Abstract
THE appearance of a fifth edition of Prof. J. A. Crowther's well-known book, which gives in a simple form a comprehensive and systematic treatment of an important range of experimental physics and its interpretation, has been necessitated by the progress of research during the past five years. The author's object has been to preserve the point of view of the book in relation to scientific thought, and the alterations effected are of a minor character; among the most important additional sections are those dealing with Aston's work on the packing effect, the Compton effect and theory of X-ray scattering, the work of Davisson and Germer and of Thomson on the diffraction of electrons by a crystal, Millikan's discovery of cosmic radiation, and the magneton together with the experiments of Gerlach and Stern. New and improved photographs by Wilson of the tracks of ionising radiations replace the earlier ones. The alterations have resulted in an enlargement of the book to the extent of about 24 pages.
Ions, Electrons and Ionizing Radiations.
By Prof. James Arnold Crowther. Fifth edition. Pp. xii + 353. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1929.) 12s. 6d. net.
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BLIGH, N. Ions, Electrons and Ionizing Radiations . Nature 125, 887–888 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125887b0
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