BOOK REVIEWS of the data were obtained. Each compound entry gives the wave number, intensity of t,he band, physical state or solvent used, and other special infomation snch as prism, structural group responsible for the vibration, and original reference source. Although few group frequency assignments are reported in this range, the region is becoming more important in eompound ideniification. The absorption band positions reported in this compilation shodd he a valuable reference to the analyst.
J.V.D. Optics, Waver, Atoms, ond Nuclei: An Introduction
Edwin L. Goldwasser, University of Illinois, Urhana. W. A. Benjamin, 265 Inc., New Yark, 1965. xv pp. Fim. and tables. 16 X 23.5 em. Clothbound, $6; paperbound, $3.95.
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This book was written for a segment of the sophomore survey course in physics for science and engineering majora and introduces the subjects of geometrical and physical aptica m well as a. smattering of atomic theory and nuclear physics. The author asserts in his preface that a familiarity with mechanics, electriciby, heat, and the calculus is taken for granted.
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The level oi the discussion, however, is Catalysis a n d Chemical Kinetics shallow. For instance, a relationship A. A. Bolandin, ct al. Academic Press, between refractive index and dielectric 255 pp. Inc., h'ew York, 1964. xii constant is alluded to on p. 120 but is not Figs. snd tables. 16 X 23.5 em. 810. given explicitly. Similarly, the author makes use of classical statistics without This book was printed in Poland and writing down the Boltamann distribution contains 14 articles (written in English) by and discusses wave mechanics in a short Russian and Polish scientists. In spite of chapter without giving the Schroedinger the rather general title, 12 of the 14 artiwave equation. These latter two omiscles deal with some aspects of heterogenesions will seem particularly incongruous ous catalysis or resctions, and they emphat o those sophomores who have already size the contributions made by scientists in been taught chemistry from Mahan's Eastern European countries. Such a new text that explores both equations in weighted presentation could be of conconsiderable detail. Goldwasser also dissiderable value to those of us who have cusses "the unusual case of a n elliptical little or no fluency in Polish or Russian if mirror" on pp. 11 and 12 without even the presentation were sufficiently complete mentioning its present importance in laser to be understandable. Unfortunstely, technology. this is not the ease in many of the articles; On the positive side, Goldwasser's for example, in bit land in'^ article on Iiew style is enjoyable; hip development of Data on the Multiplet Theory he refem the subject matter does foster a n attitude of reader to A . A . Ralandin: Trudy konferentsystematic inquiry on the part of the sii po katalizu i khimicheskoi kinelike vo reader, as, for instance, in his discussion of Vmclave, (1958) or Z . Sokalski: Xajnowze the wave nature of electrons on p. 202. kierunki w kalalizie. .\-ow lechnika. 119. And the book has only the usual quota PWT. Warszawa, 1957 (sic) far derivation of typographical errors. His treatment oi a i the equations and disrussion of the relaRutherford's experiments leading t o the tions central to the application of the nuclear model of the atom is especially theory. These referent~esare not readily readable and may interest chemistry available to mast of us. teachers lecturing on the subject. As The articles in this hook do not reprethe intriguing title suggests, however, this sent the best of the current work in Eastern book is definitely not a reference work Europe. True, the articles by Boreskov and cannot be recommended for inclusion (on catalytic selectivity), by Bielah3ki (on i n departmental or private libraries of conductivity of oxides), and by Trzebiachemists. towski (on magnetic properties of cataEDWARD M. E ~ N G lysts) achieve the objectivity we expect in University of Utah (Continued on poge .4.92Oi Salt Lake Pit!,
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BOOK REVIEWS scientific writings and will be of interest to most catalytic chemists. On t,he other hand, many of the other writers seem to be most interested in promulgating their particular theories and establishing priorities. To this reviewer the flavor of the book is best conveyed by the following quotation from t,he preface; "The founder of the School of Polish Kinetics was J. J. Boguski, a co-worker of Mendeleev, lecturer s t the Chief High School in Warsaw and hitter professor of the W m a w Technical University. The r e sults of his classic studies on the rate of chemical reactions in heterogeneous systems were published in the first volume oi 'Kosmos,' the periodical ai the Polish Naturalist Society, in 1876. There he formulated and proved mathematically the elafisic law of heterogeneic reaction rate dzldt = KF(a - s), which had been derived by him independently of western authors, and i t was confirmed by W. Ostwald in the 1st edition of his 'Handbuch d. allg. Chemie' in 1887. We have therefore the full right to call this equatio~rBoguski's law." This reviewer does not want to deprive them of that right. In summary, then, this is a book that has a definite place in those institutions that want their listing of books on catalysis to be absolutely complete.
R. J . K O K E ~ The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
Chemical Reactions in Shock Waver
Edward F . Greae, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and J. Peter Toanies, Physikalisehes Institut der Universitat, Bonn. Academic Press, 352 pp. Ine., New York, 1964. vii Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 em. $11.
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The capabilit~.of shock waves to produce rapid, uniform heating of fluids to high temperatures has provided a convenient method for investigating gases and gas mixtures over a wide temperature range. Since World War I1 there has been a. vast amount of work in this area, resulting in a wealth of new data on equilibrium and kinetic properties a t elevated temperatures. The present volume, as its title implies, ernphasiees studies of chemical reactions, although many other aspects of shock wave research are touched upon more than casually. I t is an updated translation of the author's "Chemiache Reaktionen in Stosswellen," first published in 1959 as Volume 3 of "Forb schritte der physikalischen Chemie" under the editomhip of W. Jost. The opening chapter gives a general introduction to shock waves with a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of shock wave methods to those of competitive techniques. This is followed by a
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