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Misprints in edition 23.8 :

Volume 1, page 359, Challenge 29: "but not experiments has yet probed" (CS: thank you)

The following misprints from edition 23.7 have already been corrected in edition 23.8:

Volume 1, page 63, Challenge 97s: The Moon’s angualr size -- The Moon’s angular size (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 125 line 5: "The last ice age had is peak" -> had a peak (or had its peak). (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 130: maybe you would like to move figure 95 some-where near page 82 where it belongs to. (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 161: It is unkonw whether the mass of teh Earth increases -- It is unknown whether the mass of the Earth increases (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 215: If the 8 matrices are an irreducible representation of D4, then why you say that the complete list of possible irreducible representations of the group D4 is given by singlets, doublets and quartets. (CS: thank you, should be "also includes" instead of "is given by". Hm, I must still check the content; I do not know this any more...)

Volume 1, page 239 second line: "depend exclusively on the on the ratio" -> depend exclusively on the ratio (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 264 last line in footnote: "Especially if we the imagine particles" -> Especially if we imagine particles (CS: thank you!)

Volume 1, page 382: The link members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html in note 305 is dead. (CS: Thank you: it is now http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html )

Volume 1, page 413: There is a 'sin' missing in the denominators of equations 138 and 139 (challenge 403). (CS: yes, thank you!)

Volume 1, page 414: One of the denominators in eq. 140 should have been 1 - sin phi (challenge 409). (CS: of course, thank you!)

Volume 1, page 414 challenge 415: "That is the reason that later on the group D4 is only called approximate symmetry group." -> ... approximate symmetry group of figure 153. (CS: thank you!)

Volume 6, page 312: Title should be "... je rêve, ..." instead of "rève". (CS: thank you!)

The following misprints have already been corrected in editions 23.5 and 23.6:

Volume 1, page 30: 'How much time would all the wheat fields of the world take to produce the necessary rice?' Infinity time, because wheat fields produce zero rice (CS: thank you, good point :-)

Volume 1, page 67: '... we fill find ...' should be 'we WILL find' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 70: 'spince' should be 'SPINE' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 97: The sentence 'In summary, in addition to mass and energy, everyday linear motion also conserves energy.' should probably read 'In summary, in addition to mass and momentum, everyday linear motion also conserves energy.' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 134: 'you can choose the rotation axis in may different ways' Should be ...in many different... (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 141, Table 25: 'Rome 9.9.8034755m/s2' should be 'Rome 9.8034755m/s2' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 176: I suspect the first sentence 'All those types of motion that can be described when the only permanent property of a body is mass, form the mass of a body is its only permanent property form what is called mechanics.' should sound like 'All those types of motion that can be described when the only permanent property of a body is mass, form what is called mechanics.' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 178, Line 20: "motion.)" fraction should be removed. (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 382 The link members.aol.com/jeff570/mathsym.html in note 305 is dead. (CS: Thank you: it is now http://jeff560.tripod.com/mathsym.html )

Volume 1, page 404: 'The friction if the tides on Earth are the main cause.' Maybe: ...friction 'of' the tides... (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 1, page 407, Challenge 294: In the third sentence, it should be 'In fact', not 'In fcat' (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 2, page 15: Page ?? (was probably a cross reference to one of the other volumes) (CS: thank you)

Volume 5: (CS: thank you; these are all corrected in the next revision!) Here are some notes I compiled reading ch5 of your book. It might make it easier to have a review/draft copy available with line numbers at the side of the page, and then a separate "production version" without line numbering. Here are the notes:

Volume 5, p140 line 1 in table 12: "neodynium" should be "neodymium"

Volume 5, p140 line 14 in table 12: insert "thorium-radon method"

Volume 5, p140 line 15 in table 12: compare half-life value of 5715a here with that given in line 2 of paragraph 5 on p139: 5568a

Volume 5, use of "a" for "years" not generally recognized in US colloquial English.

Volume 5, p124 para 1 line 3 : not bad... unfortunately the word "not" is not capitalized here unless artistic license is utilized...

Volume 5, p124 para 1 line 4: "also these activities are" should be "these activities are also"... but I'd redraft the entire sentence: "These activities have been in strong decline since 1985, with the exception of ..."

Volume 5, p124 para 1 line 5: I'd rewrite this, too: from "Despite the short time of activity, the history of nuclear physics is impressive;" to "The history of nuclear physics is impressive, given the short time this field has been in existence: It ..."

Volume 5, p124 para 2 line 1: delete "has"

Volume 5, p124 para 2 line 2: change "allows to" to "allows us to"

Volume 5, p124 para 3 line 6: The sentences "Interestingly, the absorption level depends on the chemical compound the nucleus is built into. Thus the absorption value will depend on the chemical environment." are true, but perhaps not very illuminating. My suggestion: "Interestingly, the absorption level of the nucleus under consideration is dependent on the characteristics of the electron distribution on neighboring nuclei, as well as characteristics present in the neighboring nuclei themselves, in the chemical compound." Streamfortyseven 08:12, 19 November 2009 (CET)

Volume 6, preface, first line: curiousity must be curiosity. (CS: thank you)

Volume 6 page 23, 12th draft. Last paragraph should begin "The limit for ..." or some such. (CS: thank you)

Volume 6, page 108: "7. The Dirac construction for spin provides a model for fermions that mathces observa-" should be "matches" (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 6, page 112: "To sumup: despite all attemopts" should be "attempts" (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 6, page 119: last line of second to last para, "number f ic conjectured" should be "number f is conjectured" (CS: thank you for your help - and happy Christmas! I seem to have forgotten the final spelling check - sorry for that.)

Volume 6, page 127: Summary of the Fifth... "as resulting form extended" should be "from" (CS: Thank you!)

Volume 6, page 134: second from last line the radical is overprinted. (CS: thank you; this happens a few times; I must solve the latex problem behind it.)