The Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics
Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. I. Discovery -- The nature of the radiation -- Particles produced by the cosmic rays -- The primary cosmic radiation -- Radio waves from the galaxy -- Extensive air showers -- The origin of cosmic rays -- Local peculiarities -- Other cosmic radiations -- pt. II. Observations of the penetrating radiation on seven balloon flights / by Viktor F. Hess -- The nature of the high-altitude radiation / by W. Bothe and W. Kolhörster -- The earth-magnetic effect and the corpuscular nature of (cosmic) ultra-radiation. IV / by J. Clay -- The positive electron / by Carl D. Anderson -- On multiplicative showers / by J.F. Carlson and J.R. Oppenheimer -- Note on the nature of cosmic-ray particles / by Seth H. Neddermeyer and Carl D. Anderson -- Extensive cosmic-ray showers / by Pierre Auger with P. Ehrenfest... [et al.] -- The nature of the primary cosmic radiation and the origin of the mesotron / by Marcel Schein... [et al.] -- Observations on the tracks of slow mesons in photographic emulsions / by C.M.G. Lattes... [et al.] -- Evidence for multiple meson and [gamma]-ray production in cosmic-ray stars / by M.F. Kaplon... [et al.] -- A mechanism of acquirement of cosmic-ray energies by electrons / by W.F.G. Swann -- On the origin of the cosmic radiation / by Enrico Fermi -- Cosmic radiation and radio stars / by H. Alfvén and N. Herlofson -- Abundance of lithium, beryllium, boron, and other light nuclei in the primary cosmic radiation and the problem of cosmic-ray origin / by H.L. Bradt and B. Peters -- The nature of cosmic radio emission and the origin of cosmic rays / by V.L. Ginzburg -- Cosmic-ray modulation by solar wind / by E.N. Parker