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THIS little book gives a fascinating account of cosmic ray research, its results and its unsolved problems ; the book is, indeed, an outstandingly attractive work on science for the non-specialist, and should appeal to the educated public that in recent years has so eagerly welcomed accounts of relativity, stars and atoms. Translation from the French has not obscured the clarity of the original version. The style is attractively light, with occasional wit, and thoroughly respectful to the intelligence of the reader-that is, it is sincere and free from any attempt at bemusement by paradoxes and verbal sleights ; instead the author has striven with all needful skill and patience to enable the reader really to understand, not merely to create a fleeting illusion of understanding.
What are Cosmic Rays?
By Pierre Auger. Revised and enlarged American edition. Translated from the French by Maurice M. Shapiro. Pp. vii + 128 + 22 plates. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1945.) 12s. net.
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CHAPMAN, S. What are Cosmic Rays?. Nature 157, 4 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157004a0
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