Book Review: Chemiluminescence. By A. K. Campbell

✍ Scribed by David Mendenhall

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 160 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.198909331

✦ Synopsis

To sum up it is appropriate to quote from the preface of "Angular Momentum": "This is not the first book on angular momentum theory, but it differs from others in the emphasis placed on making it a learning text for those with a minimum background in quantum mechanics. It also differs in the choice of examples that are drawn almost entirely from atomic and molecular phenomena. I believe that it is not possible to present this material too simply to anyone learning angular momentum theory for the first time. Consequently, many intermediate steps are left in the text, which, to the initiated, may appear inelegant, if not annoying. At the same time this text serves a secondary purpose of being a reference work; the vast majority of formulas needed to solve any problem in angular momentum theory are contained in this book". It only remains for me to add that the book is strongly recommended as a textbook for students and prospective researchers (and is very sensibly priced!). I hope that it will run into many printings.