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Books I'm giving away
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jun 16 06:15:02 1992
From: mosquito@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 05:32:48 -0400
To: apo@mc.lcs.mit.edu, sipb-soc@Athena.MIT.EDU, rapunzel@Athena.MIT.EDU,
This is the situation:
I must move at some point. I have lots and lots of books. Both are good
things but not together.
I've gone through the books I have and begrudgingly decided on a list of books
I could manage without. I decided I'd rather a friend be able to use them
than I have them and not be able to move them. I'd also rather have a friend
have them than sell them to someone I don't know. I also don't want people
gratuitiously picking up books just because they're free, even if they are
my friends, since then they will go into hands of people who don't really
care about them.
The solution:
Priority will go to in the following order, in decreasing priority:
1. Those who plan to take a class that uses the textbook or for which
the book will benefit their learning in the class. For these people,
the book will be free.
2. Those who consider the book to be in a major field of interest for them,
that is, if the book is in their major or one of their primary hobbies.
Again, for these people, the book will be free.
3. Those who think it might be nifty to read the book. For these people, the
book will be $5, except for literature and fiction, in which case it
will be $1.
4. Those who would rather have the book than see it go to waste. For
these people the book will be $1, except for literature and fiction,
in which case it will be free.
If there is more than one person in the given category for a book, it will be
on a first-come, first-served basis.
How do you respond? Send email to mosquito@athena specifying which books
and which category you consider yourself to be in for each book.
Do this by the end of June 30 as I will start distributing books after then.
If circumstances result in your not being around at that point, I can
make arrangements if you are the first one to request that book.
(if you are not in the group of highest priority, I'll figure something out)
These are the books:
More verbose descriptions at request.
PHYSICS:
Nat'l Academy Press. Elementary Particle Physics
Ohanian. Physics Vol. 2 (note-old edition)
Weidner&Fells. Elementary Modern Physics (2nd ed.)
Martin. Basic Quantum Mechanics
French. Special Relativity
Taylor&Wheeler. Spacetime Physics
Einstein. Relativity
French. Vibrations and Waves
Bekefi & Barrett. Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves, and Radiation
Barger&Olsson. Classical Mechanics: A modern Perspective (8.06)
POPULAR PHYSICS:
Peal. Superstrings and the Search for the Theory of Everything
Lawrie. A Unified Grand Tour of Theoretical Physics
Hoffman. Archimedes' Revenge
Glashow. Interactions
Davies. The Mind of God
Gardner. The New Ambidextrous Universe
MATH:
Strang. Linear Algebra and its Applications (3rd ed)
Schey. Div, Grad, Curl and All That (excellent way to get an intuitive feel
for these operators--well-written and easy to understand)
Edwards&Penney. Elementary Differential Equations (18.03 text 4 yrs ago, I
think they use a different edition by now)
Enderton. A Mathematical Introduction to Logic
Kocak. Differential and Difference Equations through Computer Experiments
(includes an IBM disk, 5.25 inch)
Schaum Outline Series. Group Theory
TEST PREP:
2 different GRE Math test practice books
1 GRE Physics practice book (it's not really like this, though)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
Ackermann. Der Besuch der Alten Dame
POLISCI/GOVT:
US Dept. of State. Key Offiers of Foreign Service Posts (1989)
US Dept. of State. Employees of Diplomatic Missions (1989)
FPI Case Studies #6. SALT I: The Limitations of Arms Negotiations
HISTORY:
Sinnigen&Boak. A History of Rome to AD 565
Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War
LITERATURE:
Shakespeare. Much Ado about Nothing
Shakespeare. Henry IV pt. 1
Homer. The Odyssey (binding questionable but works)
Dante. The Inferno
Morrison. Beloved (1988 freshman book--not too good but deep)
Tacitus. Annals of Imperial Rome
Cicero. Selected Political Speeches
FICTION:
Asimov. Foundation and Earth (the binding is pretty dead)
Zelazny. Doorways in the Sand
Zelazny. Nine Princes in Amber (binding not too good)
Herbert. Dune
Herbert. Dune: Messiah
MISC:
Shaw&Coleman. National Anthems of the World (1960)
Pindyk, Rubenfield. Econometric Models and Forecasts (3rd) (unused, for 14.31?)
