Whittaker on the Omega, 1943

Edmund T. Whittaker.  The Beginning and End of the World. Oxford University Press, 1943 (following the first printing of 1942).  8x5 inches, 55pp.  Nice, stiff, printed wrappers.  Slightly luxurious.  Very good condition.  $45

Includes an interesting chapter, "Energy and its Degradation". 

A listing of some of Whittaker's publications (via Wiki):

• A Course of Modern Analysis. 1902.
• "On the partial differential equations of mathematical physics". Math. Ann., Vol. 57, 1903, p. 333–355.
• "On an expression of the electromagnetic field due to electrons by means of two scalar potential functions". Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. Series 2, Vol. 1, 1904, pp. 367–372.
• A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies. First Edition, Cambridge 1904.
• The Theory of Optical Instruments (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics No. 7), Cambridge 1907.
• Recent Researches on Space, Time, and Force, MNRAS, Vol. 70, pp. 363–366.
• A History of the theories of aether and electricity (1. edition), Dublin: Longman, Green and Co.
• "On the functions which are represented by the expansions of the interpolation theory," Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Sec. A, vol.35, pp. 181–194, 1915.
• A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies. Second Edition, Cambridge 1917.
• "On the quantum mechanism in the atom". Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Vol. 42, 1922, pp. 129–146
• A Short Course in Interpolation. London 1923.
• The Calculus of Observations: A treatise on numerical mathematics. 1924.
• Space and Spirit: Theories of the Universe and the Arguments for the Existence of God. 1946.
• The Beginning and End of the World. Riddell Memorial Lectures, Fourteenth Series. Oxford 1942.
• Eddington’s Principle in the Philosophy of Science. Cambridge 1951.
• A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity (2nd edition), vol. 1: The Classical Theories / vol. 2: The Modern Theories 1900–1926, London: Nelson, ISBN 0-486-26126-3
• From Euclid to Eddington: A Study of Conceptions of the External World. Dover 1958.
• "Whittaker Memorial Volume". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 1958.
• Bearden, T. E., "Gravitobiology : Conception of Edmund Whittaker (papers of 1903-1904)". Tesla Book Co., Chula Vista, CA, USA.