| View Larger Image | Nuclear Physics: A Course Given by Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago | Paperbackby Enrico Fermi (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | University Of Chicago Press | | Edition: | Revisedth Edition | | Page Count: | 258 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 15, 1974 | | Sales Rank: | 801,220st |
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This volume presents, with some amplification, the notes on the lectures on nuclear physics given by Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago in 1949. "The compilers of this publication may be warmly congratulated. . . . The scope of this course is amazing: within 240 pages it ranges from the general properties of atomic nuclei and nuclear forces to mesons and cosmic rays, and includes an account of fission and elementary pile theory. . . . The course addresses itself to experimenters rather than to specialists in nuclear theory, although the latter will also greatly profit from its study on account of the sound emphasis laid everywhere on the experimental approach to problems. . . . There is a copious supply of problems."—Proceedings of the Physical Society "Only a relatively few students are privileged to attend Professor Fermi's brilliant lectures at the University of Chicago; it is therefore a distinct contribution to the followers of nuclear science that his lecture material has been systematically organized in a publication and made available to a much wider audience."—Nucelonics |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)
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Core, Core and Core; Particles and Matter by Johannes Pollwein (munich, bavaria, germany)  5 Stars
October 16, 2008
As I'm very interested in geometries of the nucleus, I ordered a copy of this notes of a lecture given by Enrico Fermi summarized by some of his students. It introduces into shell-, gas-, and liquid drop-theory of nuclei. It gets really complicated in the interaction of different radiations with matter. But I learned what a well is, how to apply QM to the nucleus. All kind of decays are explained in detail with respect to the experiment. The book also covers the theory of mesons, which are the particles of the strong-force interaction. The last chapter is about cosmic rays.
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Excellent Text, but over my head by Paul (CO USA)  4 Stars
May 24, 2001
The text was written with expertise about the nature of the atom, of nuclear decay rates, and of the nature of radiation beyond Plank. It is very mathematically based (as all good physics books are), however, it was beyond me mathematically at times, and took about ten reads to comprehend the basic mathematical structure and implications.It is excellent if one already has a background in nuclear physics, and is a wonderful reference.
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A great master applies quantum mechanics. by henrique fleming (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil) 5 Stars
July 26, 1998
These are the notes of the Fermi lectures on nuclear physics at Chicago. As a book on nuclear physics they are, of course, too dated. However, I strongly recommend this book for he who wants to see a great master solving problems of various kinds. Besides the usual topics of alpha and beta-decays, nuclear models, scattering, etc, there are beautiful treatments of passage of radiation through matter, origin of cosmic rays and action of the Earth's magnetic field on incoming charged particles. The book is a monumental collection of very good exercises of quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, relativity, etc. In this sense , it will never become obsolete.
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