bookshelf New Energy Technology: Some Facts and Assessments. H. C. Hottel, J. B. Howard, xi 364 pages. M.I.T. Press, 50 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02142. $2.95, paper.
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A product of several teaching and research projects, the book reports the status of today’s energy problems, assesses the technical and economic adequacy of existing or proposed processes and their consistency with developing standards of environmental quality, and suggests where additional effort-research, development, demonstration plant-is needed to accelerate change. Global Environmental Monitoring. 67 pages. Editorial Service, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Box 23136, S-104 35 Stockholm 23, Sweden. 1971. $2.00, paper.
Report prepared by the Scientific Committee on Problems for the Environment for the U N Conference on the Human Environment (being held in Stockholm this month). Contains recommendations, environmental problems, monitoring, and operational and institutional arrangements. D Your Environment: Air, Air Pollution and Weather. Collins M. Henson, 206 pages. The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., 19-27 N. Jackson St., Danville, IL 61832. 1971. $4.95, hard cover.
Written specifically for students in grades six through nine. Designed to meet the needs of students by involving their young minds in scientific inquiry. Begins with basic facts and proceeds through complex processes, thus building a comprehensive scientific background in the area of air, weather, and man’s use and misuse of his environD ment. Water Pollution Microbiology. Ralph Mitchell, Ed. x 416 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10016. 1972. $19.50, hard cover.
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Begins with a chapter on sources of water pollution. Following papers are grouped into six parts: microbial
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Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Processes. P. G. Stocher. vi 288 pages. Noyes Data Corp., Park Ridge, NJ 07656. 1972. $36, paper.
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changes induced by inorganic and organic pollutants, intestinal pathogens as pollutants, pollution and community ecology, microbial parameters of pollution, and microbiological approaches to pollution control. Compiled to promote understanding of the role of microorganisms in water pollution and water pollution control and to stimulate interest in microbial ecology of polluted waters among biologists and engineers.
Book is based on U S . patents since 1960 relating to hydrogen sulfide removal from gases and liquids. Supplies detailed technical information and can be used as a guide to the U S . patent literature in this field. Geothermal Overviews of the Western United States. approx. 192 pages. Geothermal Resources Council, P.O. Box 1033, Davis, CA 95616. 1972. $6.00, paper.
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Book was written in hope that a more realistic picture of the pollution problem, its dangers and solutions, will emerge. Specifically, the book takes an objective look at the chemistry and chemical compounds of air and water pollution. m A Nationwide Survey of Environmental Protection. Erdos & Morgan, Inc. 92 pages. The Wall Street Journal, 30 Broad St., New York, NY 10004. 1972. $3.00, paper. Report on issues of environmental protection based on a survey among Wall Street Journal subscribers. Reveals what businessmen say their companies will be doing to solve the pollution problems of the ~O’S,a definitive report on what w business is doing and thinking.
