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第二年D. McQuarrie在Science上锐评这本书,我大致注意到了几条意见。一是认为这本书只推销了液体平衡态统计的积分方程理论,而完全没有介绍其他竞争性理论,因此题目有误导,实际书名应是“Radial distribution function and integral equation techniques in the classical equilibrium theory of fluids.” 二是,McQuarrie认为全书最有价值的是Ornstein & Zernicke合著的两篇著名论文,因为这两篇论文原本发表在一个不易获取的期刊上。第三是一段对这类专著现象的吐槽,原文引用如下
The purpose of a reprint volume is to present the recent developments in an active and rapidly expanding field. In principle, this is a useful and necessary concept, but there is nevertheless the danger that, owing to the eagerness of publishers, a plethora of such volumes will appear. A number of fields are expanding and developing at such a rate that reprint volumes are needed, but it is questionable whether the classical equilibrium theory of liquids is one of them.
藤田在1954年到威斯康星大学化学系做博后。正是在这段时期他作出了超离心理论和方法上的代表性工作。当时在威斯康星大学化学系的教授John Warren Williams(1898~1988)(他本人不喜欢John这个名字,他和他身边的人称他Jack Williams)由于Svedberg1923年曾造访威斯康星大学而对超离心方法感兴趣。1934~35年Jack到Svedberg那里学习大约一年的超离心技术。回美国后主导了美国第一台超离心机的落地,就在他自己的实验室,并且用于蛋白质研究。Williams实验室因此也成为了美国趣离心方法研究的代表性实验室。藤田博来做博后之后,发挥了他在求解扩散方程方面的特长,解决了长期存在的问题,即考虑扩散系数和沉降系数的浓度依赖性之后,它们对溶质沉降边界区域形状的定量影响。他后来写的书Mathematical Theory of Sedimentation Analysis(Academic Press 1962)是超离心基础理论领域的重要著作,但可能更多人会知道他写的Foudations of Ultracentrifugal Analysis(John Wiley & Sons 1975)。在前一本书中我们可以留意到,藤田并非一位对解方程感兴趣的数学家,而是一位物理学家,因为他把自己所关注的扩散问题归类为“不可逆热力学”。这也是物理学界新形成的领域,这可大约以de Groot的著作Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processe(North-Holland 1952)和普里高津的著作Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processe(Charles C Thomas 1955)为标志。
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