[ RadSafe ] FS: Nuclear Engineering text (1946)

[Jerry Lahti]

FOR SALE – 
The Science and Engineering of Nuclear Power
Addison-Wesley, 1947, 503 pp, hard cover

Possibly the first published nuclear engineering text.

>From the Preface: “This publication and the second volume in preparation 
contain the essentials of a series of seminars initiated at the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology in 1946. Th objective is to present the fundamentals 
of chain-reacting systems in terms that are understandable to the non-
specialist, particularly to engineers interested in the industrial 
application of nuclear energy. Progress in this field requires the 
coordinated effort of many branches of science an d engineering, particularly 
during the nest several years. Gradually, the responsibility will develop to 
a new breed of specialists, already dubbed nuclear engineers. It is 
anticipated that collaborative publications of this type will assist material 
in these developments.”

Contents (abridged)
Chapter 1. Nuclear Physics – RD Evans
Chapter 2. The Fission Process – M. Deutsch
Chapter 3. Neutron Diffusion – VF Weisskopf 
Chapter 4. Nuclear Chain Reactions – EP Wigner
Chapter 5. Elementary Pile Theory – FL Friedman
Chapter 7. Chemistry of the Fission Process – CD Coryell 
Chapter 9. Construction of Nuclear Reactors – Clark Goodman
Appendices Include neutron cross-section curves and a Segre chart (Now known 
as the Chart of the Nuclides)
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Price $110 including shipping within the US
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Jerry Lahti
Naperville IL