Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications
by J. S. Lilley
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Author: J. S. LilleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-06-08
ISBN: 0471979368
Number of pages: 412
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: A nice book for general course on the subject
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Summary of Nuclear Physics: Principles and Applications
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
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