Abstract
IN 1934, the author of this new volume of a well-known series published his “Luminescence des corps solides”, a book in its day of some value to those seriously interested in the subject. On hearing of Prof. Curie's new effort, I was led to hope that we should be able to read a clear account—for he has the gift of clarity—of the subject of luminescence in relation to the many developments that have taken place during the last eight or ten years. In this hope I am almost entirely disappointed; for the book was written just too soon for these developments to be included; and too late in that it will give a distorted view of the subject for some time to come to the non-specialists for whom it is intended, and who will continue to be unaware of the recent progress of the subject.
Fluorescence et Phosphorescence.
Par Prof. Maurice Curie. (Actualités scientifiques et industrielles, 1010.) Pp. 212. (Paris: Hermann et Cie., 1946.) 350 francs.
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RANDALL, J. Fluorescence and Phosphorescence. Nature 160, 483–484 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160483a0
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