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BOOK MVIEWS or so' they have contributed greatly to the understanding of AftwLear Inte; ctions (john wiley &Sons, collision~,Ohenonlene, york,, Lrmdon, Sydney) XXIV + 636 :pp.- 120/-:. : and they are responsible for many of the most useful developments in relating experimental results to the 5-1, It16 . tlk;. lkaA wiriatd-A I chirwsld hnvt- heen vervidad theory vf nuclear forces and nuclear structure. o %iA it and I shoutd have been saved the bother of writing it It is therefore wan great confidence and excitery nt that one . why he has in his very frank preface the authorexplains CI SLUJVtb to MaU UW11 I'VVCHUY PUMINUM U00r, On Colusion I neory . -.4i it-wing tisplast few'years tocreating a book It does not seem likely that anyone should be disappointed. containing a nuclear interactions (not on nuclear physics) jinsteau, one would date forecffl mat Mis boolc wilà ne a ciassic tion of the basir- fza--iq. ant, a élear' nré~œ-ntadon Of the . , I

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. in zhe first dapter, Gmeral Properties of Nuclear Form, the farlarnental concepts alre introduced,, necessary formulae derived and a description is given ofwhat is known about twpiuc ,zon fbrces. Chapter 2 deals with. Nuclear Models and is -.A in its œitInck Tho ci~..qnt,-rs Analysis of ScatteringExperiments and Interaction between Nucleons and Radiauon are fol),wved by one on Nuclear Reactions . The Relatii -l .c Interaction bi.-tween Fermions and Radiation is t,r- eated in --l- cr 6f and in in two concludinir chanters the author takes un P., i~n lrr*,sics and Weak Interaction& N',) loubt the book covers a broad field-broader than one 7n ~__ - Z- from its title-and nresents a larm amount of very ,~~fA in1brmation . Regarding the experimental results reported ever, the last two chapterscontain more recent data than the . i which really dealwith nuclear interactions . The chapter on scattering exMiments, for instance, has no reference to work after 19561 and yet quite a lot has been done since then both ,experimentally and theoretically. An overall appraisal is very dffwWt to make of the book reviev-,-ad here-4t is too diverse to suit one particular category ists better than any othe? The price probably makes it irnp-o,s,~bAe as a textbook which is unfortunate since it would scrvc very well otherwise. With the. normal restriction that one simne. knowIfudge of quantum mechanir-,3 and of course the mathematLcs involved, the book is really a seff~contained it it,st of the material selected by the author. G. TIBELL H. BARKAs, Nuclear Research Emulsions, Vol . I (Academic New York and London, 1963) 518 pp, US$ 18.00. rkas, Berkely, is one of the outstanding physicists emulsion technique . His numerous contributions to ry Particle Phr.ics, his wonderful care for details and rous research group at Berkeley make it plausible that he ~ ~ d write the best book, on nuclear research emulsions. In fact ~i7 7,1 what he has done. Part one deals with emulsion as an n, ti-uinent of research, the latent image and its development, phy -iical and chemical constitution of nuclear track zmulsions, ~irc',.'iminary orocessing procedures, the processed emulsions, ,emulsion microscopy and scanning technique, particle scattering, .zation and track structure and range and range straggling in cr-nulsions . The theoretical background is sufficiently given, fiR)flowed by detailed and most valuable presentation of the ,,-,xperimenial technique . S. NILSSON

quite in line with great 'predecessors like The Theory of Atomic C"ollisione' , by Mott and Massey and ".4Theoreticat Nuclear

Physi&' by Iflatt and Weisskopf. After two short introductory sections, reviewing the quantum mechanical basis for the theory, chapters 3-7 give a description of scattering and the theory for impact phenomena. In chapter 8 l ne ucume and Decay oi virtuat States is discussea and chapter 9 is entitled Miscellaneous Applications. Here, among other things, we are given a descriptions offinal state interactions a neld in which the authors nave eariter contributed a great dea separate publications. Introduction to Dispersion Theory is the title of chapter 10 and finally, in chapter 11, we are back to scattering again, this time Scattering . by Systems of ound Particles . A book to be strongly recommended to all those who have an interest in this neld whether experimentalist or theoretician, nuclear structure physicist or elementary particle physicist . G. TIRELL li"kiiEmr,-TAscH£NIBÜCIIER . Band 7,. 8, 19, 22, 23. Verlag Karl Irhiemig KG, München . The first six volumes in the Thiemig-TaschenbUcher series have previously been reviewed in this journal (Nucl . Instr . and Meth. 11.1 (1 1%3) 35,6. The series aims to give a comprehensive outline of various subjects connected to the area of nuclear science and its applications in fields like nuclear technology, biology, medicine, chemistry . The level of treatment of the different subjects varies in the series, some issues being written in a very popular way. However, people involved in any way in the fields within the scope ofthe series will find it valuable . The well-composed colored c-overs of the books contribute to the aesthetical well-feeling when reading the books.

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fore mostly valuable as a short reference book to those who alrea4y know the fundamentals of vacuum technique, which by the way must involve much experimental work in the field . A lis'. of European manufacturers of vacuum equipment could have',,faen extended toinclude also some Amarican ones, especially those with European offices. VoL 19. WERNER Vom Atomkern zunt Kernkraftwerk, 64 pp., DM 4.80. As Max Born has pointed out in the preface of this book, it is important that the popular description of today's scientific progress is made by experts who have the ability to do so. This little book gives a clear description of the nuclear science and technology on a very elementary level without any use of mathematical or physical formulas. The use of the big numbers encounteted in this field without introduction of powers of ten is questionable. To really emphasize the new world we are entering in the microcosmos usual to enlarge this to our macroscopic world and point at the marvelous results obtained. Since the picture we found in that way is really difficult to get rid of later on it may be a disadvantage to try to create too concrete a picture of the world of the atom. Apart from this, the book is an example of a good popular description of a difficult subject. KLiEfoTH,

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This book treats the computation --if optimal screening of reactors and a 4.50 MW prcssure wiAer reactor serves as an example . The neutron and gamma economy is treated in two chapters. TL-- third part of the work is about heat computations in the different parts ofa reactor . A possible reactor accident and its influence on the radiation picture is also contained in the book. V-)I. 23. WERNER BRAUNBEK, Grundbegriffe Ed., : 12 pp ., DM 7 .80.

der Kernphysik, 2nd

The origin of this book is a series of articles in the journal "Atornkernenergie" . These articles have previously been published as a book. This new edition has been enlarged with a more extensive description of elementary particles due to intensive research in this field of the last few years. The author has managed to describe all of the important aspects of nuclear physics on an elementary level. Sometimes it may be difficult for a beginner to follow the chary statements but for the advanced student it is "schiin" to read the clear exposition. Examples of modern topics treated are the structure of' the proton and the neutron, the M6ssbauer effect, the element 103. All numerical data on masses is given according to the new ,C 12 standard . S. HAGSTRÔM

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