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A “first book” on fire safety in the atomic age
Jan., 1953.]
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BOOK NOTES PRINCIPLES OF RADAR,by J. Francis Reintjes and Godfrey T. Coate. Third edition, 985 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 16 >( 24 cm. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952. Price, $7.75. Although this is the third edition of this work in ten years, the field it covers has changed so rapidly that the present edition has been completely reorganized and nearly all the material has been rewritten. About half the illustrations are new and the book is about twenty per cent longer than the second edition. A new chapter on Radio-frequency Transmitting and Receiving Systems has been added. Dealing with the fundamental concepts and techniques of pulse radar, the book presents the engineering principles of the pulse circuits and the high frequency devices common to nearly all radar systems. It should also be pointed out that the format is new, being printed in double-column letterpress, rather than offset. A '*FIRST BOOK" ON FIRE SAFETYIN THE ATOMICAGE, by Horatio Bond. 74 pages, diagrams, 14 X 20 cm. Boston, National Fire Protection Association, 1952. Price, $3.00. Setting down for the first time a program of A-bomb fire safety, this small book should be read by all Civil Defense workers, firemen, fire-protection engineers, and just ordinary citizens who may be the victims of an A-bomb attack. The author has made a comprehensive study of wartime bomb-set fires and his findings are gathered together under such topics as Primary Fire Effects, Secondary Fire Effects, Fire Fighting, Outdoor Storage, Fire Resistive Buildings, etc. A comprehensive bibliography adds to the value of the book, as do the illustrations. ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALSOF COMMUNICATION,by Arthur L. Albert. Second edition, 531 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 16 X 24 cm. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1952. Price, $7.00. Retaining the same scope and basic nature of the original 1942 edition, this second edition of a text for beginning students in electrical communication places emphasis on radio (and television) fundamentals. Definitions and terminology have been changed to agree with the latest standards of the I R E and the AIEE. In its new form, the text should continue to be popular with students and teachers. TEXTBOOK OF QUANTITATIVE INORGANIC ANALYSIS, by I. M. Kolthoff and E. B. Sandell. Third edition, 759 pages, diagrams, tables, 16 X 24 cm. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1952. Price. $5.50. The third edition of this standard text has been modernized and expanded. Sections receiving special attention in this revision are those on physical and physico-chemical analytical methods, quantitative separations, organic reagents, electrolytic methods, extraction methods, and separations based on ion exchange and chromatography. A new section on the Br6nsted theory of acids and bases has been added to Chapter IV. Although instrumental methods of quantitative analysis have developed tremendously since 1935, when the first edition appeared, the authors believe that the fundamentals of classical analytical chemistry must be learned. They have, therefore, prepared this third edition along the same lines as the previous ones. FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS, by William G. Dow. Second edition, 627 pages, diagrams, 15 )< 23 cm. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1952. Price, $8.50 Students and professors of electrical engineering courses will welcome the second edition of this well-known text on electronic circuitry. The major changes in the present edition are: (1) use of the mks system of units; (2) modernization of the treatment on space-charge control tubes; (3) new principles employed in the ultrahigh and microwave frequency ranges; (4) analysis of semiconductors with reference to the Fermi distribution and the Fermi level. To make room for these changes without increasing the size of the text, some material has been omitted, but most of this omitted material will be incorporated into two other texts soon to be published.
BOOK NOTES
85
BOOK NOTES PRINCIPLES OF RADAR,by J. Francis Reintjes and Godfrey T. Coate. Third edition, 985 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 16 >( 24 cm. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952. Price, $7.75. Although this is the third edition of this work in ten years, the field it covers has changed so rapidly that the present edition has been completely reorganized and nearly all the material has been rewritten. About half the illustrations are new and the book is about twenty per cent longer than the second edition. A new chapter on Radio-frequency Transmitting and Receiving Systems has been added. Dealing with the fundamental concepts and techniques of pulse radar, the book presents the engineering principles of the pulse circuits and the high frequency devices common to nearly all radar systems. It should also be pointed out that the format is new, being printed in double-column letterpress, rather than offset. A '*FIRST BOOK" ON FIRE SAFETYIN THE ATOMICAGE, by Horatio Bond. 74 pages, diagrams, 14 X 20 cm. Boston, National Fire Protection Association, 1952. Price, $3.00. Setting down for the first time a program of A-bomb fire safety, this small book should be read by all Civil Defense workers, firemen, fire-protection engineers, and just ordinary citizens who may be the victims of an A-bomb attack. The author has made a comprehensive study of wartime bomb-set fires and his findings are gathered together under such topics as Primary Fire Effects, Secondary Fire Effects, Fire Fighting, Outdoor Storage, Fire Resistive Buildings, etc. A comprehensive bibliography adds to the value of the book, as do the illustrations. ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALSOF COMMUNICATION,by Arthur L. Albert. Second edition, 531 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 16 X 24 cm. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1952. Price, $7.00. Retaining the same scope and basic nature of the original 1942 edition, this second edition of a text for beginning students in electrical communication places emphasis on radio (and television) fundamentals. Definitions and terminology have been changed to agree with the latest standards of the I R E and the AIEE. In its new form, the text should continue to be popular with students and teachers. TEXTBOOK OF QUANTITATIVE INORGANIC ANALYSIS, by I. M. Kolthoff and E. B. Sandell. Third edition, 759 pages, diagrams, tables, 16 X 24 cm. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1952. Price. $5.50. The third edition of this standard text has been modernized and expanded. Sections receiving special attention in this revision are those on physical and physico-chemical analytical methods, quantitative separations, organic reagents, electrolytic methods, extraction methods, and separations based on ion exchange and chromatography. A new section on the Br6nsted theory of acids and bases has been added to Chapter IV. Although instrumental methods of quantitative analysis have developed tremendously since 1935, when the first edition appeared, the authors believe that the fundamentals of classical analytical chemistry must be learned. They have, therefore, prepared this third edition along the same lines as the previous ones. FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS, by William G. Dow. Second edition, 627 pages, diagrams, 15 )< 23 cm. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1952. Price, $8.50 Students and professors of electrical engineering courses will welcome the second edition of this well-known text on electronic circuitry. The major changes in the present edition are: (1) use of the mks system of units; (2) modernization of the treatment on space-charge control tubes; (3) new principles employed in the ultrahigh and microwave frequency ranges; (4) analysis of semiconductors with reference to the Fermi distribution and the Fermi level. To make room for these changes without increasing the size of the text, some material has been omitted, but most of this omitted material will be incorporated into two other texts soon to be published.