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1968 Phys. Bull. 19 61
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Radiation dosimetry, 2nd edition, Vol. II, Instrumenta-
tion
F. H. ATTIX and W. C. ROESCH (Eds)
New York:
Academic
Press.
1967
Pp.
xviii+462. Price £8
In the last 10 years since Hine and Brownell edited the first
edition of
Radiation
Dosimetry
there has been a tremendous
increase in the applications of dosimetry and a corresponding
growth in fundamental studies and instrumentation. Although
'Hine and Brownell' is still the standard book heavily used by
most radiation workers it is now out of date, and will no doubt
be most eagerly replaced by the new edition. This has grown
to three volumes, each corresponding to a major section of the
first edition: Vol. I, Fundamentals, Vol. II, Instrumentation,
Vol. Ill, Applications. The order of publication will be II, I,
III.
In Vol. II some of the chapters have been revised by their
original authors (Boag on ionization chambers, Ramm on
scintillation detectors, Laughlin and Genna on calorimetry,
and Dudley on photographic methods). Others have been
rewritten by new authors (Emery on G-M and proportional
counters, Fricke and Hart on chemical dosimetry). Chapters on
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