(1) The Structure of Atoms (2) La Théorie des quanta et l'atome de Bohr (3) Institut International de Physique Solvay

Abstract

THE problem of the structure of the atom is one which for many years has exercised a fascination for the scientific mind. Its solution demands the correlation of phenomena from many branches of physics and chemistry, and the repercussion of the current ideas on the subject makes itself felt over a correspondingly wide field. It is a subject on which no worker in physics or chemistry dare allow his knowledge to become out-of-date, and in which other scientific workers take an interest which is by no means entirely extraneous. Owing partly perhaps to the distinction and lucidity of some of its famous exponents, it has also aroused the interest of a wider non-scientific circle and has won for itself a distinctly “good press.” In the circumstances it is not surprising that books on the subject, addressed to one or other of these numerous classes of potential readers, should appear at frequent intervals.

(1) The Structure of Atoms.

Prof. Dr. Alfred Stock. Translated from the Second German edition by S. Sugden. Revised and enlarged. Pp. viii + 88. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1923.) 6s. net.

(2) La Théorie des quanta et l'atome de Bohr.

Léon Brillouin. (Recueil des Conférences-Rapports de Documentation sur la Physique. Vol. 2, 1^re Série, Conférences 4, 5, 6. Édité par la Société Journal de Physique.) Pp. 181. (Paris: Les Presses universitaires de France, 1922.) 15 francs.

(3) Institut International de Physique Solvay.

Atomes et électrons. Rapports et discussions du Conseil de Physique tenu à Bruxelles du 1^er au 6 avril 1921 sous les auspices de l'Institut International de Physique Solvay. Pp. vii + 272. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1923.) 20 francs.