The Magic Of Cosmic Radiation: Fifteen Lectures Edited By W. Heisenberg ~ Rare Item [0pSKUJYf]

New York: Dover, 1946. Quarto in green cloth; 192 pages illustrations 24 cm. References to the literature (pages 181-186). Near fine; lacking jacket. . Hardcover.

Novel Laureate Donald Glaser's copy with his signature and date of 1947 to free endpaper. A series of symposia, held in the years 1941 and 1942 in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut for Physics, was published in Berlin in 1943 in commemoration of the 75th birthday of Arnold Sommerfeld. / Contents: Forewords./ "Published and distributed in the public interest by authority of the U.S. Alien property custodian." Contents: Review of the present state of our knowledge of cosmic radiation / W. Heisenberg -- [Cascades] -- The cascade theory / W. Heisenberg -- The large air showers / G. Mollière -- [Mesons] -- The creation of mesons / K. Wirtz -- Showers with penetating particles / A. Klemm and W. Heisenberg -- The absorption of mesons / H. Voltz -- Burst excitation by mesons / C.F. v. Weizsäcker -- Radioactive decay of the meson / W. Heisenberg -- The decay of electrons of mesons / F. Bopp -- Theory of the meson / C.F. v. Weizsäcker -- Meson theory of the deuteron / S. Flügge -- Theory of explosion-like showers / W. Heisenberg -- [Nuclear particles] -- Nuclear disruptions and heavy particles in cosmic radiation / E. Bagge -- On the excitation of neutrons by cosmic rays and their distribution in the atmosphere / S. Flügge -- [Geomagnetic effects] -- Cosmic rays and the magnetic field of the earth / J. Meixner.