| View Larger Image | Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications | Paperbackby J. S. Lilley (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 412 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 08, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 667,346th |
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Product Description
This title provides the latest information on nuclear physics. Based on a course entitled Applications of Nuclear Physics. Written from an experimental point of view this text is broadly divided into two parts, firstly a general introduction to Nuclear Physics and secondly its applications. * Includes chapters on practical examples and problems * Contains hints to solving problems which are included in the appendix * Avoids complex and extensive mathematical treatments * A modern approach to nuclear physics, covering the basic theory, but emphasising the many and important applications |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 3 reviews)
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A nice book for general course on the subject by C. Tenreiro Leiva (Chile and South Korea)  4 Stars
November 19, 2009
I have been teaching introductory nuclear physics courses for many years and in many places, and his book has one particular property, it gives clear explanations on some complex topics, like nuclear reactions, just to pick one example.
The same topic, at this level, in other texts, takes pages and pages or you have to go forward and backward inside the book because the topic is splitted, see for instance Wong's book, which is quite good but for other level and in this particular case Wiong's book is quite confusing and lacking physics details too. Also normally there is a need for a lot of deep math to follow the topics, what makes sometimes physics to be left on the back stage.
Here in Lilley's book is the opposite, physics comes first and detailed calculations are left to be taken from other books or from references.
It does not compete with Krane's book but it is a complementary one. Another example, on the nuclear reaction chapter, it should be compared with Cottingham chapter 8, then you can see the difference, in Cottingham there is almost nothing (In some how this is the kind of books to be compared with).
In my opinion this book fits very well in what should be a reasonable understanding for general students that thake nuclear physics as a complement or that they need it for general background in applied technology, which includes nuclear techniques among other ones.
So for general purpose courses on the topic that is more intended to applications I give 5 stars, but for physics students I give 4 stars because in that case I believe the application part is too extensive compared with the more fundamental one, which could go deeper on topics like nuclear structure, with the same clear vision that the author developed in the rest of the book.
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Not a good textbook! by Who Knows  3 Stars
September 26, 2009
I've been using this book as the required textbook for an undergraduate introductory nuclear physics course and I have to say this is one the worst textbooks I've ever had. The organization of the book is very abrupt and absolutely challenging to read. In fact, I've spend more time deciphering Lilley's writing to English instead of trying to understand the actual concept. The book also has more of a story like approach and wordy explanations which is not that desirable since it severely undermines the mathematics necessary for the subject. Moreover, the problems accompany each chapter are so badly worded that you'd never know what they're asking for until you look up the solution at the end. Maybe a good complementary book but not a good main textbook.
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Really good by Miguel Angel Caro Bayo (La Laguna, Spain) 4 Stars
April 24, 2006
I used this book to prepare an exam corresponding to a 3rd year introductory nuclear physics course. I've received, in general, a really good impression, even though my contact with the text is been limited to the first -"Principles"- part of the book. My valutation, separating good ("+") and bad ("-") impressions is
(+) Lots of figures illustrating key concepts of the text, almost ever including experimental data plotting.
(+) Concise explanations.
(+) Structured treatment of topics.
(+) Explanations at an undergraduate level. Perfect for a 3rd - 4th year physics student.
(+) Little knowledge concerning other matters is required, just a few quantum mechanics and special relativity concepts that are anyway explained when needed.
(+) Author doesn't get lost into exhaustive and unnecessary mathematical developments.
(+) Supplementary appendices at the end of the book with useful imformation, also including every known isotope mass excess, half-time (or abbundance) and decay mode (if unstable).
(+) Includes exercises at the end of each chapter, solved in the appendices.
(+) Author refers to every theory valutating pros and cons of each one, never discarding any of them.
(-) More other books references while explanations are being developed would be helpful.
(-) Sometimes is difficult to discern which are the secondary or really important topics.
(-) If English is not your mother language you should take into account that sometimes a little bit complex sentences are used.
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