A significant amount of the world's electric energy is already provided by nuclear reactors, and growing needs are being addressed by the development of new reactors with improved fuel cycles. Nuclear power is also finding its way into other applications in industry, medicine, the military and research. In response, Stacey (nuclear engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology) has updated his successful textbook (which also serves well as a professional reference) to reflect these new developments in his coverage of basic and advanced reactor physics. In the former he covers neutron nuclear reactions, neutron chain fission reactors, neutron diffusion theory, neutron energy distribution, nuclear reactor dynamics, fuel burn-up, nuclear power reactors, and reactor safety. Advanced topics include neutron transport theory, neutron slow-down, resonance absorption, neutron thermalization, perturbation and variational methods, homogenization, nodal and synthesis methods, and space-time neutron kinetics. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)