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This volume is a worthy follower of its fourteen predecessors. The same typographical format and high standards of printing and publishing are maintained. The variety of topics is as diverse as the points of origin of the contributors, well-establishing the truly international character of the series. The first article, covering fifty-four pages, is written by G. Borelius of Stockholm. It surveys the temperature variation of specific heat resistivity and volume of simple solids and liquids. It extends the author's previous article in volume VI of this series. The second article, covering about one hundred and fifty pages, is written by R. W. James of Cape Town. The dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction (originated by Ewald) is reviewed, and recent experimental confirmation of this fascinating classical field is discussed in a lucid manner. A brief survey (approximately sixty pages) on electron-phonon interactions is written by Sham and Ziman of Cambridge, England. This article derives the most important results by simple, physical arguments and gives the most recent advances, since the book "Electrons and Phonons" by Ziman was published in 1960. The fourth article (about one hundred pages) by F. Stern of Silver Spring, Maryland, deals with the Elementary Theory of Optical Properties of Solids. The final article by L. C. Hebel of Murray Hill, New Jersey reviews in ninety pages the concept of spin temperature, illustrated by a large variety of nuclear magnetic relaxation experiments. Nuclear resonance experiments provide many laboratory tests of thermodynamic and statistical concepts, and give deep insight into the meaning of these concepts. This volume is a welcome addition to the series of reviews of modern solid state physics. Every institutional physics library should have it. Many individuals whose research is
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