B O O K REVIEWS students as a lecture guide. It contains no problems but does have a select bibliography of related texts. Emmy University Atlanta, Geo~gicz D'Ans-Lax Taschenbuch fiir Chemiker und Physiker. Band 2, Organische Verbindungen
Edited by E l l a Laz and Claudia Synowielz. 3rd d. Springer-Verlrtg, Berlin, 1964 (available in the United States from Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 175 Fifth Ave.). viii 1177 pp. Tables. 14 X 20.5 om. DM 48, (approx. $12).
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The contents of this handbook are: Nomenclature and Ring Numbering, Chemical and Physical Data of Organic Compounds, Melting and Boiling Points in Ascendine Order. Thermochemical Data for 0&nic ~£s, Critical Data for Organic Compounds, and an Index. The chemical and physical data tables are complete witb literature references to Beilstein and also to recent journal articles. There is somewhat more data in these tables than in a comparable handbook published in the U. S. However, the
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posure to modern nuclear physics may require some additional help from one of the supplementary referenma to digest t,his brief summary. The characteristicc; and uses of both Deutscb) is a good publication. However, reactor and non-reactor neutron sources its relatively limited coverage works are covered in detail, and should give the against its becoming a suitable replacereader a good understanding of how cerment for the current American handbooks. tain normally stable elements can be made J. D. REIN~EIMEB radioactive so that they can be a n a l y t i d y College of Wooster detected and quantitatively determined. Woosle~,Ohio The subject of radiochemical separations is very briefly discussed, witb emphasis on the conditims under which postirradiation separations are required, and Guide to Activation Analysis then reference is given to sources for information concerning practical separation Edited by William 8. Lyon, Jr., Oak methods. Ridge Nationa1 Lsboratory. Published Radiation detectors, including modern under auspices of the division of tecbnisemiconductor detectors and the very cal information, U.S.A.E.C. D. Van useful scintillation detectors, are discussed Nostrand Co., Inc., New York, 1964. very briefly theoretically, but very exxix 186 pp. Figa. and tables. 16 tensively practically. The analytical useX 23.5 cm. $5.95. fulness of the signal produced by each type This book has a single purpose, to proof detector is stressed. Counting stavide a guide to the understanding of a tistics are briefly discussed. single powerful analytioal technique so that Although most of the book is devoted to it may be used in practical analyses. I t is the activation of elements by neutrons, a clearly and concisely written, so that brief chapter describes other methods of practicing chemists and advanced underactivation and analyses which have been graduate students can comprehend. I t achieved by their use. has a wealth of illustrative examples and Three appendices list references for the bibliographic references to provide clarity analytical determination of a specific during the initial reading of the subject element (arranged alphabetically) in many matter, and to provide a valuable source of different sample matrices, in metauurgical, proved analytical procedures during subsebiochemical (medical), and geochemical quent ~raeticalapplication of the method. applications. These appendices will be Basic nuclear properties are covered in (Continued on page 4 1 7 0 ) 13 pages. A reader with little recent ex-
American handbook. such as Lnnne or
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