The versatile soliton
By: Alexandre T. Filippov
Series: Modern Birkhäuser classics; Modern Birkhäuser classics
Publisher: Birkhäuser; Springer [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston; New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780817649739; 9780817649746
Subjects: Solitons
Other titles: Soliton
Work titles: Mnogolikiĭ soliton
Notes: "Reprint of the 2000 edition."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A century and a half ago; title: The great solitary wave of John Scott Russell; title: Relatives of the soliton; title: A portrait of the pendulum; title: From pendulum to waves and solitons; title: Frenkel's solitons; title: Rebirth of the soliton; title: Modern solitons; title: Appendiix 1: Lord Kelvin on ship waves; title: Appendix 2: Skyeme's soliton; title: Mathematics Appendix; title: Glossary of names.