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This 493-page hardcopy book is the third edition of a textbook first published in 1983 for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students, mostly in nuclear engineering. Its 17 chapters alternate reviews of background material necessary to the understanding of radiation detection and measurement, and actual teaching material relevant to the field. The five appendices provide useful tables of common physical constants and conversion factors, atomic masses, and other properties of isotopes, half-life, energy, and intensity of commonly used radionuclides, mass attenuation, and energy absorption coefficients, and buildup factor constants. The book ends with a 7-page index. The textbook makes good use of equations (over 600) and easy-to-read figures (over 350). Incorporated in the text of some chapters are examples with solutions. Additionally, each chapter contains an average of 12 problems (without solutions), sorted by material in the order in which it appears in the text. Each chapter is documented by an average of 10 bibliography items and 40 up-to-date references. The purpose of this third edition is to provide an update to the textbook initially published in 1983. The second edition preface, published in 1995, acknowledged few changes in the field since the first edition, and incorporated mainly corrections and updated references. This latest edition is being justified by the progress in miniaturization and speed of equipment, notably benefiting nuclear nonproliferation, homeland security, and nuclear medicine. The main changes highlighted in the preface are the addition of the chapter on applications of radiation detection, the elimination of several outdated sections from the second edition, and a complete updating of bibliography and references, including websites. The textbook is intended for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students in the fields of nuclear science and engineering, and as such may be used as a background reference for a medical physics graduate program. It may also satisfy the curiosity of medical physicists who are interested in a review of the basis of radiation detection and measurement methods. As noted previously, the 17 chapters alternate background and review material with new teaching material. After the introduction, chapters 2–4 offer a review of statistics, atomic and nuclear physics, and interaction of radiation with matter. Chapters 5–7 divide radiation detectors into three types: gas-filled detectors, scintillation detectors, and semiconductor detectors. These chapters focus on the physics underlying these detectors, including interactions and signal formation and readout. Applications of these detectors are not discussed. Chapters 8–11 focus on material related to radiation measurement more specifically applied to spectroscopy, such as electronics and data analysis methods. The following three chapters then discuss in detail photon, neutron, and charge particle spectroscopy. Chapter 15 covers activation analysis. Health physics is then discussed from the perspective of radiation protection for radiation workers. The last chapter is an addition from the second edition. With only 4 pages of text, it is by far the shortest chapter in the book. It describes the latest advances in the applications of radiation detection as they relate to radiation protection, nuclear medicine, and nonproliferation issues. Each section of this chapter provides only a brief overview, but they are complemented by a rich list of 78 references. Overall, this volume is a very good textbook, providing a solid introduction to radiation detection and measurement for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students in the field of nuclear science and engineering. Its usefulness is limited for medical physicists, as it is not focused primarily on applications. However, it may be used as a good background reference for those interested in a refresher course in the physics underlying detection. Additionally, the review chapters on statistics, atomic and nuclear physics, interaction of radiation with matter, and data analysis method are very well-written and can be appealing to medical physicists. Olivier Gayou received a PhD degree in Experimental Nuclear Physics from the College of William and Mary, and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying proton and nuclear structure on experiments conducted at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Virginia. He then shifted his career to Medical Physics and joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at Allegheny General Hospital, where he now serves as Director of Physics Research and Development.