Theory of Groups and its Application to Physical Problems

IT is an obvious truism to say that the day is long past when each 'branch' of science was placed in a separate water tight compartment on its own, divorced from all the other 'branches'. On the contrary, it has become increasingly clear in recent years that these 'branches' are unified in one collective science, and that an advance in one 'branch' will offen lead, at a later date, to an advance in some apparently totally different field of investigation.Theory of Groups and its Application to Physical Problems By S. Bhagavantam T. Venkatarayudu. Pp. xi + 234. (Waltair: Andhra University, 1948.) 20 rupees.