Radio astronomy: by Bernard Lovell and J. A. Clegg.238 pp., tables, drawings and illusstrations, 14 x 19 cm. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1952. Price, $4.00

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• Book ID: 103076512
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1952
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 105 KB
• Volume: 254
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(52)90170-1

✦ Synopsis

BOOK REVIEWS 551

cussed and exact solutions obtained by means of Bessel functions. Sound waves of finite amplitude are treated in the final chapter.

Although a great amount of material is covered in a relatively short text the author's exposition is clear throughout.

Many of the details are, however, left to the reader. Practical applications and exercises are not included. This is in accordance with the author's intention since the book was written for use as a reference by graduate students taking a formal course in the theory of vibrations.

Amplification of the contents, practical applications, and exercises have therefore been left to the lecturer.

Approximate methods such as those of Rayleigh, Ritz, and Stodola, found in most engineering texts, are not included.

This strictly analytical text is of special value to the practicing engineer for its application of operational calculus to vibration problems and for exact solutions of circular plates.

M. P. NORIW RADIO ASTRONOMY, by Bernard Love11 and J. ,4. Clegg. 238 pp., tables, drawings and illusstrations, 14 X 19 cm.