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the second involves the interplay of many molecules. HANDBOOK OF THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID MATERIALS, compiled b y Alexander Goldsmith, Thomas E. W a t e r m a n and Harry J. Hirschhorn. Five volumes, revised edition, 4300 pages, diagrams, charts, 8½ X 11 in. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1961. Price, $90.00 (five volumes). Prepared by Armour Research Foundation under contract to the U. S. Air Force, this five-volume reference work provides a much needed source of reliable thermophysical property data on high temperature materials. Twelve properties are included: density, melting point, latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporization, latent heat of sublimation, specific heat, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, emissivity and reflectivity, linear thermal expansion, vapor pressure, and electric resistivity. The first four volumes deal, respectively, with: I, elements (melting points above 1000 ° F.); II, alloys; I I I, ceramics; and IV, cermets, iutermetallics, polymerics, and composites. Volume V contains the list of references from which the data were compiled and an author index. The data are presented clearly, both ill tabular and graphical forln. Workers in missiles, aircraft and the nuclear sciences will find this handbook invaluable and easy to use; the sturdy binding will withstand hard usage. AN INDEX OF PUBLISHED INFRA-RED SPECTRA, VOLS. I AND II, edited by Ministry of Aviation Technical hfformation and Library Services. 805 pages, 8½ X 13¼ in. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. Price, $18.40. American agents, British Information Services. This "Beilstein" type of index enables a given spectrum to be traced in the literature. The first two volumes include most of the spectra published up to 1957, and subsequent volumes will follow. All the infra-red spectra are listed under a formula index; the state in which the sample was studied is also given, as are the wavelength range covered and an indication of the optical system employed. Nearly 10,000 references are covered. Practicing spectroscopists will find this a valuable
[J. F. I.
source of information, and a real saver.
time-
BLACK GOLD, by A r t h u r Beeby-Thompson. 533 pages, plates, 6½ X 9} in. New York, Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $5.95. This is the autobiography of the Grand Old M a n of oil, covering the exciting early days of this industry, beginning in 1898, up through the latest techniques. The reader is taken to Africa, Baku, the Caribbean, Mesopotamia, Peru, Egypt, America and Arabia, as the author recounts his adventures in pioneering in the oil industry.
MANAGEMENT MODELS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING, Volume I, by A. Charnes and W. ~V. Cooper. 467 pages, diagrams, 7 X I0½ in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1961. Price, $12.50. The contents of this new work are based on research conducted by the authors for ahnost ten years. It is directed mainly to persons who are interested in managerial applications of linear programming, and is intended to serve as a textbook as well as a reference. Some of the general topics covered are the Simplex Method and Some Geometry in Linear Spaces, Data Interpretations b y Direct and Dual Relations, Horizons and Surrogates in a Dynamic Model for Production Scheduling, and Degeneracy, Perturbation, and Complete Regularization. QUANTUM THEORY: ELEMENTS, VOLUME 1, edited by D. R. Bates. 435 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Academic Press Inc., 1961. Price, $10.00. The first in a series of three volunms, this book is intended as an advanced text and reference on the fundamentals and applications of q u a n t u m theory. The reader should have a knowledge of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory and atomic physics, and be familiar with the ordinary techniques of mathematical analysis. In this first volume of Quantum Theory, non-relativistic wave mechanics and matrix mechanics are introduced and an extensive survey of the exactly soluble problems of the point and of the continuous spectrum is
Book NOTES
the second involves the interplay of many molecules. HANDBOOK OF THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID MATERIALS, compiled b y Alexander Goldsmith, Thomas E. W a t e r m a n and Harry J. Hirschhorn. Five volumes, revised edition, 4300 pages, diagrams, charts, 8½ X 11 in. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1961. Price, $90.00 (five volumes). Prepared by Armour Research Foundation under contract to the U. S. Air Force, this five-volume reference work provides a much needed source of reliable thermophysical property data on high temperature materials. Twelve properties are included: density, melting point, latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporization, latent heat of sublimation, specific heat, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, emissivity and reflectivity, linear thermal expansion, vapor pressure, and electric resistivity. The first four volumes deal, respectively, with: I, elements (melting points above 1000 ° F.); II, alloys; I I I, ceramics; and IV, cermets, iutermetallics, polymerics, and composites. Volume V contains the list of references from which the data were compiled and an author index. The data are presented clearly, both ill tabular and graphical forln. Workers in missiles, aircraft and the nuclear sciences will find this handbook invaluable and easy to use; the sturdy binding will withstand hard usage. AN INDEX OF PUBLISHED INFRA-RED SPECTRA, VOLS. I AND II, edited by Ministry of Aviation Technical hfformation and Library Services. 805 pages, 8½ X 13¼ in. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. Price, $18.40. American agents, British Information Services. This "Beilstein" type of index enables a given spectrum to be traced in the literature. The first two volumes include most of the spectra published up to 1957, and subsequent volumes will follow. All the infra-red spectra are listed under a formula index; the state in which the sample was studied is also given, as are the wavelength range covered and an indication of the optical system employed. Nearly 10,000 references are covered. Practicing spectroscopists will find this a valuable
[J. F. I.
source of information, and a real saver.
time-
BLACK GOLD, by A r t h u r Beeby-Thompson. 533 pages, plates, 6½ X 9} in. New York, Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $5.95. This is the autobiography of the Grand Old M a n of oil, covering the exciting early days of this industry, beginning in 1898, up through the latest techniques. The reader is taken to Africa, Baku, the Caribbean, Mesopotamia, Peru, Egypt, America and Arabia, as the author recounts his adventures in pioneering in the oil industry.
MANAGEMENT MODELS AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING, Volume I, by A. Charnes and W. ~V. Cooper. 467 pages, diagrams, 7 X I0½ in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1961. Price, $12.50. The contents of this new work are based on research conducted by the authors for ahnost ten years. It is directed mainly to persons who are interested in managerial applications of linear programming, and is intended to serve as a textbook as well as a reference. Some of the general topics covered are the Simplex Method and Some Geometry in Linear Spaces, Data Interpretations b y Direct and Dual Relations, Horizons and Surrogates in a Dynamic Model for Production Scheduling, and Degeneracy, Perturbation, and Complete Regularization. QUANTUM THEORY: ELEMENTS, VOLUME 1, edited by D. R. Bates. 435 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Academic Press Inc., 1961. Price, $10.00. The first in a series of three volunms, this book is intended as an advanced text and reference on the fundamentals and applications of q u a n t u m theory. The reader should have a knowledge of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory and atomic physics, and be familiar with the ordinary techniques of mathematical analysis. In this first volume of Quantum Theory, non-relativistic wave mechanics and matrix mechanics are introduced and an extensive survey of the exactly soluble problems of the point and of the continuous spectrum is