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The Stanford two-mile accelerator
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Nuclear Physics A152 (1970) 673; (~) North-Holland Publishin# Co., Amsterdam
B O O K REVIEWS NEAL, R. B., The Stanford two-mile accelerator (Benjamin, New York, 1968. 1169 pp. $ 35.00) Highly technical publication reporting in minutest detail all the stages of construction of the Stanford machine. The photographs are too small and poorly reproduced; some of the graphs also suffer from excessive reduction. That measurements are given in feet and inches is a disgrace. L.R.
ROSENBLUM, S., Oeuvres scientifiques (Gauthier-Villars, ~diteur, Paris, 1969. 363 pp. 76.00 F) S. Rosenblu m's discovery of the fine structure of s-rays played a considerable role at an early stage of the development of nuclear physics. His papers, now collected in an elegant volume, fully deserve be to studicd by the new generation of physicists; they offer beautiful examples of brilliant scientific imagination, allied with uncommon skill and critical judgment in the pcrformance and analysis of experiments. From F. Perrin's biographical sketch, as well as in the last of the reprinted articles (a very original and well-written "dream"), we also get a glimpse of Rosenblum's deep humanity. Altogether a worthy and timely homage to the memory of one of the finest personalities in the history of nuclear physics.
Encyclopaedic dictionary supplementary col. 3 (Pergamon Press, Oxford) Like the preceding volumes [reviewed in this journal, A96 (1967) 706 and AI06 (1968) 697] this new supplementary volume offers an abundant collection of interesting and generally well-written articles on a variety of topical subjects, including astrophysics and technological applications of physics. A good index makes it possible to pick out the main points treated in the articles; cumulative indices will be issued every five years.
LIVINGSTON, M. S., Particle accelerators: a brieJ'history (Oxford University Press, London, 1969. 122 pp. 66/-) An authoritative, but rather sketchy and uninspired, story of the development of the various types of accclcrators.
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Nuclear Physics A152 (1970) 673; (~) North-Holland Publishin# Co., Amsterdam
B O O K REVIEWS NEAL, R. B., The Stanford two-mile accelerator (Benjamin, New York, 1968. 1169 pp. $ 35.00) Highly technical publication reporting in minutest detail all the stages of construction of the Stanford machine. The photographs are too small and poorly reproduced; some of the graphs also suffer from excessive reduction. That measurements are given in feet and inches is a disgrace. L.R.
ROSENBLUM, S., Oeuvres scientifiques (Gauthier-Villars, ~diteur, Paris, 1969. 363 pp. 76.00 F) S. Rosenblu m's discovery of the fine structure of s-rays played a considerable role at an early stage of the development of nuclear physics. His papers, now collected in an elegant volume, fully deserve be to studicd by the new generation of physicists; they offer beautiful examples of brilliant scientific imagination, allied with uncommon skill and critical judgment in the pcrformance and analysis of experiments. From F. Perrin's biographical sketch, as well as in the last of the reprinted articles (a very original and well-written "dream"), we also get a glimpse of Rosenblum's deep humanity. Altogether a worthy and timely homage to the memory of one of the finest personalities in the history of nuclear physics.
Encyclopaedic dictionary supplementary col. 3 (Pergamon Press, Oxford) Like the preceding volumes [reviewed in this journal, A96 (1967) 706 and AI06 (1968) 697] this new supplementary volume offers an abundant collection of interesting and generally well-written articles on a variety of topical subjects, including astrophysics and technological applications of physics. A good index makes it possible to pick out the main points treated in the articles; cumulative indices will be issued every five years.
LIVINGSTON, M. S., Particle accelerators: a brieJ'history (Oxford University Press, London, 1969. 122 pp. 66/-) An authoritative, but rather sketchy and uninspired, story of the development of the various types of accclcrators.
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