Antibunching of photons is one of the few phenomena which can only be explained in terms of the quantum theory of light. Rodney Loudon describes this effect, and its more widely known counterpart, photon bunching
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Rodney Loudon 1976 Phys. Bull. 27 21
K J Dean 1984 Phys. Bull. 35 339
Hermann A Haus 1984 Hemel Hempstead: Prentice-Hall xii + 402 pp price £26 ISBN 0 13 946053 5
The author has written a text which provides an excellent introduction to optoelectronics. The main purpose of the book is to present the mathematical models of, and to outline the approaches that are required for, the analysis of optical propagation and interaction.
D Wishart 1966 Phys. Bull. 17 60
Rufus Isaacs London: John Wiley. 1965. Pp. xxii + 384. Price 113s.
Dr. Isaacs has written a book about two characters, P (for Pursuer) and E (for Evader). P is usually aggressive (as an individual he has homicidal tendencies when driving a car) and, when he has the opportunity, he is a warmonger.
S Zienau 1975 Phys. Bull. 26 545
L Allen and J H Eberly Chichester: J Wiley 1975 pp xiii + 233 price £10.80 (cased)
Allen and Eberly, who have been most actively engaged in the expanding field of laser physics have written this introduction to optical resonance, pulse propagation and superradiance and allied phenomena relying mainly on quasiclassical methods. The mathematical apparatus and the actual, minimal, amount of quantum electrodynamics put to use, should make this text accessible to every graduate physicist.
Herman Haken 1977 Phys. Bull. 28 412
'Synergetics' is a term that many physicists will have come across without perhaps fully understanding its meaning. In this article Professor Haken tells us that synergetics is a new field of interdisciplinary research and describes its achievements
P J Dobson 1985 Phys. Bull. 36 506
J F Nye 1985 Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press xvii + 329 pp price £15 (paperback) ISBN 0 19 851165 5
A review of a well-known and trusted work such as this is difficult. It is 28 years since Professor Nye's book first appeared in hardback form.
R Hide 1977 Phys. Bull. 28 521
Earl J McCartney Chichester: J Wiley 1976 pp xv + 408 price £19.20
'Atmospheric optics is unique amongst physical sciences in providing beautiful examples of its subject matter, and opportunities for observations are open to all'. These words from the opening section of this book, together with the author's '... hope that many readers will (as a result of reading the book) look with renewed interest at the many optical effects displayed on a grand scale across the sky ... the awakening colours at sunrise, the unfathomable blue of a clear sky, the moving shapes and tints of clouds, the rainbow, and particularly the red bow at sunset...', provide a stimulating introduction to a technical monograph intended for a wide range of professional scientists and engineers.
D J Thouless 1972 Phys. Bull. 23 224
H E Stanley Oxford: University Press 1971 pp xx + 308 price £5
In the past fifteen years or so there has been a lot of experimental and theoretical work on the nature of critical phenomena in the neighbourhood of second order phase transitions. It has not been easy to get a good overall view of this work without digging through the rather complex original literature, although there are some good review articles covering particular aspects of the work.
M A Moore 1983 Phys. Bull. 34 167
R J Baxter 1982 London: Academic xii + 486 pp price £43.60
Over the past few years there has been a growing belief that all the twodimensional lattice statistical models will eventually be solved and that it will be Professor Baxter who solves them. Baxter has inherited the mantle of Onsager who started the process by solving exactly the two-dimensional Ising model in 1944.
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C R Berridge 1988 Phys. Bull. 39 303
For some time now there have been frequent pronouncements, mainly from the Department of Education and Science, that there is a shortage of physics teachers. The Institute of Physics conducted a survey on the supply of physics teachers between September 1985 and August 1986, and concluded that there had been a drop in the average number of replies per advertisement compared with a previous survey.
Patrick Flynn 1988 Phys. Bull. 39 303
Don Wilkinson (Physics Bulletin April 1988 p1 36) is right to criticise the new IOPP logo which can only indicate that physicists have no sense of design and lack any aesthetic appreciation. Its appearance on the front of Advance Abstracts and on the contents page of Physics Bulletin emphasises that it is totally out of character with the appearance and typography of these publications.
D A Bell 1988 Phys. Bull. 39 303
A distraction at the beginning of the article by R W Munn (Physics Bulletin May 1988 p202) was the association of a 1 nm linear dimension of a component with the figure of 1000 atoms per bit. With atomic diameters and lengths of bonds between atoms all being of the order of a few angstroms (say 0.4 nm) it is difficult to see how 1000 atoms per bit arises.
Louis Cohen 1988 Phys. Bull. 39 304
It was in the spring of 1966 that a serious discussion about a European Physical Society took place, initiated by Professor Gilberto Bernardini at a meeting in the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. After a remarkably short time for this sort of thing, agreement was reached on how the society should operate and the EPS was formally established in September 1968.
G R Bishop 1988 Phys. Bull. 39 304
Scientific research results, and the whole spectrum of high-level competences that a state or collection of states can bring to bear on events, constitute more than ever a decisive ingredient in the vital and active competitive role which each social unit must play to transform society globally. The roots of this evolution lie in the scientific culture of Europe.