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whole section can be r e a d also b y non-specialists. T h e not too s p e e d y p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e proceedings has, u n f o r t u n a t e l y , caused s o m e of t h e r e p o r t s to a p p e a r s l i g h t l y o u t of date. I n a few cases, however, t h e r e a d e r is b r o u g h t up to t h e s t a t u s in M a r c h 1961 b y s u p p l e m e n t a r y notes. T h e second section r e p o r t s on t h e g e n e r a t i o n of polarized nucleons (in p a r t i c u l a r n e u t r o n s of v a r i o u s energies) and d e u t e r o n s b y reactions. Several p a p e r s on reactions a n d scatt e r i n g of polarized particles are collected in t h e t h i r d section a n d t h e f o u r t h section deals w i t h theories concerning polarization effects of nucleons. T h e last t h r e e sections are s o m e w h a t more specialized w i t h i n t h e i r scopes, p r o b a b l y p a r t l y because t h e s u b j e c t s t r e a t e d h a v e been r e c e n t l y r e v i e w e d elsewhere.

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A group of reactor e x p e r t s f r o m t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A t o m i c E n e r g y A g e n c y and f r o m s o m e i m p o r t a n t r e a c t o r c e n t r e s in t h e world h a s p r e p a r e d t h i s m a n u a l on safe o p e r a t i o n of critical a s s e m b l i e s a n d r e s e a r c h reactors. T h e M a n u a l is published as a n issue of t h e A g e n c y ' s " S a f e t y S e r i e s " a n d a p p e a r s in English, F r e n c h , R u s s i a n a n d Spanish. A f t e r a n i n t r o d u c t i o n including, a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , definitions of t h e t h e r m i n o l o g y used, t h e t w o m a i n c h a p t e r s follow. T h e s e t w o c h a p t e r s , dealing w i t h critical a s s e m b l i e s r e s p e c t i v e l y r e s e a r c h reactors, p r e s e n t t h e details of t h e s a f e t y p r o b l e m s to be t h o u g h t of in design, i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n , c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d operation. T h e radiological p r o t e c t i o n i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n is g i v e n a special s u b c h a p t e r . T h e c h a p t e r on Personnel is e m p h a s i z i n g a v e r y i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r , i.e. t h e t r a i n i n g a n d t h e control of qualificatiotx of t h e personnel e n g a g e d in t h e operation. A special 95 hours course followed b y e x a m i n a t i o n is s u g g e s t e d for t h i s purpose. A d m i n i s t r a t i v e procedures, S a f e t y D o c u m e n t s a n d E m e r g e n c y procedures are t a k e n u p in o t h e r c h a p t e r s . A selected list of references on r e a c t o r s a f e t y p r o b l e m s is found in t h e end of t h e m a n u a l , as well as useful e x a m p l e s on " r e a c t o r s t a n d i n g orders" and "operating instructions". I n spite of t h e m o d e s t F o r e w o r d b y t h e D i r e c t o r General of I A E A it is believed t h a t t h i s m a n u a l will be used all o v e r t h e world as a normalizing guide on r e a c t o r s a f e t y .

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PROGRESS IN L o w TEMPERATURE PHYSICS. V o l u m e I I f (1961), E d i t o r C. J. G o r t e r ( N o r t h - H o l l a n d P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y , A m s t e r d a m ) . 495 pages. Guilders 48.

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T h e first successful nucleon polarization e x p e r i m e n t was r e p o r t e d in 1951, a n d since t h e n t h e t h e o r e t i c a l a n d exp e r i m e n t a l s t u d y of nucleon polarization p h e n o m e n a h a s b e e n a r a p i d l y g r o w i n g field. As a consequence, as m a n y as 52 t a l k s were delivered a t t h e Basel s y m p o s i u m on t h e s e m a t t e r s last year, e v e n t h o u g h its scope w a s f u r t h e r r e s t r i c t e d b y t h e exclusion of h i g h e n e r g y p h y s i c s f r o m t h e p r o g r a m . T h e proceedings h a v e b e e n d i v i d e d into four sections, a s u r v e y article f o r m i n g t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n to each section. T h e first section, which deals w i t h t h e t e c h n i q u e s for t h e p r o d u c t i o n of sources a n d t a r g e t s of polarized nuclei, should b e p a r t i c u l a r l y valuable. I t covers a b o u t one t h i r d of t h e book a n d g i v e s a good p i c t u r e of t h e work going on in s e v e r a l laboratories to develop t h e s e n e w techniques, which w i t h o u t d o u b t will be m o s t i m p o r t a n t for f u t u r e polarization e x p e r i m e n t s . T h e i n t r o d u c t o r y s u r v e y is also sufficiently general a n d e l e m e n t a r y t h a t t h e

A f t e r t h e second v o l u m e t h e editor did n o t i n t e n d to edit m o r e books in t h i s series. T h e r e was, however, a g r e a t d e m a n d for t h i s t y p e of r e v i e w articles t h a t c o v e r t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e s t a g e b e t w e e n original publications a n d a d v a n c e d t e x t b o o k s . T h u s t h e t h i r d v o l u m e of " P r o g r e s s in L o w T e m p e r a t u r e P h y s i c s " has now a p p e a r e d a n d we are v e r y g r a t e f u l to t h e editor a n d t h e a u t h o r s for t h i s v a l u a b l e c o n t r i b u t i o n to t h e l i t e r a t u r e in t h e low t e m p e r a t u r e field. T h e first articles t r e a t t h e p r o p e r t i e s of liquid helium, such as W . F. V i n e n : V o r t e x lines in liquid h e l i u m II, G. Careri: H e l i u m ions in liquid h e l i u m I f a n d M. J. B u c k i n g h a m , W . M. F a i r b a n k : T h e n a t u r e of t h e A-transition in liquid helium. T h e r e is n o w a d a y s a n increased i n t e r e s t in 3He. T h e p r o p e r t i e s of liquid and solid 3He are r e v i e w e d b y E. R. Grilly a n d E. F. H a m m e l . E x p e r i m e n t a l i s t s , w h o w a n t to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of aHe for t e m p e r a t u r e s below I°K c a n g a i n m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h e article b y K. W . T a c o n i s a b o u t SHe C r y o s t a t s . A v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g article b y J. B a r d e e n a n d J. R. Schrieffer g i v e s a s u r v e y of t h e r e c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t s in s u p e r c o n d u c t i v i t y . E l e c t r o n resonances in metals, cyclotron resonance w i t h nonskin d a m p i n g a n d p a r a m a g n e t i c resonance, is t h e s u b j e c t of a p a p e r b y M. Y A . Azbel a n d I. M. Lifshitz. V o l u m e I I of t h i s series c o n t a i n e d an article a b o u t o r i e n t a t i o n of a t o m i c nuclei a t low t e m p e r a t u r e s . I n t h e p r e s e n t v o l u m e W. J. H u i s k a m p a n d H . A. Tolhock h a v e w r i t t e n a n o t h e r p a p e r in t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g field w i t h special a t t e n t i o n to t h e m o s t r e c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t . S o l i d s t a t e m a s e r s are t r e a t e d b y N. Bloembergen, and J. J. M. B e e n a k k e r g i v e s a s u r v e y of t h e t r a n s p o r t p r o p e r t i e s of hydrogenic molecules. T h e last article b y Z. D o k o u p i l t r e a t s s o m e solid-gas equilibria a t low t e m p e r a t u r e s . T h e editor is to be c o n g r a t u l a t e d to t h i s excellent t h i r d v o l u m e a n d it is hoped t h a t a f o u r t h v o l u m e will a p p e a r in a near f u t u r e . O. B E C K M A N

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