NEW BOOKS ON PHYSICS

Bohr N., The Passage of Atomic Particles Through Matter. Translated from the English by A. D. Galanin. Edited by Ya. A. Smorodinsky, Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1950, 150 pp., with drawings, 10 rubles, bound. Bibliography: 42 titles.

Vavilov S. I., On “Warm” and “Cold” Light. (Thermal radiation and luminescence.) Moscow—Leningrad, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1949, 75 [5] pp., with illustrations. (USSR Academy of Sciences. Popular-Science Series) 20,000 copies, 2 rubles. Bibliography: “List of recommended books on questions of luminescence” at the end of the book (12 titles).

Gevorkian R. G., A Project for a Standard Physics Laboratory for Higher Educational Institutions. Compiled by Associate Professor R. G. Gevorkian. Edited by M. F. Shirokova. Moscow, Sovetskaya nauka, 1949, 192 pp., with illustrations. (USSR Ministry of Higher Education. Methodological Administration) 2,000 copies, 8 rubles. Bibliography: pp. 189–190.

Gaydon A., Dissociation Energies and Spectra of Diatomic Molecules. Translated from the English by M. A. Kovner, edited by M. V. Vol'kenshtein, Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 302 pp., 19 rubles, bound. Bibliography: pp. 281–302.

Herzberg G., Spectra and Structure of Diatomic Molecules. Edited [and with a foreword] by V. N. Kondrat'ev, Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 404 pp., with drawings, 8 plates, 3,000 copies, 35 rubles, bound. Bibliography: pp. 366–381 (943 titles).

Zhdanov G. B., Rays from the Depths of the Universe. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, 140 pp., with illustrations, 25,000 copies, 2 rubles 15 kopecks.

Gorter C., Paramagnetic Relaxation. Translated from the English by S. V. Tyablikov, edited by S. A. Al'tshuler and B. M. Kozyrev, Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 143 pp., 9 rubles 60 kopecks, bound. Bibliography at the end of each chapter.

Zeeman G. A., The World of the Atom. 2nd edition, Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, 64 pp., with illustrations. (Popular-Science Library) 100,000 copies, 1 ruble 10 kopecks.

Investigations in the Field of Light Measurements. Spectral Measurements. Luminescent Lamps. [Collection of articles.] Edited by P. M. Tikhodeev. Leningrad, 1949, 127 pp., with illustrations. (Committee on Measures and Measuring Instruments under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. D. I. Mendeleev All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology. Proceedings of VNIIM. Issue 8 (68).) 1,200 copies, 8 rubles. Bibliography at the end of the articles.

Investigations in the Field of High Temperatures. [Collection of articles.] Edited by G. M. Kondrat'ev, Leningrad, 1950, 144 pp., with drawings. (Committee on Measures and Measuring Instruments under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. D. I. Mendeleev All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology. Proceedings of VNIIM. Issue 9 (69).) 1,200 copies, 9 rubles. Bibliography at the end of the articles.

Kashin N. V., A Course in Physics. For teachers’ institutes, Kiev, “Radianska shkola,” 1949, in Ukrainian, Part I, Mechanics. Molecular Physics. Thermodynamics. 456 pp., with illustrations, 5,000 copies, 12 rubles 10 kopecks, bound.

NEW BOOKS ON PHYSICS

Keesom W., Helium. Translated from the English by N. A. Brilliantov, K. A. Tumanov, and R. A. Chentsov. With additions by E. M. Lifshitz and E. L. Andronikashvili. General editor A. I. Shalnikov. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 541 pp. with figs., 35 rubles. Bibliography at the end of each chapter.

Condon E. and Shortley G., The Theory of Atomic Spectra. Translated from the English by E. I. Smorodinskii. Edited by V. B. Berestetskii. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 440 pp. with drawings, 38 rubles, bound. Bibliography in footnotes.

Kutateladze S. S. and Tsukerman R. V., Essays on the Development of the Theory of Heat in the Works of Russian Scientists of the XVIII and XIX Centuries. Moscow—Leningrad, Gosenergoizdat, 1949, 156 pp. with illustrations, 3300 copies, 9 rubles, bound. Bibliography: pp. 143–156 (223 titles).

Langevin P., Selected Works. Articles and Speeches on General Questions of Science. Translated from the French by Z. A. Tseitlin. Introductory article by A. A. Maksimov. [“Paul Langevin—Physicist-Materialist,” pp. 5–35.] Edited by I. V. Kuznetsov. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 439 pp. with drawings, 4 sheets of illustrations, 26 rubles 50 kopecks, bound.

Lecture Demonstrations in Physics. Edited by A. B. Mlodzeevskii. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, issue 3. M. A. Grabovskii, Magnetism. 266 pp. with illustrations, 25,000 copies, 4 rubles 90 kopecks. Bibliography: p. 267.

Lecture Demonstrations in Physics. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, issue 4. A. B. Mlodzeevskii, Optics. Part I, 99 pp. with drawings, 25,000 copies, 1 ruble 90 kopecks.

Melankholin N. M., Measurement of Refractive Indices under a Microscope by the Immersion Method. Moscow—Leningrad, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1949, 99 pp. [5] with illustrations; 1 lithographic plate (Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Crystallography), 2500 copies, 5 rubles. Bibliography: pp. 97–100 (74 titles).

Morse P., Vibration and Sound. Translated from the 2nd English edition. Edited by S. N. Rzhevkin. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, 496 pp. with drawings, 5000 copies, 21 rubles 25 kopecks, bound.

Scientific and Technical Foundations of Nuclear Power Engineering. Compiled by a group of authors under the editorship of K. Guyman. Translated from the English. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1950, vol. 2, 348 pp. with drawings; 1 separate sheet of tables, 19 rubles 30 kopecks, bound. Bibliography at the end of chapters.

Ormont B. F., Structures of Inorganic Substances. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, 368 pp. with drawings + portrait, 3000 copies, 51 rubles 70 kopecks, bound.

Essays on the History of Physics in Russia. A handbook for students and teachers. Edited by A. K. Timiryazev. Moscow, Uchpedgiz, 1949, 343 pp. with illustrations, 11 rubles 80 kopecks, bound. Bibliography: “A Brief Bibliography on the History of Russian Physics,” pp. 326–341.

Perelman Ya., Entertaining Physics. Paradoxes, brain-teasers, problems, experiments, puzzling questions, and stories from the field of physics. Translated by N. Gdzelishvili. Tbilisi [Deti︠u︡nizdat], 1949, 345 pp. with illustrations, 5000 copies, 16 rubles, bound. In Georgian.

Pinsker Z. G., Electron Diffraction. Edited and with a preface by A. I. Lebedeva. Moscow—Leningrad, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1949, 404 pp. with illustrations; 14 sheets of illustrations (Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Institute of Crystallography), 3000 copies, 30 rubles, bound. Bibliography: pp. 392–401.

Pearse R. and Gaydon A., The Identification of Molecular Spectra. Translated from the English. Edited by S. L. Mandel’shtam and M. N. Alentseva. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 240 pp.; 4 sheets of illustrations, 19 rubles 50 kopecks, bound. Bibliography in the text.

Putilov K. A., Course of Physics. Riga, Latvian State Publishing House, 1949, vol. 2, 788 pp. with illustrations; 1 sheet of illustrations, 3000 copies, 19 rubles, bound. In Latvian.

NEW BOOKS ON PHYSICS

Ramo S. and Whinnery J., Fields and Waves in Modern Radio Engineering. Translated from English by L. P. Lisovsky, I. A. Poletaev and A. I. Shestakov. Edited by Yu. B. Kobzarev. 2nd revised ed. Moscow–Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, 568 pp. with drawings, 5000 copies, 25 rub. bound. Bibliogr.: pp. 568.

— Rossi B. and Greisen K., Interaction of Cosmic Rays with Matter. Translated from English by V. B. Berestetsky. Edited by A. B. Migdal. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1948, 132 pp., 10 rub. Bibliogr.: pp. 129–130.

Savarensky E. F. and Kirnos D. P., Elements of Seismology and Seismometry. Moscow–Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, 343 pp. with ill., 3000 copies, 17 rub. 50 kop. bound. Bibliogr.: pp. 335–339.

Sakharov D. I., Physics. Textbook for pedagogical schools. 2nd ed. Revised from the 2nd Russian revised ed. Kiev, “Soviet School,” 1950, 375 pp. with ill., 7000 copies, 8 rub. 10 kop. bound. In Ukrainian.

Sakharov D. I. and Kosminkov I. S., Collection of Problems in Physics. [Manual for physics-and-mathematics faculties of pedagogical institutes of the Ukrainian SSR.] Translated from the 3rd revised Russian ed. Kiev, “Soviet School,” 1949, 240 pp. with ill., 2700 copies, 8 rub. 10 kop. bound. In Ukrainian.

Light-Wave Units of Length. Edited by M. F. Romanova. Part 1, 1949, 95 pp. with ill. (Committee for Measures, Weights and Measuring Instruments under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Metrology named after D. I. Mendeleev. Proceedings of VNIIM. Issue 7 (67).), 1200 copies, 6 rub. Bibliogr. at the end of the articles.

Selwood P., Magnetochemistry. Translated from English by B. I. Boltaks. Edited by Ya. G. Dorfman. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 283 pp. with drawings, 20 rub. bound. Bibliogr. at the end of each chapter.

— Skanaavi G. I., Physics of Dielectrics (region of weak fields). Moscow–Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, 500 pp. with drawings, 5000 copies, 21 rub. 15 kop. Bibliogr.: pp. 492–497.

Snoek J., Investigations in the Field of New Ferromagnetic Materials. Translated from English by L. A. Shubina. Edited [and with notes] by S. V. Vonsovsky. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 223 pp. with ill., 14 rub. bound. Bibliogr. at the end of chapters and in notes.

Sobol S. L., The History of the Microscope and Microscopic Investigations in Russia in the 18th Century. Moscow–Leningrad, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1949, 607 pp. with ill.; 5 leaves of ill. (Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Institute of the History of Natural Science. Series “Results and Problems of Modern Science”.) 5000 copies, 30 rub. bound. Bibliogr.: “List of the author’s works and communications on the history of microscopy,” pp. 583–584 (17 titles), and in footnotes.

Strelkov S. P., Eltsin I. A., Yakovlev I. A., Collection of Problems on a General Course of Physics. Approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR as a textbook aid for state universities and pedagogical institutes. Moscow–Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949. Part 1. Mechanics, electricity and magnetism, 308 pp. with drawings, 50,000 copies, 7 rub. 40 kop. bound.

— Tumanov K. A. and Sharvin Yu. V., Superconductivity. On the works of Stalin Prize laureate A. I. Shalnikov. Moscow–Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, 56 pp. with drawings (Advances of Soviet Science), 15,000 copies, 95 kop.

Uorsing A. and Geffner J., Methods of Processing Experimental Data. Translated from English by L. A. Shokhat. Edited by A. S. Monin. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 362 pp., 23 rub. 50 kop. bound. Bibliogr.: pp. 360–362.

Fauler R. and Guggenheim E., Statistical Thermodynamics. Translated from English by I. D. Rozanskaya and T. S. Rubinshtein. Edited by V. G. Levich. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 612 pp., 41 rubles, bound.

Physics. Edited by V. E. Lashkarev. Kiev, “Rad. shkola,” 1950. (Committee for Cultural-Educational Institutions of the Ukrainian SSR. University at Home.) Issue 2. [Electricity.] Authors: A. I. Danilenko, M. F. Deigen, B. R. Kirichinskii, and Yu. E. Perlin. 184 pp. with ill., 4000 copies, 6 rubles.

Charkviani D. M., A Course in Physics for Technical Schools. Edited by G. Glonti. Tbilisi, “Tekhnika da shroma,” 1949, in Georgian, vol. 1, 400 pp. with ill., 1000 copies, 7 rubles 60 kopecks, bound.

Shpol’skii E. V., Atomic Physics. Approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR as a textbook for higher educational institutions. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1950, vol. 2. Electron shell of the atom and the atomic nucleus, 2nd ed., revised, 718 pp., 35,000 copies, 19 rubles 25 kopecks, bound.

Elementary Textbook of Physics. Edited by G. S. Landsberg. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949, vol. 2. 344 pp. with figures, 75,000 copies, 10 rubles 50 kopecks, bound.

Yakovlev K. P., Physics Practicum. A guide to practical work in physics laboratories. Moscow—Leningrad, Gostekhizdat, 1949; vol. II. Molecular and thermal phenomena. Electricity and magnetism. Optics and the structure of the atom, 395 pp. with drawings, 10,000 copies, 1 ruble 55 kopecks, bound.

Jesse W., Cosmic Rays. Translated from English by V. A. Troitskaya. Edited by S. Ya. Nikitin. Moscow, Foreign Literature Publishing House, 1949, 464 pp. with ill.; 4 leaves of ill., 28 rubles, bound. Bibliography: pp. 453–461 (446 titles).

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