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Lectures in theoretical physics. volume 2
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BOOK NOTES
Volume 4 contains 12 papers on Fuels--Fabrication of Solid Fuel Elements, five on Evaluation for Reactor Service, one on Moderator Behaviour, two on Cladding, two on Control Materials, one on Corrosion, and one on Theories of Irradiation Swelling. LECTURES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS.
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2, by M. E. Rose and E. C. G. Sudarshan. 281 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1962. Price, $3.50 (paper). The three papers, presented in informal lecture-note format, were originally given as series of lectures at the 1961 Brandeis Summer Institute. The first article, by Rose, is entitled "Polarization Phenomena in Beta and Gamma Emission." It covers nine topics ranging from properties of angular momentum operators to beta-decay from oriented nuclei. Sudarshan's two papers deal with "Structure of Dynamical Theories" and "Relativistic Particle Interactions." The first presents various dynamical disciplines with an eye towards a reformulation of relativistic quantum theory of interacting particles; the second deals with the interactions of elementary particles through particle models, yield models and indefinite metric models. WATER-SOLUBLE RESINS, edited by Robert L. Davidson and Marshall Sittig. 209 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 x 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp.; London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd.; 1962, Price, $7.50. This brief but authoritative survey of commercially available modified natural and syn-
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thetic water-soluble resins is designed to provide sufficient information to permit a person to evaluate the properties of various resins in terms of his own needs. Nine chapters deal with: water-soluble polymers; modified starches; alkyl and hydroxyalkylcellulose derivatives; carboxymethylcellulose; polyvinyl alcohol; polyvinylpyrrolidone; poly(acrylic acid) and its ,homologs; polyacrylamide; and ethylene oxide polymers.
NONLINEARTRANSFORMATIONSOF RANDOM PROCESSES, by Ralph Deutsch. 157 pages, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentige-Hall, Inc., 1962. Price: $7.95 (trade); $5.95 (text). The author's aim is to provide a comprehensive background on nonlinear noise problems for practical applications in communication and control systems. Since no treatment of preliminary mathematics is included, the reader is assumed to know the elements of statistics and probability, as well as the basic concepts of noise theory. Since this text begins where most of the current texts on noise theory end, it will be useful as a graduate text in mathematics, physics and electrical engineering. In addition, the book will be a useful reference for research workers and engineers dealing in related fields. The eight chapters cover: envelopes and pre-envelopes; characteristic function method; correlation function method; multiplication and power law devices; modulation and detection; series approximations; techniques using differential and integral equations; and sampling and quantizing.
BOOK NOTES
Volume 4 contains 12 papers on Fuels--Fabrication of Solid Fuel Elements, five on Evaluation for Reactor Service, one on Moderator Behaviour, two on Cladding, two on Control Materials, one on Corrosion, and one on Theories of Irradiation Swelling. LECTURES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS.
VOLUME
2, by M. E. Rose and E. C. G. Sudarshan. 281 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1962. Price, $3.50 (paper). The three papers, presented in informal lecture-note format, were originally given as series of lectures at the 1961 Brandeis Summer Institute. The first article, by Rose, is entitled "Polarization Phenomena in Beta and Gamma Emission." It covers nine topics ranging from properties of angular momentum operators to beta-decay from oriented nuclei. Sudarshan's two papers deal with "Structure of Dynamical Theories" and "Relativistic Particle Interactions." The first presents various dynamical disciplines with an eye towards a reformulation of relativistic quantum theory of interacting particles; the second deals with the interactions of elementary particles through particle models, yield models and indefinite metric models. WATER-SOLUBLE RESINS, edited by Robert L. Davidson and Marshall Sittig. 209 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 x 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp.; London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd.; 1962, Price, $7.50. This brief but authoritative survey of commercially available modified natural and syn-
[l.V-l-
thetic water-soluble resins is designed to provide sufficient information to permit a person to evaluate the properties of various resins in terms of his own needs. Nine chapters deal with: water-soluble polymers; modified starches; alkyl and hydroxyalkylcellulose derivatives; carboxymethylcellulose; polyvinyl alcohol; polyvinylpyrrolidone; poly(acrylic acid) and its ,homologs; polyacrylamide; and ethylene oxide polymers.
NONLINEARTRANSFORMATIONSOF RANDOM PROCESSES, by Ralph Deutsch. 157 pages, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentige-Hall, Inc., 1962. Price: $7.95 (trade); $5.95 (text). The author's aim is to provide a comprehensive background on nonlinear noise problems for practical applications in communication and control systems. Since no treatment of preliminary mathematics is included, the reader is assumed to know the elements of statistics and probability, as well as the basic concepts of noise theory. Since this text begins where most of the current texts on noise theory end, it will be useful as a graduate text in mathematics, physics and electrical engineering. In addition, the book will be a useful reference for research workers and engineers dealing in related fields. The eight chapters cover: envelopes and pre-envelopes; characteristic function method; correlation function method; multiplication and power law devices; modulation and detection; series approximations; techniques using differential and integral equations; and sampling and quantizing.