Advanced Cosmetic Otoplasty (eBook)

Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM, received his MD from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery in 1964 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California. Since then he has been continuously involved in the practice of oncologic surgery, reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery. Since 2002, Dr. Shiffman has been Chair of the Section of Surgery at the Newport Specialty Hospital (formerly the Tustin Hospital and Medical Center), and in 2009-10 he served as President of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, a member of the Scientific Committee for the American Journal of Aesthetic Medicine, and an examiner for the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Shiffman is the recipient of many honors and is a fellow of various colleges and societies. He has published almost 300 articles, authored or edited more than 30 books, and written more than 140 book chapters.

Foreword: Mathematical Physics and Theoretical Physics as Dialectics Between Mathematics and Physics, by Évelyne Barbin.- The Construction of Group Theory in Crystallography, by Bernard Maitte.- Historical Reflections on the Physics Mathematics Relationship in Electromagnetic Theory, by Raffaele Pisano.- Mathematical Physics in Italy in the XIX Century: The Theory of Elasticity, by Danilo Capecchi.- The Interaction of Physics, Mechanics and Mathematics in Joseph Liouville's Research, by Jesper Lützen.- Mathematical Physics in the Style of Gabriel Lamé and the TVeatise of Emile Mathieu, by Évelyne Barbin and René Guitart.- The Emergence of Mathematical Physics at the University of Leipzig, by Karl-Heinz Schlote.- On Boundaries of the Language of Physics, by Ladislav Kvasz.- The Relationship Between Physics and Mathematics in the XIXth Century: The Disregarded Birth of a Foundational Pluralism, by Antonino Drago.- Index.