identified. This makes the text more useful, particularly with a student population whose first language may not be English. There are also some worked-out nroblems surinkled thoughout the pages. Some of the outdated material in the book has been eliminated, along with same of the older references. Many new references have been added. But some frustrating contradictions remain. The reader's f r s t exposure to the hydrogen atom uses Coulomb's Law in the now obsolete Gaussian form. ' h o sections later the analogous magnetic equation is in completely modem notation. The electromagnetism portions of major physics texthooks are now completely in SI, and this is what students should be seeing in more advanced works a s well. Quantum Chemistry remains a solid and useful textbwk, particularly for those who require a relatively gentle introduction to the field. It has been enhanced and will be used for many years to come.
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Monographs Inorganic Materials . Duncan !& Ewceand Dermot O'Hare, Editors. Wiley: New York, NY, 1992. xiv + 543 pp. Figs. and tables. 1 5 . 7 23.7 ~ cm. This book addresses areas of research in this field where inorganic materials are central to that research. Each chapter provides an introduction to the subject under discussion and then develops the field to provide a n overview, with certain topics being expanded. Areas of interest include: Molecular Inorganic Superconductors; Molecular Inorganic Magnetic Materials; Metal-Containing Materials for Nonlinear Optics; Inorganic Intercalation Compounds; Biogenic Inorganic Materials; Clay Chemistry; Polymeric~Coordination Complexes; Metal-Containing Liquid Crystal; and Precursors for Electronic Materiala.
Chirality in Industry: The Commercial Manufacture and Applications of Optically Active Compounds A. N. Collins, G. N. Sheldrake, and J. Crosby, Editors. Wiiey: New York, NY, 1992. xiii + 409 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.8 x 23.7 cm.
Electrochemistry in Colloids and Dispersions Raymond A. Mackayand John Texter, Editers. VCH: New York, NY, 1992. 546 pp. Figs. and tables. 16.4 x 24.2cm. $115.00.
Nucleic Acid Targeted Drug Design C. L. Propst and Thomas J. Perun, Editors. Marcel Dekker: New York, NY, 1992. xiii + 619 pp. Figs. and tables. 16.2 x 23.6 crn. $165.00.
Society of Plastics Engineers Monographs. Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials, Second Edition Stephen L. Rosen. Wiley: New York, NY, 1993. mi + 420 pp. Figs. and tables. 16.4 x 24.4 cm. Modern Synthetic Methods RolfScheffoM, Editor. VCH: New York, NY, 1992. 489 pp. Figs. &tables. 17.7 x 24.7 crn. $75.00. This new book providesaccess to some selected and rapidly developing areas of synthetic organic chemistry. It focuses on synthetic aspects of the chemistry of carbanions and acetylenes as well a s on some topics in carbohydrate chemistry. Contributions from six leading experts not only outline the general background, basic principles and their application in organic synthesis, but also provide representative experimental pmcedures and references.
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