vol. 2), 1855 (vol. 3) ed.). Santa Fe (N.M.): Green Lion Press. ISBN 978-1-888009-15-6.
- Faraday's law of induction and research in electromagnetism.[28]
- Maxwell, James Clerk (1861). "On Physical Lines of Force". The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 21 (4): 161–175, 281–291, 338–348. doi:10.1080/14786446108643033.
- Maxwell, James Clerk (1865). Torrance, Thomas F. (ed.). A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. 1982 reprint, with an appreciation by Albert Einstein. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1-57910-015-5.
- The third of James Clerk Maxwell's papers concerned with electromagnetism. The concept of displacement current was introduced, so that it became possible to derive equations of electromagnetic wave. It was the first paper in which Maxwell's equations appeared.
- Hall, E.H. (1879). "On a New Action of the Magnet on Electric Currents". American Journal of Mathematics vol 2, p. 287-292. Thesis (PhD), Johns Hopkins U.
- Details an experimental analysis of voltaic effect later named for author.
- Jackson, J. D. (1998). Classical Electrodynamics (3rd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-30932-1.
- The defining graduate-level introductory text. (First edition 1962)
- Griffiths, David J. (1981). Introduction to electrodynamics (1st ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-481374-5.
- A standard undergraduate introductory text.
General physicsedit
- Lev Landau, Evgeny Lifshitz (1st Russ. ed. 1940, 1st Eng. ed 1960). Course of Theoretical Physics.
- Ten-volume textbook in theoretical physics methods.
- Richard Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands (1964). Feynman Lectures on Physics. Addison–Wesley.
- Bestselling three-volume textbook covering the span of physics. Reference for both (under)graduate student and professional researcher alike.
Mathematical physicsedit
- Edwin Bidwell Wilson, 1901. "Vector Analysis: A text-book for the use of students of mathematics and physics, founded upon the lectures of J. Willard Gibbs Ph.D. LL.D." Free online copy. (Accessed 7 Dec 2012.)
- Introduced the modern day notation of vector calculus, based on Gibbs' system.
- Minkowski relativity papers (1907–15):
- See special relativity section.
- Silberstein, Ludwik (1914)
- See special relativity section.
- Noether, Emmy (1918). "Invariante Variationsprobleme" [Invariant Variation Problems]. Nachr. D. König. Gesellsch. D. Wiss. Zu Göttingen, Math-phys. Klasse (in German). 1918: 235–257. Reprinted in: Noether, Emmy (1971). "Invariant variation problems". Transport Theory and Statistical Physics. 1 (3): 186–207. arXiv:physics/0503066. Bibcode:1971TTSP....1..186N. doi:10.1080/00411457108231446. S2CID 119019843.
- Contains a proof of Noether's Theorem (expressed as two theorems), showing that any symmetry of the Lagrangian corresponds to a conserved quantity. This result had a profound influence on 20th century theoretical physics.
- Eddington, Arthur (1923)
- See general relativity section.
- Ising, Ernst (1924). "Beitrag zur Theorie des Ferro-und Paramagnetismus" [Contribution to the theory of ferro- and paramagnetism]. Thesis, Hamburg (in German).
- Ising, Ernst (1925). "Beitrag zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus" [Contribution to the theory of ferromagnetism]. Zeitschrift für Physik (in German). 31 (1): 253–258. Bibcode:1925ZPhy...31..253I. doi:10.1007/BF02980577. S2CID 122157319.
- Ising's 1924 thesis proving the non-existence of phase transitions in the 1-dimensional Ising model.
- David Hilbert; Richard Courant. Methoden der mathematischen Physik [Methods of Mathematical Physics] (in German)., 2 vol.
- Courant, R.; Hilbert, D. (1989). Volume I. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; Paperback/eBook. p. 575. doi:10.1002/9783527617210. ISBN 9783527617210. 1st German edition 1924;[29] current English edition April 1989,[29] Print ISBN 978-0-471-50447-4; online ISBN 978-0-471-50447-4.
- Courant, R; Hilbert, D, eds. (1989). Volume II, Differential Equations. WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; Paperback/eBook. p. 852. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.28.936. doi:10.1002/9783527617234. ISBN 9783527617234. 1st German edition 1937;[30] current English edition: April 1989,.[30] Print ISBN 978-0-471-50439-9, online ISBN 9783527617234.
- Influential textbooks by two leading mathematicians of the early 20th century.
- Weyl, H.K.H. (1929). Elektron und Gravitation. I. (in German) Z. Phys. (56), 330.
- The establishment of gauge theory as an important mathematical tool in field theories, an idea first advanced (unsuccessfully) in 1918 by the same author.[31]
- von Neumann, John (1932).
- See quantum mechanics section.
- Peierls, R.; Born, M. (1936). "On Ising's Model of Ferromagnetism". Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 32 (3): 477–481. Bibcode:1936PCPS...32..477P. doi:10.1017/S0305004100019174. S2CID 122630492.
- Rudolf Peierls' 1936 contour argument proving the existence of phase transitions in higher dimensional Ising models.
- PAM Dirac (1939). "A new notation for quantum mechanics". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 35 (3): 416–418. Bibcode:1939PCPS...35..416D. doi:10.1017/S0305004100021162. S2CID 121466183.
- Introduced Dirac notation as a standard notation for describing denote abstract vector spaces and linear functionals in quantum mechanics and mathematics, though the notation has precursors in Grassmann nearly 100 years previously.[32]
- Morse, Philip M.; Feshbach, Herman (1953). Methods of theoretical physics. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-043316-8.
- C. N. Yang, R. Mills (1954)
- See quantum field theory section.
- Menzel, Donald H. (1961). Mathematical physics (Unabridged and corrected republication of the 2nd ed.). New York: Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-60056-7.
- Thorough introduction to the mathematical methods of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, quantum theory and general relativity. Possibly more accessible than Morse and Feshbach.
- Fröhlich, J.; Simon, B.; Spencer, T. (1 February 1976). "Infrared bounds, phase transitions and continuous symmetry breaking". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 50 (1): 79–95. Bibcode:1976CMaPh..50...79F. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.211.1865. doi:10.1007/BF01608557. S2CID 16501561.
- Proved the existence of phase transitions of continuous symmetry models in at least 3 dimensions.
Pre-Modern (Classical) mathematical physicsedit
- Galilei, Galileo (1638)
- See classical mechanics section.
- Newton, Isaac (1687)
- See classical mechanics section.
- Lagrangia, Giuseppe Ludovico (1788)
- See classical mechanics section.
- Fourier, J-B.J (1807). Mémoire sur la propagation de la chaleur dans les corps solides Memoir on the propagation of heat in solid bodies (in French).
- Considered a founding text in the field of Fourier analysis (and by extension harmonic analysis), and a breakthrough for the solution of the classic (partial) differential equations of mathematical physics.
- Hamilton, William Rowan (1828–37)
- See optics section.
- Fourier, J-B J (1822). Théorie analytique de la chaleur (in French). Paris: Firmin Didot Père et Fils. ISBN 9782876470460. OCLC 2688081. English translation by Freeman (1878),[33] with editorial 'corrections'.[34] Revised French edition, Darboux (ed.) (1888), with many editorial corrections.[34]
- Contains a discussion of Fourier(1807) and annunciation of Fourier's law.[35]
- Green, George (1828).
- See electromagnetism section.
- Hamilton, William Rowan (1834–1835)
- See classical mechanics section.
- Clerk Maxwell, James (1861,1865)
- See electromagnetism section.
Nonlinear dynamics and chaosedit
- Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser papers.
- See classical mechanics section.
- Fermi, E.; Pasta, J.; Ulam, S. (1955)
- See computational physics section.
- Lorenz, Edward N. (1963). "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 20 (2): 130–141. Bibcode:1963JAtS...20..130L. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1963)020<0130:DNF>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0469.
- A finite system of deterministic nonlinear ordinary differential equations is introduced to represent forced dissipative hydrodynamic flow, simulating simple phenomena in the real atmosphere. All of the solutions are found to be unstable, and most of them nonperiodic, thus forcing to reevaluate the feasibility of long-term weather prediction. In this paper the Lorenz attractor is presented for the first time, and gave the first hint of what is now known as butterfly effect.
- Li, Tien-Yien; Yorke, James A. (1975). "Period Three Implies Chaos". The American Mathematical Monthly. 82 (10): 985–992. Bibcode:1975AmMM...82..985L. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.329.5038. doi:10.2307/2318254. JSTOR 2318254.
Opticsedit
- Alhacen (1021). Book of Optics.
- (Arabic: Kitab al-Manazir, Latin: De Aspectibus) – a seven volume treatise on optics and physics, written by Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhacen or Alhazen in Europe), and published in 1021.
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