Abstract
THESE Second World War and the succeeding years have seen a great extension of the use of radio waves of very high frequency, largely as a result of the stimulus provided by the development of radar, and of television and frequency-modulation broadcasting systems. It is therefore perhaps not surprising that there have appeared recently several books on matters associated with the use of such short waves. However, it might be suggested that the time has now been reached when intending authors and publishers in this field should consider carefully what they have to offer before adding to the list. One might particularly emphasize that it seems scarcely necessary nowadays to include a treatment of vector analysis, and a detailed derivation of Maxwell's equations, together with the fundamental principles underlying electromagnetic radiation, in every new text dealing with very high frequency radio phenomena.
Ultra-high Frequency Transmission and Radiation
By Nathan Marchand. Pp. ix + 322. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1947.) 27s. net.
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SAXTON, J. Ultra-High Frequency Radio For Students. Nature 164, 937 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164937b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164937b0