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VOLUME 1Physics in 1900B. PippardIntroducing Atoms and Their NucleiA. PaisQuanta and Quantum MechanicsH. RechenbergHistory of RelativityJ. StachelNuclear Forces, Mesons and Isospin SymmetryL.M. BrownSolid State Structure AnalysisW. CochranThermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (In Equilibrium)C. DombNonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics or the Vagaries of Time EvolutionM. DresdenVOLUME 2Elementary Particles Physics in the Second Half of the Twentieth CenturyV.L. Fitch and J. L. RosnerFluid MechanicsJ. LighthillSuperfluids and SuperconductorsA. J. LeggettVibrations and Spin Waves in CrystalsR.A. Cowley and B. PippardAtomic and Molecular PhysicsU. FanoMagnetismK.W.H. StevensNuclear DynamicsD.M. BrinkUnits, Standards and ConstantsA. BaileyVOLUME 3Electrons in SolidsB. PippardA History of Optical and Optoelectronic Physics in the Twentieth CenturyR.G.W. Brown and E.R. PikePhysics of MaterialsR.W. CahnElectron-Beam InstrumentsT. MulveySoft Matter: Birth and Growth of ConceptsP.G. de GennesPlasma Physics in the Twentieth CenturyR.F. PostAstrophysics and CosmologyM.S. LongairComputer-Generated PhysicsM.J. FeigenbaumMedical PhysicsJ.R. MallardGeophysicsS.G. Brush and C.S. GillmorReflections of Twentieth-Century Physics: Three EssaysHistorical Overview of the Twentieth Century in PhysicsP. AndersonNature ItselfS. WeinbergSome Reflections on Physics as a Social InstitutionJ. Ziman