Publication Date

S. A. Ambartsumyan, Theory of Anisotropic Piates, J. E. Ashton (Editor), T. Cheron (Translator), Technomic, Stamford, Connecticut, 1970. (Russian publication date unspecified.)... 

The student should not reject a book without consideration simply because it was published one or two decades ago. If it was a good book when it was published, it remains a good book. Of course, the reader of any scientific work must be aware of its publication date so as to place it in the context of current knowledge. One of the advantages of earlier books, especially in quantitative or theoretical subjects, is that their authors tend to give more expansive and detailed treatments than do later writers, and beginners in a field may benefit from the fuller description. 

Nutter, D. E., F. C. Silvey, and B. R Stober, Random Packing Performance in Light Ends Distillation," Inst, of Chem. Engrs. (England), publication date not given. 

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