Propagation de l'Electricité

Abstract

IN this book we have a reproduction of a course of lectures delivered by Prof. Brillouin at the Collège de France during the session 1902–03, They were presumably addressed to an audience possessing already a fair knowledge of electrical theory. The author, therefore, does not aim at giving a complete and connected account of the subject, but, with a freedom which less fortunate teachers will envy, selects those parts which seem to him most interesting from a historical or theoretical point of view. The subject matter of the course now published falls under two heads; first, an exposition of fundamental principles, characterised by great fulness in the historical setting and originality in the order adopted, and second, a detailed discussion of certain special problems. The style is admirably clear, and the whole book is written with a freshness which makes it very interesting reading.

Propagation de l'Electricité.

By Marcel Brillouin. Pp. vi + 398. (Paris: A. Hermann.) Price 15 francs.