Group of Science Textbooks from the Library of Vivian A. Johnson
[Ca. 1900-1930]. Various. 7 volumes, 8vos, various paginations. Each signed by Vivian Johnson in front, one with a gift inscription to a family member, the rest with her ownership signature. A few scattered markings in the text, but generally not annotated. Generally very good with wear to covers, but each generally sound.
Lovely set of science books from the library of one of the important woman scientists in the new field of solid state physics. Vivian Annabelle Johnson (1912-1985) was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, earing a B.A. in physics from Reed College before attending Purdue as a graduate assistant under Karl Lark-Horovitz. She earned a Master's degree in 1934 and three years later, completed her PhD thesis, Effect of Valence Electrons on the Electron Cloud Distribution with Wolfgang Nordheim. This research contributed to the newly developing field.
She remained on the faculty at Purdue where she continued her specialization and research, being named assistant department head in 1973. Her trailblazing work as a woman in the field paved the way for others such as her friend, Cleota Fry. In 1939, Fry became one of the first women to earn a PhD in mathematics, also at Purdue, before WWII.
The Science of Everyday Life, by by Edgar F. Van Buskirk and Edith Lillian Smith, Houghton Mifflin, 1921.
An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis by Frank Loxley Griffin, Houghton Mifflin, 1921.
A Short Table of Integrals, third revised edition, by B.O. Peirce, Ginn and Company, 1929.
An Introduction to the Use of Generalized Coordinates in Mechanics and Physics by William Elwood Byerly, Ginn and Company, 1916
The New World of Physical Discovery by Floyd L. Darrow, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930 (gifted to her father).
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables, revised edition, by Earle Raymond Hedrick, The Macmillan Company, 1927.
A Short Table of Integrals by B.O. Peirce, revised edition, Ginn and Company, 1899.
Price: $400.00