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Physics Bulletin

Introduction to Atomic and Nuclear Physics

A Ashmore

Published May 1, 1963• 6 citations
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Fourth Edition By Henry Semat London: Chapman and Hall Ltd . 1963. Pp. x + 628. Price 70s. Students of physics are usually introduced to wave mechanics during their first course on atomic and nuclear physics. Such a course cannot, therefore, make much use of the wave mechanics and has to be largely descriptive in its treatment of the subject.

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10.1088/0031-9112/14/5/013

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