BOOKS of the field and is otherwise informa tive. Chapters 5 and 6 are both excellent reviews on the use of two-dimensional electrophoresis for the separation of plant proteins and in protein analysis in cancer research. Both of these re views are comprehensive and provide methodological considerations of the techniques as they are best practiced in the laboratory. Chapter 7 on the two-dimensional electrophoresis of nonhistone chromo somal proteins deals with a less famil iar subject in general electrophoretic literature, but less than 5% of the work consists of literature published in the last two years. The chapter gives a good overview of fractionation procedures and provides the reader with a broad base of information. This book will be of interest to both theoreticians and practitioners of sin gle and multidimensional electropho resis in the fields of protein separation.
Books Received Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 7: Reference Edition. 402 pp. Elsevier Sci ence Publishers, P.O. Box 882, Madi son Square Station, New York, NY 10159.1988. $200 This reference volume is a compila tion of the material published in the regular monthly edition. Features, news, trends, computer articles, and others are listed by month. A subject and author index is provided, as well as a list of meetings, books, and software reviewed. Computational Methods in the Chemi cal Sciences. A. F. Carley and P. H. Morgan. 337 pp. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158. 1989. $115 This volume is part of the Ellis Horwood Series in Chemical Information Science. The chapters are entitled "Some Fundamental Concepts and Ba sic Methods," "Interpolation, Nu merical Integration and Differentia tion," "Solving Differential Equa tions," "Fitting Straight Lines and Polynomials to Experimental Data," "Optimization Methods," and "NonLinear Least Squares Minimization." Each chapter contains several pro grams. The references are from the 1970s and 1980s up to 1989. An index and a program index are provided. Spin Labeling: Theory and Applications. Lawrence J. Berliner and Jacques Reu ben, Eds. xix + 650 pp. Plenum Pub lishers, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013.1989. $95
This is volume 8 in the series Biologi cal Magnetic Resonance. Chapter ti tles include "Inhomogenously Broad ened Spin-Label Spectra," "Nitrogen15 and Deuterium Substituted Spin Labels for Studies of Very Slow Rota tional Motion," "Electron-Electron Double Resonance," "Spin-Label Oxi metry," and "Magnetic Resonance Study of the Combining Site Structure of a Monoclonal Anti-Spin-Label Anti body." References are from the 1970s and 1980s through 1987. An index and a listing of the contents of other vol umes are also included. Infrared Microspectroscopy: Theory and Applications. Robert G. Messerschmidt and Matthew A. Harthcock, Eds. xv + 282 pp. Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016.1988. $85 This is volume 6 in the series Practi cal Spectroscopy. The topics covered in the 18 chapters include imaging ca pabilities, polymers, polarized infrared microscopy, semiconductors, pharma ceuticals, and reflectance studies. Most of the references are from the 1980s up to 1987. An index is included.
X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry. Ron Jenkins, χ + 169 pp. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158.1988. $60 This is volume 99 in the series Chem ical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Ap plications. The topics covered include industrial applications, diffraction, in strumentation, sample preparation, and recent trends. The chapters aver age 15 pages in length. The references date to 1987, and an index is included. An Introduction to Applications of Light Microscopy In Analysis. Diana Simp son and W. Gordon Simpson, χ + 215 pp. Royal Society of Chemistry, Distribution Center, Blackhorse Rd., Letchworth, Herts SG6 1HN, England. 1988. $63 This book contains an introductory chapter, 13 applications chapters, and a concluding chapter. The applications chapters average 12 pages in length and cover such topics as mineralogy, alloys, plastics, materials, biologicals, water quality, foods, and forensics. Tables, il lustrations, a bibliography, and an in dex are also included.
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