Summary
This book is not a work on electron optics by Dennis Gabor, but rather a corrupted metadata entry that has been incorrectly merged with the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. The passages provided consist entirely of encyclopedia entries on unrelated topics such as abandonment in law, the Abauzit family, and the Jewish rabbi Isaac Alfasi. No content from Gabor's actual 1945 work on electron optics is present.
The text instead offers a series of historical and legal definitions from the 1911 Britannica. For example, it defines "abandonment" in law as the relinquishment of an interest, claim, or possession, and provides biographical sketches of figures like Firmin Abauzit, a French scholar who defended Newton's discoveries. A reader of this compilation would gain knowledge of early 20th-century encyclopedia entries on diverse subjects, but nothing about electron optics, electron lenses, or Gabor's theories.
Key concepts
- Abandonment (law) — The legal relinquishment of an interest, claim, privilege, or possession, with varying significations across different branches of law.
- Firmin Abauzit — A learned French Protestant who fled persecution, became proficient in languages, physics, and theology, and was an early defender of Sir Isaac Newton's discoveries.
- Isaac Alfasi (Riph) — An 11th-century Jewish rabbi and codifier, known for his Talmudical Digest called *Halakhoth* or *Decisions*, which condensed the Talmud for practical law.
- Halakhoth* (Decisions) — A Talmudical Digest by Isaac Alfasi that omitted homiletical passages and laws only applicable in Palestine, influencing later codes by Maimonides and Joseph Qaro.
- Spanish method of Talmud study — An approach that sought to simplify the Talmud and free it from casuistical detail, in contrast to the methods of French rabbis.
From the book
For other versions of this work, see Encyclopædia Britannica . ← 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911 ) Title page → related portals : Reference Works Shortcut : EB11 or EB1911 Notes on reading the Wikisource edition . A special disclaimer for this project . Collaboration page for contributors . 12543 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 Table of contents This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1931. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works . Public domain Public domain false false← Alabama 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 "Alabama" Arbitration by Montague Hughes Crackanthorpe Alabama River → See also Alabama Claims on…
He is commonly known as Rab.← Abbadie, Jakob 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 'Abbahu Abba Mari → See also Abbahu on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 12925 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — 'Abbahu ʼABBAHU, the name of a Palestinian ʼamora ( q.v. ) who flourished c . 279–320. ʼAbbahu encouraged the study of Greek by Jews. He was famous as a collector of traditional lore, and is very often cited in the Talmud.
He was author of Quaestiones ( Sheiltoth ), a collection of homilies (at once learned and popular) on Jewish law and ethics. This is recorded to have been the first work written by a Jewish scholar after the completion of the Talmud.← Alphabet 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 'Al-phasi, Isaac Alphege, Saint → See also Isaac Alfasi on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 1202415 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — 'Al-phasi, Isaac ’AL-PHASI, ISAAC (1013–1103), Jewish rabbi and codifier, known as Riph , was born near Fez in 1013 and died at Lucena in 1103. ’Al-Phasi means the “man of Fez” (medieval Jews were often named after their birthplaces). He was forced to leave Fez when an old man of 75, being accused on some unknown political charge. He then…
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