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THE EARTH TODAY, edited by A. H. Cook and T. F. Gaskell. 404 pages, diagrams, 6 X 10 in. New York, Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1961. Price, $13.00.
MINIATURIZATION, edited by H. D. Gilbert. 296 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $10.00.
This is a bound edition of a special issue of the Geophysical Journal, published in honor of Sir Harold Jeffreys. The 27 papers comprising the issue represent the most advanced work in a number of fields in which Sir Harold has been interested. Among the 30 contributors are many of Sir Harold’s colleagues and former students. Included among the subjects covered are the Earth’s gravitational field, seismology, free oscillations, atmosphere and oceans, thermal state, and instruments. The book should be of interest to astronomers, physicists, geologists, geophysicists, and mathematicians.
Twenty experts present sixteen papers in particular phases of miniaturization. With today’s emphasis on space-saving, this valuable compilation covers military equipment, aircraft electronic devices, missiles and satellites, medicine (for example, miniature electrodes for biological recordings), communications, computers, consumer products (hearing aids, etc.), and space travel. In addition, there are chapters covering the problems of tooling up to produce miniaturized products, the design, manufacture and maintenance of tiny devices. A final chapter looks ahead at rather staggering possibilities for this branch of technology--one such is the reproduction of al1 existing books on a space the size of a million pinheads, an area of about 3 square yards !
ISOPROPYL ALCOIIOL, by Lewis F. Hatch. 184 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $7.00. Anyone who is responsible for preparing, specifying or testing isopropyl alcohol will be interested in this book. It is ageneral survey of the history, production, properties, and uses of isopropyl alcohol, with special emphasis on the pertinent patent literature and on the applications. Useful tables of data cover uses, properties, and applications. TRANSISTORSAND ACTIVE CIRCUITS, by John G. Linvill and James F. Gibbons. 501 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $14.50. This text discusses fundamental problems in circuits whose active elements are transistors. The material is divided into three parts : 1, The Physics of Semiconductors (8 chapters): 2, Two-Port Network Theory (7 chapters) ; and 3, Transistor Circuits (7 chapters). In Part 1, the development of physical models is based on a classical model of carrier motion in a solid, not on the usual quantum theory. This necessitates omission of the study of devices (such as the tunnel diode) in which quantum-mechanical effects play an important part. There are other interesting departures from the usual approach. Problems The text is are provided for most chapters. suitable for graduate students and practicing engineers.
PROCEEDINGSOF THE SECONDINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEON OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, edited by J. Banbury and J. Maitland. 810 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1961. Price, $15.00. This volume records the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Operational Research, held in September, 1960, in France. Eighty-five papers, divided into sixteen topics, are given in the book; some are printed in full in English, with a French resume; the others vice versa. Roughly half the papers are of a general nature; the others are on applications in particular fields. CURRENT TRENDS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, by Pierre Auger. 229 pages, 84 X 11 in. New York, Columbia University Press (International Documents Service), 1961. Price, $6.75. Prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, this survey covers the main trends of inquiry in the field of the natural sciences and the trends affecting the organization of scientific research and the dissemination of results. It also offers recommendations concerning the application of scientific knowledge for peaceful ends. Many fields are treated, including theoretical, nuclear and atomic physics, earth
BOOK
NOTES
[J. F. I.
THE EARTH TODAY, edited by A. H. Cook and T. F. Gaskell. 404 pages, diagrams, 6 X 10 in. New York, Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1961. Price, $13.00.
MINIATURIZATION, edited by H. D. Gilbert. 296 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $10.00.
This is a bound edition of a special issue of the Geophysical Journal, published in honor of Sir Harold Jeffreys. The 27 papers comprising the issue represent the most advanced work in a number of fields in which Sir Harold has been interested. Among the 30 contributors are many of Sir Harold’s colleagues and former students. Included among the subjects covered are the Earth’s gravitational field, seismology, free oscillations, atmosphere and oceans, thermal state, and instruments. The book should be of interest to astronomers, physicists, geologists, geophysicists, and mathematicians.
Twenty experts present sixteen papers in particular phases of miniaturization. With today’s emphasis on space-saving, this valuable compilation covers military equipment, aircraft electronic devices, missiles and satellites, medicine (for example, miniature electrodes for biological recordings), communications, computers, consumer products (hearing aids, etc.), and space travel. In addition, there are chapters covering the problems of tooling up to produce miniaturized products, the design, manufacture and maintenance of tiny devices. A final chapter looks ahead at rather staggering possibilities for this branch of technology--one such is the reproduction of al1 existing books on a space the size of a million pinheads, an area of about 3 square yards !
ISOPROPYL ALCOIIOL, by Lewis F. Hatch. 184 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $7.00. Anyone who is responsible for preparing, specifying or testing isopropyl alcohol will be interested in this book. It is ageneral survey of the history, production, properties, and uses of isopropyl alcohol, with special emphasis on the pertinent patent literature and on the applications. Useful tables of data cover uses, properties, and applications. TRANSISTORSAND ACTIVE CIRCUITS, by John G. Linvill and James F. Gibbons. 501 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $14.50. This text discusses fundamental problems in circuits whose active elements are transistors. The material is divided into three parts : 1, The Physics of Semiconductors (8 chapters): 2, Two-Port Network Theory (7 chapters) ; and 3, Transistor Circuits (7 chapters). In Part 1, the development of physical models is based on a classical model of carrier motion in a solid, not on the usual quantum theory. This necessitates omission of the study of devices (such as the tunnel diode) in which quantum-mechanical effects play an important part. There are other interesting departures from the usual approach. Problems The text is are provided for most chapters. suitable for graduate students and practicing engineers.
PROCEEDINGSOF THE SECONDINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEON OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, edited by J. Banbury and J. Maitland. 810 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1961. Price, $15.00. This volume records the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Operational Research, held in September, 1960, in France. Eighty-five papers, divided into sixteen topics, are given in the book; some are printed in full in English, with a French resume; the others vice versa. Roughly half the papers are of a general nature; the others are on applications in particular fields. CURRENT TRENDS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, by Pierre Auger. 229 pages, 84 X 11 in. New York, Columbia University Press (International Documents Service), 1961. Price, $6.75. Prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, this survey covers the main trends of inquiry in the field of the natural sciences and the trends affecting the organization of scientific research and the dissemination of results. It also offers recommendations concerning the application of scientific knowledge for peaceful ends. Many fields are treated, including theoretical, nuclear and atomic physics, earth