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Bibliography of Bell’s Theorem

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Bibliography on Bell’s Theorem.

This is simply a list of the bibliogrphy from the article on Bell’s Theorem by Abner Shimony as found in the (online) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I found it useful to segregate the bibliography, and so I include it here. Again, this is a simple copy-and-clean effort on my part–all of the intellectual work that went into creating this list is the work of Abner Shimony.

Aspect, A. [1983], Trois tests expérimentaux des inégalités de Bell par mesure de corrélation de polarization de photons, Orsay: Thèse d’Etat.

Aspect, A. [1992], “Bell’s Theorem: the naïve view of an experimentalist,” in Quantum [Un]speakables,, R.A. Bertlmann and A. Zeilinger (eds.), Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer, 119–153.

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Tables of Periodicals of Relativity Interest, 1896-1924.

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Earlier in this blog I posted a great graph on the publications on relativity from 1896 to 1924 as published in Maurice Lecat’s Bibliographie de la Relativité, suivie d’un appendice sur les déterminants à deux dimensions, le calcul des variations, les séries trigonométriques, et l’azéotropisme (published in Bruxelles by Lamertin in 1924). Preceding that graph are a few tables of interesting bits on the history of relativity. though I can say that there aren’t too many surprises–the information is still very interesting. The Physical Review does not make the top-14 list (in the middle table). [Also see here for a good summation of a 1921 bibliography of relativity.]

The second set of tables shows the distribution by nationality of the contributor–it is interesting to note that the Americans made up 11% of the authors while the Physical Review came nowhere close to that percentage, meaning that the PR hadn’t yet come to its place of high regard as a premium publishing vehicle, though that would come soon enough, particularly by the early 1930’s.

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The Many Names of the Philosophical Transactions (1665-2014)

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Just a note here on the names of about the greatest English-language scientific journals of all time, the Philosophical Transactions… (“Phil Trans”). Like the great Annalen der Physik, which also had its fair share of name changes over the centuries (see here), the Phil Trans had a number of incarnations since it began in 1665. The list below is just a thumbnail reference for the proper name of the journal at the proper time, and it might make searching for things a little easier.

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1665-1678 Philosophical Transactions, Volumes 1–12

1683-1775 Philosophical Transaction, volumes 13-65

1776-1886 Philosophical Transactions. Volumes 66-177

1887-1896 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, volumes 178-186

1887-1895 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, volumes 178-186

1896-1934 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character,. Volumes 187-223

1896-1934 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character,. Volumes 187-223

1934-1990 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Series, volumes 224-338

1934-1990 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, Mathematical and Physical Series, volumes 224-332

1990-1995 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Physical and Engineering Sciences, volumes 332-353

1990-1995 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, volumes 338-353

Currently: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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Collection of Useful Free Texts in the History of Math

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This is the start of what I hope to be a useful page of interesting and useful texts and timeline/chronological links for the history of mathematics. I’ll be adding to this over time.

The Development of Categorical Logics–John L. Bell

A Short Account of the History of Mathematics–W. Rouse Ball

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James Clerk Maxwell’s Library
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I found this fantastic list at the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation and wanted to include this with a list of other Maxwell items but simplycould not get a link to function directly to the most-interesting JCM personal library page. http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/JCMLibrary.pdf
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Turner’s Bibliographic Review of Nuclear Fission 1934-1940
Louis Turner’s Review of Published Work on Nuclear Fission, 1934-1940.

With a List of Turner’s References (Below)

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I’ve found this article¹ by physicist Louis A. Turner to be very helpful over the years. He was an I-was-there guy (and actually an I-am-here guy) who wrote a stuccato article on the history of nuclear fission which was top heavy in references, and did so in 1940, just before the clamp came down on publication on the topic. Certainly there are other more modern efforts in this area that are far more detailed, but few have managed to do so good a job in as limited space as Turner, which the fabulous John A. Wheeler recognized as a “great and timely” review².

Notes:

1. Louis Turner. “Nuclear Fission.” Lancaster: American Physical Society, 1940. An article in the Reviews of Modern Physics, vol 12/1, January 1940, pp 1-30 of an issue of 85pp Original orange wrappers. Fine condition. Also contains articles by Seaborg and Zwicky.

2. J.A. Wheeler, “Fission in 1939, the Puzzle and the Promise ” Annual Reviews, 1989.

His 133 references can be read as a succession of one-line histories of the subject (barring the permissions to reproduce the entire article):
1. E. Fermi, Nature 133, 898 1934.
2. E. Amaldi, O. D’Agostino, F. Rassetti and E. Segrè, Proc. Roy. Soc. A146, 483 1934.
3. I. Noddack, Zeits. f. angew. Chimie. 37, 653 1934.
4. O. D’Agostino and E. Segrè, Gaz. Chim. Ital. 65, 1088 1935.
5. I. Curie, H. von Halban and P. Preiswerk, J. de phys. [7] 6, 361 1935; C.R. 200, 1841 1935; 200, 2079 1935.
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Quantum Mechanics and Physics Timelines
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[Max Planck, 1933]

Quantum Mechanics Chronologies
- Quantum Theory Timeline // Particle Adventure About 50 entries, no bibliographic data ; simple introductory timeline. http://www.particleadventure.org/other/history/quantumt.html .
- Timeline of Quantum Mechanics Probably 150 entries and 77 bibliographic notes including links to the original articles. Pretty nice. The “History of QM” wiki entry is fairly basic. (Wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_quantum_mechanics
- Good introductory timeline from Northwestern U along with annotation (1814-1927) http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~infocom/Ideas/quantum_timeline.html
- AlphaCenturi Quantum Timeline Short timeline but picks up James Franck in 1914. http://www.alpcentauri.info/quantum_mechanics_timeline.html
- TimeRime. Kind of a short, splashy presentation with only a dozen dates or so. http://timerime.com/en/timeline/138786/Quantum+Theory/
- Chronology of Quantum Mechanics, Molecular, Atomic, Nuclear, and Particle Physics http://www.3rd1000.com/chronology/chrono3.htm
And this, a chronology of general physics, with a good selection in QM:
- Big but incomplete, which means you’ll have to get the book itself: Chronology of Science by Lisa Rezende. Google book, here.
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Bibliography of George Boole

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This bibliography for George Boole just came in very handy, so I decided to distribute it. It appears in Treatise on Differential Equations, printed in 1865 and edited by Isaac Todhunter, the full text of which is found here. A very good entry on Boole is found in the Encyclopedia Britannica 11th, here.

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Spacetime Singularities and Gravitational Collapse: Skeleton Lists of Major Publications

Here are two useful sets of biblographic references to publication on black holes. Mostly it is cobbled together, except for part two (the chronological part) which is taken from the University of London, Queen Mary College, School of Mathematical Sciences site and streamlined a bit for quick reference.

(1) Spacetime Singularities and Gravitational Collapse

(Alphabetical)

H. Bateman, The transformation of coordinates which can be used to transform one physical problem into another, Proc. London Math. Soc. 8 (1910), 469-488.

E. Cartan, Sur les espaces conformes généralisés et l’Univers optique, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 174 (1922), 857-859.

E. Cartan, Sur les variétés à connexion affine et la théorie de la relativité généralisée I; I (suite); II, Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. 40 (1923), 325-412; 41 (1924), 1-25; 42 (1925), 17-88.
1983.

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Isaac Newton Online

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[Godfrey Kneller’s 1689 portrait of Isaac Newton]

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Louis Turner’s Review of Published Work on Nuclear Fission, 1934-1940.