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Alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy
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Nuclear Physics 72 (1965)
695-696;
@
North-Holland
Publishing Co., Amsterdam
BOOK REVIEWS E. K. HYDE, I. PERLMANand G. T. SEABORG,The nuclear properties of the heavy elements. I. Systematics of nuclear structure and radioactivity. II Detailed radioactivity properties. E. K. HYDE III. Fission phenomena (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ., 1964. xv-407 p.; xvi-699 p.; xviii-519 p.) The huge amount of material accumulated and gradually refined in the course of years on the properties of the heavy nuclei is here collected in authoritative fashion by the best experts in the field. The volumes, replete with up-to-date tables and diagrams, form an indispensible work of reference; in fact, one would wish a similar basic compilation for the other nuclei as well. The authors have been able to conciliate practical laboratory needs with thoroughness of treatment: each question is presented in all its theoretical as well as experimental aspects, and even the historical background is given brief consideration. Inevitably, the text has the character of a survey rather than that of a textbook exposition, and the authors have been more anxious to produce complete than critical reports; but at any rate these reports fultil their limited function in a neat, matter of fact way. The arrangement of the material is well-thought out and conveniently distributed among the three volumes; the first and third deal with the general properties, fission occupying a whole volume, while the second reviews the radioactive and transuranic nuclei individually. L.R. K. SIEGBAHN(editor) Alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy (North-Holland, 1965. 2 volumes, ~~-1742 p. 180 glds. (per set)).
Amsterdam,
The second edition of this collective work, rounded off by the inclusion of a-rays, has grown to almost double size. This increase reflects the staggering expansion of nearly all branches of the vast subject during the last decade: new instrumentation, new techniques of theoretical analysis, and even new fundamental theoretical insight have given the whole picture an entirely new look. The arrangement of the text has become more rational and is also rationally distributed between the two volumes, the first one concentrating on the properties of stationary states, the second on the phenomena accompanying transitions between such states. In spite of the thorough transformation it has undergone, the work has retained its general purpose and character, as well as its very high standard of excellence. In fact, it can almost be described as an encyclopaedic treatise on nuclear physics; for one finds in it as full a survey of the experimental methods as of the theories accounting for nuclear structures and the nuclear effects of electromagnetic and weak interactions -only the nuclear reactions are not included. The appendices containing the tables have also been completely renewed: some tables supersede those of the previous work, but others provide additional aid to the experimenter, thus completing the Nuclear Spectroscopy Tables, which remain a useful companion to the present work. L.R. G. HELLWIG Difirential xi-253 p. DM 36.)
Operatoren der mathematischen
Physik (Springer-Verlag,
Berlin, 1964.
In this monograph, written with great care and elegance, the student will find a clear exposition of all the mathematical background of quantum mechanics, centered around the concepts of Hilbert space, spectral &composition of fully continuous operators and the corresponding eigenvalue problem. The author must especially be commended for having solved in the most felicitous manner the difficult didactic problem of presenting a readily accessible account of these mathematical theories without sacrifice of rigour. By this sound, reasonable approach - so happily contrasting with the dreary subleties in which some modern mathematical schools revel - he has in particular rendered a real service to theoretical physicists. His book may be warmly recommended to students as an introduction, and to those who have passed this stage as a welcome refresher. L.R. 695
Nuclear Physics 72 (1965)
695-696;
@
North-Holland
Publishing Co., Amsterdam
BOOK REVIEWS E. K. HYDE, I. PERLMANand G. T. SEABORG,The nuclear properties of the heavy elements. I. Systematics of nuclear structure and radioactivity. II Detailed radioactivity properties. E. K. HYDE III. Fission phenomena (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ., 1964. xv-407 p.; xvi-699 p.; xviii-519 p.) The huge amount of material accumulated and gradually refined in the course of years on the properties of the heavy nuclei is here collected in authoritative fashion by the best experts in the field. The volumes, replete with up-to-date tables and diagrams, form an indispensible work of reference; in fact, one would wish a similar basic compilation for the other nuclei as well. The authors have been able to conciliate practical laboratory needs with thoroughness of treatment: each question is presented in all its theoretical as well as experimental aspects, and even the historical background is given brief consideration. Inevitably, the text has the character of a survey rather than that of a textbook exposition, and the authors have been more anxious to produce complete than critical reports; but at any rate these reports fultil their limited function in a neat, matter of fact way. The arrangement of the material is well-thought out and conveniently distributed among the three volumes; the first and third deal with the general properties, fission occupying a whole volume, while the second reviews the radioactive and transuranic nuclei individually. L.R. K. SIEGBAHN(editor) Alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy (North-Holland, 1965. 2 volumes, ~~-1742 p. 180 glds. (per set)).
Amsterdam,
The second edition of this collective work, rounded off by the inclusion of a-rays, has grown to almost double size. This increase reflects the staggering expansion of nearly all branches of the vast subject during the last decade: new instrumentation, new techniques of theoretical analysis, and even new fundamental theoretical insight have given the whole picture an entirely new look. The arrangement of the text has become more rational and is also rationally distributed between the two volumes, the first one concentrating on the properties of stationary states, the second on the phenomena accompanying transitions between such states. In spite of the thorough transformation it has undergone, the work has retained its general purpose and character, as well as its very high standard of excellence. In fact, it can almost be described as an encyclopaedic treatise on nuclear physics; for one finds in it as full a survey of the experimental methods as of the theories accounting for nuclear structures and the nuclear effects of electromagnetic and weak interactions -only the nuclear reactions are not included. The appendices containing the tables have also been completely renewed: some tables supersede those of the previous work, but others provide additional aid to the experimenter, thus completing the Nuclear Spectroscopy Tables, which remain a useful companion to the present work. L.R. G. HELLWIG Difirential xi-253 p. DM 36.)
Operatoren der mathematischen
Physik (Springer-Verlag,
Berlin, 1964.
In this monograph, written with great care and elegance, the student will find a clear exposition of all the mathematical background of quantum mechanics, centered around the concepts of Hilbert space, spectral &composition of fully continuous operators and the corresponding eigenvalue problem. The author must especially be commended for having solved in the most felicitous manner the difficult didactic problem of presenting a readily accessible account of these mathematical theories without sacrifice of rigour. By this sound, reasonable approach - so happily contrasting with the dreary subleties in which some modern mathematical schools revel - he has in particular rendered a real service to theoretical physicists. His book may be warmly recommended to students as an introduction, and to those who have passed this stage as a welcome refresher. L.R. 695