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the book is devoted to polar reactions, freeradical reactions and four-centered reactions are also treated. Background material-structural theory, acids and bases, and kinetics-is covered in the four chapters of Part I; Part II deals with Polar Reactions in thirteen chapters; Part III consists of six chapters on Free-Radical Reactions ; and Part IV contains one chapter on FourCentered-Type Reactions. NVCLEAK
RADIATION
DETECTORS,
by
J.
Sharpe. 184 pages, diagrams, New York. John Wiley &
4 X 6% in. Sons, Inc.;
London, Methuen Price, $2.50.
Ltd.;
&
Co.,
1955.
One of the useful Methuen Monographs on Physical Subjects, this little book sets forth the basic information on nuclear radiation detectors. Its six chapters cover a general Introduction, The Interaction of Nuclear Radiation with Matter, Detection Media, The Efficiency of Detectors, Secondary Emission and Scintillation Counters, and Ionization Devices. The monograph should prove useful to those interested in the design and use oi detectors for nuclear radiation. Detailed discussion is, of course, excluded by the nature of the work, but each chapter contains a list of references for further study. E~src STATISTICAL CONCEPTS, by Joe Kennedy Adams. 304 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, RlcGrawHill Book Co., Inc., 1955. Price, $5.50. .iimed at those students who have had little mathematical training, but who need to know statistics, this book points out the relation between mathematical theorems and applications. Its purpose is to develop basic statistical concepts and to explain the language used in mathematical statistics. Many theorems are presented without proof; proofs of some can be found in the appendix. Among the subjects covered are sampling, statistical inference, distributions (binomial, Poisson, discrete, normal, etc.), and a final chapter, which contains almost no examples, deals \vitll nonparametric statistics.
W. Hurd. Nell- York, 1955.
Matson,
ENGINEERING, by Wilbur S. Smith
Theodore M. and Frederick
647 pages, diagrams, McGraw-Hill Book
Price,
6 X 9 in. Inc.,
CO.,
$12.50.
Although traffic engineering is only about 70 years old, its problems are so acute and affect so much of our population that this book will be welcomed by all traffic engicity planners and State Highway neers, Officials. Here, in one book, can be found authoritative discussions of all the traffic problems we face daily, with suggestions for alleviating the congestion on a scientific basis. The second chapter, on The Road User, is an interesting study of the human behind the wheel-what makes him a good or poor driver. Other subjects covered include parking, intersections, accidents, controls for driver and for vehicle, trafficcontrol signals, road lighting. Ten chapters discuss the design of traffic-control systems, and five final chapters offer ideas for administration and planning in traffic engineering. The book is practical, well-illustrated, and certainly it is timely and important. DISTII.I_*,~ION IN PRACTICE, edited by Charles H. Nielsen. 133 pages, 5 X 7% in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1956. Price, $3.00. I;LUID FLOW IX PRACTICE, edited Caddell. 119 pages, illustrations, in. New York, Reinhold Publishing 1956. Price, $3.00.
by J.
R.
5 X 7% Corp.,
These are the second and third in a series of “Experience in Industry” books which are designed to give young engineers the benefit of older engineers’ experience. They are based on symposia sponsored by the Philadelphia-Wilmington Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the University of Pennsylvania, in May of 1954 and 1955, respectively. Distillation in Practice covers the most recent developments in distilling techniques, column design, techniques of petroleum fractionation, instrumentation, operation of distillation equipment and commercial aspects of vacuum distillation. The six chapters are all written industrial
TKAFFIC
4%
by authorities
from
six different
firms.
Fluid Flow in Practice flow of liquids, including
is limited to the slurries, in pipe-
Apr., x956.1
the book is devoted to polar reactions, freeradical reactions and four-centered reactions are also treated. Background material-structural theory, acids and bases, and kinetics-is covered in the four chapters of Part I; Part II deals with Polar Reactions in thirteen chapters; Part III consists of six chapters on Free-Radical Reactions ; and Part IV contains one chapter on FourCentered-Type Reactions. NVCLEAK
RADIATION
DETECTORS,
by
J.
Sharpe. 184 pages, diagrams, New York. John Wiley &
4 X 6% in. Sons, Inc.;
London, Methuen Price, $2.50.
Ltd.;
&
Co.,
1955.
One of the useful Methuen Monographs on Physical Subjects, this little book sets forth the basic information on nuclear radiation detectors. Its six chapters cover a general Introduction, The Interaction of Nuclear Radiation with Matter, Detection Media, The Efficiency of Detectors, Secondary Emission and Scintillation Counters, and Ionization Devices. The monograph should prove useful to those interested in the design and use oi detectors for nuclear radiation. Detailed discussion is, of course, excluded by the nature of the work, but each chapter contains a list of references for further study. E~src STATISTICAL CONCEPTS, by Joe Kennedy Adams. 304 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, RlcGrawHill Book Co., Inc., 1955. Price, $5.50. .iimed at those students who have had little mathematical training, but who need to know statistics, this book points out the relation between mathematical theorems and applications. Its purpose is to develop basic statistical concepts and to explain the language used in mathematical statistics. Many theorems are presented without proof; proofs of some can be found in the appendix. Among the subjects covered are sampling, statistical inference, distributions (binomial, Poisson, discrete, normal, etc.), and a final chapter, which contains almost no examples, deals \vitll nonparametric statistics.
W. Hurd. Nell- York, 1955.
Matson,
ENGINEERING, by Wilbur S. Smith
Theodore M. and Frederick
647 pages, diagrams, McGraw-Hill Book
Price,
6 X 9 in. Inc.,
CO.,
$12.50.
Although traffic engineering is only about 70 years old, its problems are so acute and affect so much of our population that this book will be welcomed by all traffic engicity planners and State Highway neers, Officials. Here, in one book, can be found authoritative discussions of all the traffic problems we face daily, with suggestions for alleviating the congestion on a scientific basis. The second chapter, on The Road User, is an interesting study of the human behind the wheel-what makes him a good or poor driver. Other subjects covered include parking, intersections, accidents, controls for driver and for vehicle, trafficcontrol signals, road lighting. Ten chapters discuss the design of traffic-control systems, and five final chapters offer ideas for administration and planning in traffic engineering. The book is practical, well-illustrated, and certainly it is timely and important. DISTII.I_*,~ION IN PRACTICE, edited by Charles H. Nielsen. 133 pages, 5 X 7% in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1956. Price, $3.00. I;LUID FLOW IX PRACTICE, edited Caddell. 119 pages, illustrations, in. New York, Reinhold Publishing 1956. Price, $3.00.
by J.
R.
5 X 7% Corp.,
These are the second and third in a series of “Experience in Industry” books which are designed to give young engineers the benefit of older engineers’ experience. They are based on symposia sponsored by the Philadelphia-Wilmington Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the University of Pennsylvania, in May of 1954 and 1955, respectively. Distillation in Practice covers the most recent developments in distilling techniques, column design, techniques of petroleum fractionation, instrumentation, operation of distillation equipment and commercial aspects of vacuum distillation. The six chapters are all written industrial
TKAFFIC
4%
by authorities
from
six different
firms.
Fluid Flow in Practice flow of liquids, including
is limited to the slurries, in pipe-