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Book Reviews as well as providing for the optimum use radiation in ext,reme of synchrotron ultraviolet studies. Perhaps the only aspect of the subject which has not been fully treated is the one concerned with the use of synchrotron radiation but this is perhaps excusable in view of its relat,ively recent development. W. C. PRICE Department of Physics Kings College University of London, London, U.K.
PROBLEMS IN ELECTRONICS, by Auvray and Fourrier (International Series in Natural Philosophy, Vol. 61.) 444 pages, illustr., 6 x 9 in. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974. Price, $18.00 (approx. 27.20) (h); $10.00 (approx. $3.50) (fl). This book is one of over 60 volumes in an International Series of Monographs on Natural Philosophy, published by Pergamon Press. This series consists mainly of texts by authors of international eminence, covering a broad spectrum of topics in the natural and applied sciences, and there are to date just three volumes of problems in the series. The book by Auvray and Fourrier is not just another set of conventional problems with solutions. The authors have shown originality and ingenuity in producing a wide variety of excellent problems to bring out many of the underlying concepts of electronics, and the text will be of help to teachers and students alike in developing an understanding of the subject. The definition of “electronics” has been taken as a broad one. Problems are included on passive as well as active circuits, feedback, non-linear circuits, switching and noise. Low and high frequency effects are considered, and distributed parameter circuits including transmission lines and waveguides are included. Resonant conditions and cavities are treated in considerable detail.
Vol.301,No. 4,April1876
The main disappointment of the book is that it is not extended into the areas of digital electronics, integrated circuits and L.S.I. It is a major difficulty of any book in a topic in which the tide of progress is so rapid that major areas of great importance emerge in a short period of time and remain untreated in current texts. It is to be hoped that the authors will add further problems in these areas in the near future. That the book is easy to read and shows no evidence of its earlier publication in a different language, is evidence of the care taken by the translator, Dr. A. J. Pointon. The book is clearly and accurately produced. D. J. HARRIS U. W.I.X.T. CardifS, Wales
INTRODUCTION TO FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS, by S. M. Bilenky (International Series in Natural Philosophy, Vol. 65.) 196 pages, 25 illustr., 7 x 10 in. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974. Price, $15.00 (approx. f6.00). This is a very easy-to-follow and practical guide to basic Lagrangian quantum field theory, in particular to the explicit construction of the S-matrix in terms of Feynman diagrams, in the framework of interaction picture perturbation theory. One of the unusual features of this book is that it teaches the student how to apply perturbation theory methods even in cases where strong interactions are involved (i.e. by the use of form factors for electromagnetic and weak interactions involving hadrons). The detailed calculation of cross-sections or decay rates is made clear. The book may be particularly useful for experimentalists and phenomenologists. PAUL ROMAN Department of Physics Boston University Boston, Mass.
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PROBLEMS IN ELECTRONICS, by Auvray and Fourrier (International Series in Natural Philosophy, Vol. 61.) 444 pages, illustr., 6 x 9 in. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974. Price, $18.00 (approx. 27.20) (h); $10.00 (approx. $3.50) (fl). This book is one of over 60 volumes in an International Series of Monographs on Natural Philosophy, published by Pergamon Press. This series consists mainly of texts by authors of international eminence, covering a broad spectrum of topics in the natural and applied sciences, and there are to date just three volumes of problems in the series. The book by Auvray and Fourrier is not just another set of conventional problems with solutions. The authors have shown originality and ingenuity in producing a wide variety of excellent problems to bring out many of the underlying concepts of electronics, and the text will be of help to teachers and students alike in developing an understanding of the subject. The definition of “electronics” has been taken as a broad one. Problems are included on passive as well as active circuits, feedback, non-linear circuits, switching and noise. Low and high frequency effects are considered, and distributed parameter circuits including transmission lines and waveguides are included. Resonant conditions and cavities are treated in considerable detail.
Vol.301,No. 4,April1876
The main disappointment of the book is that it is not extended into the areas of digital electronics, integrated circuits and L.S.I. It is a major difficulty of any book in a topic in which the tide of progress is so rapid that major areas of great importance emerge in a short period of time and remain untreated in current texts. It is to be hoped that the authors will add further problems in these areas in the near future. That the book is easy to read and shows no evidence of its earlier publication in a different language, is evidence of the care taken by the translator, Dr. A. J. Pointon. The book is clearly and accurately produced. D. J. HARRIS U. W.I.X.T. CardifS, Wales
INTRODUCTION TO FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS, by S. M. Bilenky (International Series in Natural Philosophy, Vol. 65.) 196 pages, 25 illustr., 7 x 10 in. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1974. Price, $15.00 (approx. f6.00). This is a very easy-to-follow and practical guide to basic Lagrangian quantum field theory, in particular to the explicit construction of the S-matrix in terms of Feynman diagrams, in the framework of interaction picture perturbation theory. One of the unusual features of this book is that it teaches the student how to apply perturbation theory methods even in cases where strong interactions are involved (i.e. by the use of form factors for electromagnetic and weak interactions involving hadrons). The detailed calculation of cross-sections or decay rates is made clear. The book may be particularly useful for experimentalists and phenomenologists. PAUL ROMAN Department of Physics Boston University Boston, Mass.
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