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Field-coupled surface waves
Rook Notes FRIEDELCBA~~SAND RELATEDREACTIONS, by G. A. Olah, Editor. Volume I: General Aspects, 1031 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1963. Price, $29.50. It is hard to think of any task more important for the maintenance of chemical research than the production of a source book in a field where none exists. This is such a book. It will comprise four volumes. As this 6rst volume appears the others are being printed and all will appear within a year. This volume begins with the history of the Friedel-Crafts reaction, and a consideration of its scope. The next group of chapters deals with the general chemistry of the reactants themselves, followed by the modes of combination, complex formation, or general interaction of the reactants in pairs, and finally with a consideration of the intermediates that actually participate in FriedelCrafts reactions. Chapters follow on spectroscopic and isotopic evidence on intermediates, and hence on mechanism; constitutional effects on reactivity and selectivity; and then on the thermodynamic and stereochemical aspects of the reaction. Thii is an outline of the frrst volume, the remaining three will deal with the various Friedel-Crafts reactions, arranged by classes. FIELI&OUPLI~DSURFACEWAVEB,by James R. Melcher. 190 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 X 93 in. Cambridge, M.I.T. Press, 1963. Price, 65.00. This monograph is devoted to describing the behavior of some of the simplest kinds of surface-coupled continuum electromechanical systems, and to providing a link between the areas of magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics. It may be divided into three parts: Chapters one through four describe the basic waves and instabilities, with emphasis on those involving electric fields. In chapters five and six, a demonstration is made of the basic differences between convective and nonconvective systems. In chapters seven and eight, certain basic nonlinear surface interactions are delineated, and the new departure that will be necessary to understand the fundamental processes involved
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in many experiments is indicated. Important theoretical results and experimental observations are summarized in each appropriate section of this book. THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER,Volume I, D. E. Gershenson and D. A. Greenberg, Editors. 192 pages, 5f X 8 in. New York, Blaisdell Publishing Co., 1963. Price, $2.95 (cloth). Physics has played an important role in human thought and affairs through the ages to the present day. Studies of the relationship between science in general, and physics in particular, and other intellectual pursuits are brought to light in thii publication. It is open to scholarly contributions dealing with the role of physics in other sciences, such as philosophy, art and literature, and in human lie in general, and with the history of theory, experiment and technology in physics. The four contributions in this volume come from Robert E. Beardsley on ‘Radiation Control ;,’ Martin J. Klein on “Planck, Entropy and Quanta, 1901-1906;” The Preface to Antoine Lavoisier-“A General Introduction to Chemistry,” by J. Lipetz, D. Gershenson and D. Greenberg; and W. A. Kay on “Recolleotions of Rutherford”, recorded and annotated by Samuel Devons. RELATIVISTIC KINE~TICS, by R. Hagedom. 166 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc. 1963. Price, $600. This is a guide to the kinematic problems of high-energy physics. It is a revised version of the author’s own lecture notes (except for chapter 7 on phase-space considerations). These lectures were given at CERN, Geneva in 1961. Beginning with the Lorentz invariance of the description of nature and proceeding logically through recent applications in elementary particle physics, this monograph provides a reasonably paced development of general principles leading from mathematically simple, to more complicated formulations. The author has included exercises, with solutions; there are forty-five line drawings and diagrams that clarify the more difficult concepts.
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in many experiments is indicated. Important theoretical results and experimental observations are summarized in each appropriate section of this book. THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER,Volume I, D. E. Gershenson and D. A. Greenberg, Editors. 192 pages, 5f X 8 in. New York, Blaisdell Publishing Co., 1963. Price, $2.95 (cloth). Physics has played an important role in human thought and affairs through the ages to the present day. Studies of the relationship between science in general, and physics in particular, and other intellectual pursuits are brought to light in thii publication. It is open to scholarly contributions dealing with the role of physics in other sciences, such as philosophy, art and literature, and in human lie in general, and with the history of theory, experiment and technology in physics. The four contributions in this volume come from Robert E. Beardsley on ‘Radiation Control ;,’ Martin J. Klein on “Planck, Entropy and Quanta, 1901-1906;” The Preface to Antoine Lavoisier-“A General Introduction to Chemistry,” by J. Lipetz, D. Gershenson and D. Greenberg; and W. A. Kay on “Recolleotions of Rutherford”, recorded and annotated by Samuel Devons. RELATIVISTIC KINE~TICS, by R. Hagedom. 166 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc. 1963. Price, $600. This is a guide to the kinematic problems of high-energy physics. It is a revised version of the author’s own lecture notes (except for chapter 7 on phase-space considerations). These lectures were given at CERN, Geneva in 1961. Beginning with the Lorentz invariance of the description of nature and proceeding logically through recent applications in elementary particle physics, this monograph provides a reasonably paced development of general principles leading from mathematically simple, to more complicated formulations. The author has included exercises, with solutions; there are forty-five line drawings and diagrams that clarify the more difficult concepts.
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