many interesting features. The printing is on recycled paper with headings and important features in two shades of green. There are marginal notes to emphasize important points and a summary followed by questions at the end of each ehaoter. Answers to the querlions are listrd in the nppendix. The text is intended fora one-yearrourse and supposedly no prerequisite of h~ghwhml chemistry is necessary, but the pace would he extremely difficult for the non-prepared. A biology background is not mentioned in the introduction. vet the student is exoected to br famllw with termssuch asm~torhondr~a and eharord plexus The instructor using the text will have to add explanations. For example, s very cursory discussion of equivalents is given in chapter five. A later chapter (#I61 on body fluids shows a chart of electrolyte concentrations in olasma in m e d l with no eaolanatory matenal and no referenre u, the earher presentarbon of equivalents An under standing of sodium/potassium balance and comprehension of the units to express the levels of these ions in body fluids is important to the health science student. I t is also a learning hurdle for him and the text will not mnke it easier. -~~~~~~ The instructor may have problems adjusting to the authors' philasophy. The hook is designed to integrate organic principles with those of general chemistry and chapters on organic chemistry are sandwiched between those on inorganic: Chapter three has a discussion of electroneeativitv. " .. dinole . moments and hydrogen bonding, tmishlng withmlculatimt offmnula weights. Chapler four is on i.wmerism. Chapter five takes !up a~lt~crons. percent concentration and molarity. Chapter six introduces rates of reactions and neatly juggles enzyme reactions and inorganic precipitations in one general discussion, etc. For the most oart.. the text would e k e a good review to thr already prcpnred student. Many rxample~of health applications are given which are interesting to someone who already has a understanding of same ehemistry. For the raw beginner, the hook would be confusing and would only reinforce the existing unpopularity of chemistry among workers in the health areas. ~
Chemistry, Man and Saclely, Second Edlllon Mark M. Jones, Vanderhilt University; John T. Netteruille, David 0 . Johnston and James L. Wood, David Lipscomh College. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1976. x 706 pp. Figs. and tables; appendix, and index. 20 X 27.5 cm.
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Laboratory Manual For Chemistry. Man and Soclety, Second Edltlon Mark M. Jones, Vanderhilt University; John T.Netteruille, David 0 . Johnston, and James L. Wood, David Lipscomh College. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1976. xxi + 387 pp. Figs. 16 X 25 cm. Soft bound. Often hooks which are intended for use in the terminal or general studies c o w present applications without reference to principles and theory. The result is an apparently unrelated series of examples and statistics. The authors of this hook avoid that prohlem by presenting theories and principles to a depth characteristic of the typical chemistrv course for allied health maims. The anplicstimr whieh the liheral a n z student finds t u be so meaningful are then presented. This is accomplished hy huilding on the theories and principles which have been previously introduced. Since only those theories and principles which are needed for the oresentation of a particular application need be included. the authors haw runriderable flexibility in the rhoire of material Thus such traditional topics as kinetics and equilibrium receive little attention and resonance is completely omitted. On the other hand, Chapter 8 provides a presentation of orbital shapes which is not used elsewhere. Thus the individual teacher can decide whether or not to include sake Chapter thus rmportant u ~ p ~ c fmown or 24. Nuclear Changes andTheir Applirntmns. has been revised hut a disrusrion of trnrerr has not heenadded. The last rhapter, Energy. Man and S o o w . 1s a new one. Ir providrsan excellent discu&on of nuclear energy, hut the portion on fossil fuels is only superficially related to chemical principles and the solar
energy component is very brief. Other sources of energy are not considered. As the reviewer of the previoua edition noted [this Journal 50, A44 (1973)l the book is too lone to be comoleted in one semester hv students with no prior chemical experience. I t would he useful for a one year course or in a shorter course for students with a strong high school background. I t would also he an excellent reference for students in college courses where the applications would provide an enrichment not found in the usualtexts for these courses. Two aids useful to students have been added to this edition of the book: 1) Margin summary statements have been added whieh should he helpful to students seeking a particular topic, and 2) Recall type self evaluation tests have been added a t the end of all chapters as well as in the middle of many chaoters. These auestions sunolement rather than replace thechallenging questions whirh were a strong feature of thr previour edi. tion. In the preface to the laboratory manual the authors state that their experiments are designed to accomplish a practical end and are "not merely demonstrations." In keeping with this ohilosoohv, the exoeriments which have been added tu the laboratory manual include three quantitative analysis determinations, one inorganic preparation, three organic preparations and the determination of an equilibrium constant. In summary, this text and laboratory manual are excellent for the nonscience majors as well as good references for students with some chemical knowledge.
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Mark M. Jones, John T. Netterville, Dauid 0 . Johnston, and James L. Wood, Chemistrv. Man and Societv. Second Edition Mark M. d&er. John T. ~ ~ r i e & l l eDoutd , 0 . Johnston, and James L. Wood, I.aboratory Mnnual for Chemistry. Man and Society, Second Edition Curlin T. Scors, Jr. and Conrad I. Slanrlrbi, Chemistry for Health-Related Science. Concepts and Correlations Francis Marion Pottenger, IN. Fundamentals of Chemistry Francis Marion Pottenger, III, Fundamentals of Chemistry in the Laboratory Frederick K.Ault and Richard M. Larence. Chemistrv: A Concentual Introduction Gordon M. Borrow, Introduction to chemistry T. K. Devon and A. I. Scott, Handbook of Naturally Occurring Compounds. Volume 1: Acetogenins, Shikimates, and Carbohydrates
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