Books ing chemical shift on page 2 is incor rect, and the correlation time of A is represented differently on pages 11 and 13. Two appears as a factor rather than a power in the denominator of the equation for the dispersion mode on page 33, and the 77 Se resonance frequencies on page 43 should be in units of MHz. The book was prepared from camera-ready copy and contains some typographical errors as well as some spelling errors in the list of refer ences. Education and Teaching in Analytical Chemistry. G. E. Baiulescu, C. Patroescu, R. A. Chalmers. 190 pp. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016. 1982. $44.95
Reviewed by Roland Hirsch, Depart ment of Chemistry, Seton Hall Uni versity, South Orange, N.J. 07079 This unique publication presents the unified views of three authors in a full-length, well-produced book. It contains chapters on "Teaching and Education in Chemistry," "Teaching Analytical Chemistry," and "Educa tion in Analytical Chemistry." The au thors make a distinction between edu
cation and teaching, in which the lat ter "plays the role of a catalyst in pro moting the process itself, namely edu cation." A valuable feature of the book is an extensive list of 327 references, at least 100 of which are to articles deal ing with education (the remainder are to papers or books dealing mainly with techniques or methods). There are nu merous quotations and illustrations that will be helpful to the teacher pre paring lectures and lab exercises. Thus, this volume is a useful guide to publications relating to education in analytical chemistry, although two es sential essays on the foundations of our field are not mentioned, those by Betteridge (Anal. Chem. 1976,48, 1034 A) and Hirschfeld (Anal. Chem. 1976, 48,16 A), and the books cited are mainly in old or hard-to-find edi tions. More than half of the book, some 100 pages, is devoted to descriptions of specific techniques and methods. This material inevitably will become dated, and indeed most of the numer ous tables already are 8-12 years old. The mass of detail often makes it dif ficult to understand points being
made by the authors. The selection of topics covered in detail is not well jus tified. It is puzzling, for example, to see barely two pages of text on chro matographic techniques. This reviewer's conclusion is that the book is too long. The authors might have produced a clearer and more convincing argument for their special views of the field if they had written a set of brief essays free of the details and data. If you teach analyti cal chemistry you will use this book, but you will probably look elsewhere for stimulating new approaches to your subject.
Books Received Principles and Applications of Medico legal Alcohol Determination. Ε. Μ. P. Widmark. xii + 1 6 3 pp. Biomedical Publications, P.O. Box 495, Davis, Calif. 95617. 1981. $53 Digital Computers in Analytical Chem istry. Part I. J. B. Justice, T. L. Isenhour, Eds. xvi + 367 pp. Academic Press, Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003. 1982. $56
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