P.W.J.M鲍曼斯逝世

著名光谱化学专家P.w.J.M鲍曼斯于2008年10月26 日逝世,享年76岁. 鲍曼斯1932年生予荷兰,于阿姆斯特丹大学化学物理系毕业.1961年获博士学位.1961～1968年间在阿姆斯特丹大学任教,从事原子光谱分析,发射光谱光源激发机理的研究.1966年出版专集:"Theory of Spectrochemical Excitation"1968年他进入Eindhoven的Philips研究实验室,曾任该实验室主任研究员     

Basics of Statistical Physics,by Harald J.W. Müller-Kirsten

Reactor Physics. By R. Schulten and W. Güth. Translated by W. K. Mansfield. In two volumes. (Harrap, 1967.) [Vol. I: pp. viii + 144; Vol. II: pp. vi+ 154.] 22s. 6d. each volume.

Principles of Atomic Spectra. By B. W. Shore and D. H. Menzel. (John Wiley, 1968.) [Pp. xiv + 538.] £8. 18s. 0d.

Les Transitions Electroniques dans les Solides Non Conducteurs. (Colloque de la Société Français de Physique.) (Presses Universitaires de la France, 1967.) [Pp. 177.] 35 F.

Mechanics. Point Objects and Particles. By Terry Triffet. (John Wiley, 1968.) [Pp. ix + 546.] 32s.

Traité ?Électricité Théorique, Vol. IV: Electromagnetism, etc. By Marc Jouguet. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1968.) [Pp. 350.] 94 F.

Modern Physics: An Introductory Survey. By Arthur Beiser. (Addison-Wesley, 1968.) [Pp. ix + 221.] 26s.

Perpetual Motion: Electrons and Atoms in Crystals. By Alec T. Stewart. (Heinemann Educational Books, 1968.) [Pp. x + 146.] 25s.

An Introduction to the Theory of Superconductivity. By C. G. Kuper. (Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1968.) [Pp. vii + 301.] 60s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Postgraduate; Undergraduate.

Progress in High Temperature Physics and Chemistry. Edited by C. A. Rouse. (Pergamon Press, 1968.) [Pp. 176.] 75s.

Ondes dans las Plasmas. By Daniel Quémada. (Paris: Hermann, 1968.) [Pp. 384.] 48 Fr.

Plasmas et Milieux Ionisés. By Evry Schatzman.(Presses Universitaires de la France, 1968.) [Pp. 134.] 16 Fr.

Mechanics. By R. C. Smith and P. Smith. (John Wiley &; Sons, 1968.) [Pp. xviii + 263.] 80s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Materials of High Vacuum Technology. Vol. 2: Silicates. By Werner Espe. (Pergamon Press, 1968.) [Pp xxiii + 660.] £16.

Glassblowing for Laboratory Technicians. By R. Barbour. (Pergamon Press, 1968.) [Pp XV + 245.] 40s.

Equilibrium Thermodynamics. By J. C. Adkins. (McGraw-Hill, 1968.) [Pp. xii + 283.] 48s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes. (Third Edition.) By I. Prigogigne. (John Wiley (Interscience), 1968.) [Pp. xv + 147.] 56s. Scope: Library. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

Introduction to Physical Statistics. By Bruce R. Lindsay. (Dover Books (Constable), 1968.) [Pp. ix + 306.] 26s. 6d. Scope: Textbook. Level: Undergraduate.

Solid State Physics. An Introduction to its Theory. By H. Clark. (Macmillan, 1968.) [Pp. vii + 239.] 40s. Scope: Textbook. Level: Specialist/postgraduate.

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Introduction to Special Relativity. By Robert Resnick. (John Wiley, 1968.) [Pp. x + 226.] 70s.     

Reply to the comments of M.E. Golmakani and J. Rezatalab,Comment on “Nonlocal third-order shear deformation plate theory with application to bending and vibration of plates” (by R. Aghababaei and J.N. Reddy,Journal of Sound and Vibration 326 (2009) 277–289), Journal of Sound Vibration, 333 (2014) 3831–3835

Golmakani and Rezatalab [1] suggested in their paper that the deflection of a simply supported nonlocal elastic plate under uniform load is not affected by the small length scale terms. They based their proof on the use of Navier?s method using a sinusoidal-based deflection solution. This insensitivity of the deflection solution of a simply supported nonlocal elastic plate with respect to the small length terms of Eringen?s model is not correct, as already detailed in the literature (for example, see [2] for beam problems). In fact, the deflection of the nonlocal plate (in the Eringen sense) is larger than the one of the local case, as shown in many papers available in the literature. We prove in this reply to the authors that the Navier?s method has to be correctly applied for highlighting the specific sensitivity phenomenon of the deflection solution, as compared to exact analytical solution.     

Cognition coming about: Self-organisation and free-energy: Commentary on Wright,J.J. and Bourke,P.D. (2020) “The growth of cognition: Free energy minimization and the embryogenesis of cortical computation”

Wright and Bourke's compelling article rightly points out that existing models of embryogenesis fail to explain the mechanisms and functional significance of the dynamic connections among neurons. We pursue their account of Dynamic Logic by appealing to the Markov blanket formalism that underwrites the Free Energy Principle. We submit that this allows one to model embryogenesis as self-organisation in a dynamical system that minimises free-energy. The ensuing formalism may be extended to also explain the autonomous emergence of cognition, specifically in the brain, as a dynamic self-assembling process.