This book, written as a text for a college or graduate course in radiochemistry, is the first of its kind to appear and is certain to meet with a most cordial welcome. One of the most striking features is the large variety of topics discussed, some in brief and some in detail, and although many of them seem far afield from the subject of radiochemistry, the order and mode of presentation are such as to bring them neatly together into a logical picture of this extremely important branch of science. Included in the book are chapters on nuclear structure and properties, on high-energy particle accelerators and nuclear chain reactors, on the interactions of radiations with matter, on instruments for radioactivity measurements, on statistics of radioactivity measurements, and on the study of nuclear radiations, all in addition to chapters on the actual application of radioactivity to chemistry. In my opinion, one objection to the book is the relative lack of material on the subject of radiochemical techniques and procedures.
Presumably this subject is to be treated in detail in a forthcoming reference book entitled "Radioactivity Applied to Chemistry," edited by Professor A. C. Wahl of Washington University, and one may hope that this companion volume to an "Introduction to Radlochemistry" will soon be published.
The problems, which are included at the end of each chapter, are well-chosen and do much to complete the understanding of the text.