New library books

THE WAVE MECHANICS OF ELECTRONS IN METALS, Stanley Raimes. Interscience Publishers, Div. of John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York 16, N.Y., 1961; 367 pages; $13. The basic principles of wave mechanics are developed from the fundamentals, and applications are given to simple 1-electron systems, atoms, and molecules, as well as to the more complex problems of metals and other solids. Particular attention is paid to the calculation of energies — not only 1-electron energies, but also the energy of the metallic system as a whole. The problem of the interaction of electrons is also discussed at length, and there is a chapter on plasma oscillations in metals.