BOOK REVIEWS what is being done in praotice, rather than theory alone. The chapter on economics of de~ignshows how the Nelson cost index tits with other genord indexes and enables the refinery engineer to keep up-to-date through material that Prof. Nelson publishes in the Oil and Gas Jownal. The book is as up-tc-date as jet fuels and reforming processes. Anyone interested in p~troleumprocessing or refinery engineering will want this book.
KENNETH A. KOBE University of Tezas Amtin
Chemistry and Uses of Pesticides
E. R. de Ong, Agricultural Technologist, 2nd ed. Universit,y of California. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1956. vii 334 pp. 18 figs. 19 tables. 16 X 23.5 em. $8.75.
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The literature on pesticides has become so voluminous that those who have not specialized in this field, but need t o know more about recent developments in it, will welcome a book which d ~ a l swith the important insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, weed killers, repellents, and seed protectants. Within the relatively narrow confines of 340 pages an amazingly hrge amount of material has been covered concisively
and authorit;~tivelywith due regard to the most recent discoveries in science, teohnology, and their application. I t s camprehensiveness without superficiality will be appreciated not only by those directly engaged in the production and distribution of agricultural chemicals, but also by instructors in college:~s and voeationrtl schools, progressive farmers, and extension workers as well as students of chemistry, entomology, biology, and agronomy. Of particular value for all t,he named interested persons will be the appendixes containing a dictionary of pesticides, a glossaly, tolerances, and mtidatcs. I t is unfortunate that the general index does not mention items contained in the book (for instance fungicides) and thus makes it difficult for the uninitiated t o locate them.
FRANCIS JOSEPH WEISS Arlington, Virginia
Effects of Radiation on Materids
Edited by J . J . Hamood, U.S . Office of Naval Researoh; Henry H. Hausner, Consultant t o the Martin Co.; J. G. Morse, Nuclear Division, the Martin Ca.; itnd W. G. Raztch, U. S. Office of Naval Rerearch. Reinhold Publishing Corp., xeu, York, 1959. v 3.55 pp. 16 X 23.5 cm. $10.50.
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The colloquium on this theme sponsored by ONR itnd the Martin Company a t Johns Hopkina in March 1957 created such great interest among research seientists and engineers, that the papers there presented have been published here in book farm. Eaoh chapter is a. review of the unclassified information on same phase of the effects of high energy radiabion on nan-living materials. The stature, of each contributor as an authority is unquestioned, hence the papers are indispensable to anyone wanting to become familiar with the 1957 status of knowledge. Metals and alloys, inorganic dielectrics, semiconductors and all apecialized reactor component materials are discussed. One quarter of the book deals with the effects of radiation on organic materid-chiefly po1,vmers. Each of the 11 chspt,ers lists many literature references. 779 items appear in a. camprehensive hibliagraphy as an appendix. .4 very good index adds t o the utility of the volume. W. F. K.
Frontiers in Science
Edited by Edward Hukhings, Jr., Califomis. Institute of Technology. Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1958. vi 362 pp. 11.5 X 21 cm. 86.
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Mike Wallace in a recent radio interview -4th Robert M. Hutebins, for the Fund for the Republic, asked him if pereonal he had worked out,. . ."a philosophy of what kind of world we should be striving for." Dr. Hutrhins
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