Book Review: Table of Isotopes. 8th Edition, Volumes 1 and 2. Edited by R. B. Firestone and V. S. Shirley

✍ Scribed by Günter Herrmann

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 263 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.199723842

✦ Synopsis

BOOKS

agent Phlogosol (sodium disulfosalicylatosamarium anhydride) and GdDTPA, which is a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging.

As a collection of episodes from the history of the rare earth elements, the book makes no claim to completeness, especially in the area of applications. Although the chapters are presented as separate stories in the individual style of their authors, sometimes with overlapping of the subject matter, the overall effect is quite well-integrated. The articles emphasize the interpretation of historical connections. Thus the work can be regarded as an excellent complement to the more technologically and scientifically orientated review by K. A. Gschneidner and C. R. Eyring ("Two Hundred Year Impact of Rare Earths on Science", Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1988