Introduction * Part I: An Early History of the Soliton * 1. A Century and a Half Ago * 2. The Great Solitary Wave of John Scott Russell * 3. Relatives of the Soliton * Part II: Nonlinear Oscillations and Waves * 4. The Equation of the Pendulum * 5. From Pendulum to Waves and Solitons * Part III: Present and Future of Solitons * 6. Frenkel's Solitons * 7. Rebirth of the Soliton * 8. Modern Solitons * Appendix I: Lord Kelvin "On Ship Waves" * Appendix II: Skyrme's Soliton * Appendix III: Mathematics * Subject Index * Name Index
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"From the reviews: ""The Versatile Soliton" is an appropriate title
indeed. There is much new historical information in the book The
book is written in a lively language and the physics presented in a
clear, pedagogical style. Most of the chapters require only
knowledge of fairly elementary mathematics and the main ideas of
soliton physics are well explained without mathematics at all Yet
it contains valuable information and offers a historical review of
soliton physics that cannot be found elsewhere. Centaurus"No doubt,
everyone can get new information from the book. First, the book is
strongly recommended to young researchers. In a certain sense, the
book is unique and definitely will find a niche among numerous
textbooks on solitons. Physicala""The well-known author with
teaching and research experience has found the right ballance
between intuition, mathemtical precision and practical utility.
Acta Sci. Math.""In summary, this book is a good elementary
treatment of solitons and the related history of physics and
mathematics, even for readers with little knowledge of advanced
mathematics. For readers with the latter knowledge, it is still a
good introduction to the physical ideas required for the
understanding of solitons prior to the study of more mathematical
treatments from other sources. Mathematical Reviews""This engaging
book is an excellent introduction into the wonderful world of
soliton mechanics. Zentralblatt Math" The book presents the
development of the soliton theory, whose complete mathematical
description is a refined branch of modern mathematics, as a
fascinating story, full of historical collisions. The book
emphasizes common features of diverse solitons, targeting on
uncovering conceptual simplicity in apparent complexity. is
accessible to high school students, though at this level the reader
is supposed to follow some mathematical computations. (Dmitry
Shepelsky, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1205, 2011)"
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in a lively language and the physics presented in a clear,
pedagogical style. Most of the chapters require only knowledge of
fairly elementary mathematics and the main ideas of soliton physics
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valuable information and offers a historical review of soliton
physics that cannot be found elsewhere." a "Centaurus "No doubt,
everyone can get new information from the book. First, the book is
strongly recommended to young researchers. In a certain sense, the
book is unique and definitely will find a niche among numerous
textbooks on solitons." a "Physicala "The well-known authors with
teaching and research experience have found the right ballance
between intuition, mathemtical precision and practical utility." a
"Acta Sci. Math. "In summary, this book is a good elementary
treatment of solitons and the related history of physics and
mathematics, even for readers with little knowledge of advanced
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good introduction to the physical ideas required for the
understanding of solitons prior to the study of more mathematical
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