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To anyone seeking to know the present stage of development in any branch of physics, the “Handbuch der Physik” probably provides the readiest source. There is no attempt at continuous authorship, as each section of each volume is written by someone whose name is well known in connexion with the work described. The completeness of the whole work is thus assured and continuous revision brings it always to date. The later part of the work described in these three parts of the second edition refers to work published in the autumn of last year. The great extent of the work covered renders it impossible to give any detailed review, but it may be said that details of the mathematical work are not generally given, but rather the general place of any work in the scheme of growth of the subject. References are given, and to the convenience of the reader, they are given on the page to which they apply, instead of being collected in a mass at the end.
(1) Handbuch der Physik.
Zweite Auflage. Herausgegeben von H. Geiger und Karl Scheel. Band 22, Teil 1: Elektronen, Atome, Ionen. Redigiert von H. Geiger. Pp. vii + 492. 44.70 gold marks. (2) Band 22, Teil 2: Negative und positive Strahlen. Pp. iv + 364. 34.70 gold marks. (3) Band 23, Teil 1: Quantenhafte Ausstrahlung. Redigiert von H. Geiger. Pp. iv + 373. 34.70 gold marks. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1933.)
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(1) Handbuch der Physik. Nature 132, 335 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132335b0
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