BOOK REVIEWS skill of the seicntist in the conduct of inquiry . . . and my objective will have been nccomplished if I succeed in att,raeting z few scientists to the study of seientifir inqniry in its own right and if a few more find ways of improving t,heir rcscarch procedures." nroause t,his review will appear in a journal quit,e far removed from the immediate intwost of the hook's author, it seems appropriate to c a n s i d ~ the r benefits it might afford a more casual reader, other then the student enrolled in n course in Opemtions Research for whom it ohviausly is intcnded. The key to the book is ront:~inedin the first sentence in Chapter
3: "In applied research, i t is necessary t o translate the decision maker's problem int,o a research problem." Chapter 13 reviews the techniques of testing and controlling the model and the solution t,o the problem, resulting from the research. I n between these chapters, the hulk of the hook is concerned with the techniques of this kind of research: formulating the nrohlnm. models. definine. measurement.
opt,imization. Each chapter has a n eaderisive bibliography. The last two chapters (14 and 15) are particularly provocative: Implementation and Organization of Research, and The Ideals of Science and Society. Even the
non-specialist will derive benefit from reading these, as they relate t o so mimy pressing current problems like "oonflict between science and other social institutions," "dissemins,tion of research findings," "the research team," and "the ideals of man," t o cite a few section headings. The concluding sentence t o Chapter 15 "is: T o be sure, responsibility for future morality is not the scientist's alone, hut perhaps from him can come leadership in the substitution of brain for brain settling conflicts between men and hetween their societies." LAURENCES. FOSTER Army Materials Research Agency Watertwn Amnal Watertwn, 11~asswkmetts
Lehrbveh der Band 2
Organischan
Chemie.
FI-iedrich Klages, University nf Munich, Germany. 3rd ed. Walter de Gruyter
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and Co., Berlin, 1962. xiv 639 pp. Figs. and tables. 18 X 24.5 em. 56 DM Klages' "Organic Chemistry" is a remarkable textbook. The entire set consists of three volumes arranged in four hooks containing more than 2500 pages. The first volume (THIS JOURNAL 37, 7, 379 [19601) deals systematically with organic compounds and reactions, the third volume (THIS JOURNAL 36, 2, 102 [1959]) concerns special ttupics (dyes, polymers, etc.), and the most recent second volume carries a subtitle "Theoretical and General Organic Chemist,ry." The titles of individual chapters will indicate the scope of this vohrme: History of Organic Chemistry (35 pp.); Physical Methods (67 pp.); Bonding and Bond Types (131 pp.); Reactions and Reaction Mechanisms (135 pp.); Tautornerism (35 pp.); Intermolecular Forces and Association (48 pp.); Stereochemistry (125 pp.). Although the treatment of individual topics is quite up-to-date, there are no more than some 30 m a t h e matical equations in the whole book and the clarity and conciseness of the style are outstanding. The separation of physico-chemical theor," in this volume from the purely chemical theory in the other volumes has advantages and disadvantages. Although the present hook is just a p a r t of a more extensive treatise, i t could be used separately in a similar manner t o Wheland's "Advanced Organic Chemistry" or Ingold's "Structure-and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry" in most graduate courses. The unique value of Klages' work, however, lies in his successful attempt t o treat the whole field of organic chemistry from one point of view. Because of the rapid growth and complexity of certain highly specialized fields (pol,mers, small ring cornpounds, heterocycles, organophosphorus compounds, etc.) the type of chemiste referred t o as "general organic" praeticslly disappeared and their place was taken by a variety of specialists and experts. This change, which in itself was unavoid-
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BOOK REVIEWS able and necessary, was fallowed by a loss of perspective concerning the interrelation of the individual special fields and their common background. Professor Klages presents us just with this hnckground which recreates the seemingly lost unity of organic chemistry. The size and scope of the work emphasizes the differences hetween the E u r u p e ~ n and the American graduate student. It is clearly impassible t o master its contents within one year and, accordingly, the European student is expected t o take his most important examination toward the very end of his graduate work. The American student, on the other hand, takes his "advanced organic" just a t the beginning of his graduate studies, and the final predoctoral examination requires often no more than a passing knowledge of a junior organic course. Although i t is quite possible even far a n average student t o correlate the various graduate courses concerned with organic chemistry and thus t o gain the proper perspective, i t is well known t o those who attend t,he oral doctoral examinations or who discuss chemistry with new graduates t h a t all too often this very important breadth of view is missing. As in the previous volumes, the paper and typograph," are excellent and misprints are fen. ALEXEJR. BORKOVEC Peslieide Chemicals Research Branch U . S . Department of Agriculture Bcltsoille, Maryland
Index to Reviews, Symposia Volumes and Monographs in Organic Chemistry for the Period 1940-1960
Compiled and edited hy h h r m a Kharasch and Walter Wolf, hoth of the University of Southern California, Las Angeles, and Bloinr P. P. Harri.son, technical editor. Peigamon Press, Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford, England, 1962. viii 34.5 pp. 22 X 28.5 em. 70 shillings.
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With the burgeoning volume of chemical literature, the liberatore senrrh is itself hecoming a. more fonnidahle, but necessary, part of the research efl'ort. 4 short cot to the literature is the presence of a good review article or monograph. But with the hundreds of review articles appearing, these, too, are difficult to find. I t is, therefore, n convenience t o have a t one's dhow a copy of the present vnlrlmc. The titles of about seven thousand review articles taken from jonrnals and other periodical publications, rollertive volumes and non-periodical puhlications %=.re included. The reviews are listed hg the symposia volume or journal and sre cross-indexed with a total suhject and an author index. I n t h e case of Chemical Reviews, a11 of the organic papers have been listed, even those prior to 1040. A
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