Radiation Detection and Measurement

I used this book for a graduate nuclear instrumentation course. This book is apparently considered the nuc/rad instrumentation bible. Thorough and clear explanations of complex topics. The author has a skill in explaining things with words that makes the overall concepts understandable. Excellent reference.

If you're in nuclear sciences, engineering, or other detector spaces, this is THE reference text. The material covered is still very much applicable to detectors as we use them today (minus some tables, but that's expected). If you need an advanced understanding of how rad detectors work in general this is a great text to work with. There are very few texts that cover both intro and in depth topics. If you're in practice, this is an excellent reference to refresh with.

Still something to be said for a text book in hand to refer to.

This is a great book. It is simple enough for the layman or hobbyist yet it is packed with concise information. It is helpful for lifting the fog of SI units and classical units that cloud the understanding of nuclear physics. I have not finished the book. I read and re-read the first three chapters, each time gaining new information. This is not liberal arts this is real science. You just have to repeat and re-read. What I have read has made the price worthwhile. As I advance more with scintillators and gamma spectroscopy the remaining chapters look to be very helpful.

When I told my dad I was going to grad school for nuclear engineering, he gifted me his first edition copy of Knoll from the 70s/80s. I had to order the 4th edition due to several updates, and they both sit happily next to each other on my shelf.As other reviewers said, this book is indispensable. I spend more time with it than I do with my boyfriend. If you're in physics, health physics, or nuclear engineering and contemplating renting this or borrowing from a friend, strongly consider just buying your own copy, you'll come back to it for reference time and time again.

This is called the radiation detection bible among my lab group. It covers all the main points of radiation detection at a college level. A great reference for anything an undergraduate in nuclear physics or nuclear engineering needs to know. It is written at a level simple enough for any science fan to understand but with a depth that meets the standards for professionals. Each chapter includes citations for those that want to find the information in more detail from its source. Great book, I would recommend it to anyone interested in radiation detection!

Easily repaired with high quality archival library tape.

Excellent book for a first course in radiation detection/instrumentation, or for self study to gain a greater appreciation for the field in general. Some of the chapters are a bit dense to read, but the book also doubles as a reference manual for later use. You'll find a thorough list of references at the end of each chapter with specific citations made throughout the text. This makes it easy to drill-down into specific topics of interest as you're working toward application of a particular detection method.