with a series uf bibliographies and note*. Several appendixes and a glwsary provided addrtionsl ruppon data and an entr6 into technical terms and government acronyms. The index is annoyingly incomplete. The hook concludes with two short chapters. The penultimate deals with the international efforts and frustrations to curb risks. The last sums up where we are now and what rational prospects are for the future. Not unexpectedly, no quick fixes are offered for certainly none exists. People who have read Science, Chemical and Engineering News, and agood newspaper far the past thirty years will not find much new information in "The Two Faces of Chemistry." Persons who wish t o acquire material to support their own views about chemistry and the world situation will find i t of valueas will younger membersof the professiun for whmn the dirillusionments of the Vietnam Wnrnnd thedisenchantment d the 1973 oil crisis are items of history.
William B. Smith Texas Christian University F m Worth, TX 76129
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(or excitations) to the more complex processes. I t is interesting to note that mass spectrometry is not included as a spectroscopic technique. It is treated separately since i t should be classified as a separation technique. I t is understandable, considering the author's field of expertise, that the spectrmopy chapters of this text are very comprehensive, although brief, and are easily understood by students a t the undergraduate level. The applicability and limitations of each technique are pointed out. For example, quantitative analytical applications of infrared spectroscopy are usually ignored or given a one-page mention in most texts. This is a very important technique in industrial and environmental analysis and is well covered in this text. There are, however, certain weaknesses in this text. In general, the book is polarized with respect to its coverage of spectroscopic technique. Chromatographic techniques are covered adequately, but electroanalytical methods are discussed in one brief chapter. This chapter is not only out-of-date in that i t covers only the classical techniques such as potentiometry, coulometry, amperometry, and polarography, but also i t completely omits the modern electroanalytical techniques used extensively now for trace analysis and reaction mechanism and kinetic studies (AC polarography, pulse polarography, anodic stripping analysis, cyclic voltammetry, spectroelectroehemistry, etc.). In addition, several other, important techniques in instrumental analysis are omitted completely. A partial list of these are activation analysis, radiochemical methods, M6sshauer spectroscopy, polymer analysis, kinetic methods, and surface techniques. Clearly, if this hook is to he used in a survey course covering all aspects of modern instrumental analyses, the instructor will need to suoolement the text. .. The blblwgraphv. s u g g ~ ~ kexperlmrnffi. d and prnhlemtg.ven at thrmdofeach rhnpter are adequate except for rhe rhaptrr on QIPCtrochemistry. Harry B. Mark Jr. University of Cincinnati Cincinnati. OH 45221
~ n d e r a r a d u a t eInstrumental Analvsls: Third Edition, Revlsed a n d Expanded. James W. Robinson, Marcel Dekker. Inc., 550 pp. Figs. New York. NY, 1982. iii and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. 528.75.
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This textbook which is specifically aimed for use in undergraduate level course in instrumqntal methods of analysis is very well written and organized and is a good teaching text. There are special features which set this hook apart from other hookson this subject. One is an introductory section which discusses "What is Analytid Chemistry?". This reviewer disagrees slightly on the philosophy of analvtical chemistrv,..eiven..hut I think that the prerenmtm 19well thought.
