Abstract
A BOOK on the Raman effect, written from a physical point of view, has been badly needed for some time. Since the discovery of the effect in 1928, there have been several attempts to review and collate the enormous literature which has grown up in the succeeding years. Although there are now several good bibliographies, and Hibben's excellent book on the chemical applications, Professor Bhagavantam is the first to give a general account of this phenomenon in English, with proper emphasis on the physical aspects. Almost half the book is quite properly devoted (as the title indicates) to the general subject of light scattering. In addition to providing a good up–to–date account of the basic phenomenon, this method of treatment helps to make clear the relation of the quantum theory to the classical theory of light scattering, and the extent to which classical ideas (for example, anisotropy and polarizibility) may usefully be employed in the interpretation of Raman spectra.
Scattering of Light and the Raman Effect
By Prof. S. Bhagavantam. Pp. x + 333 + 2 plates. (Waltair: Andhra University, 1940.) 15 rupees; 22s. net.
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SUTHERLAND, G. Scattering of Light and the Raman Effect. Nature 148, 738 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148738a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148738a0