EDITORS' COLUMN A s a new adventure in furthering the knowledge of chemists, the American Chemical Society's edu cation office now plans to provide ACS Lectures on Tape. The first set of tapes, which is now available, concerns timely topics in modern inorganic chemis try that might not ordinarily be adequately covered in undergradu ate curricula or beginning graduate programs. The lectures, prepared by distinguished inorganic chemists, are as follows : (1) "Xenon Compounds," (28 minutes), prepared by Neil Bartlett (2) "Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions of Molecular Hydrogen," (22 minutes), prepared by Jack Halpern (3) "Bonding of Molecular Oxy gen and Other Small Molecules to Transition Metals," (35 minutes), prepared by James A. Ibers (4) "Silicon Hydrides and Their Inorganic Derivatives," (42 min utes) , prepared by Alan G. Mac Diarmid (5) "The Chemistry of Molecu lar Nitrogen," (27 minutes), pre pared by George W. Parshall (6) "Oxidation-Reduction by Electron Transfer Through Mole cules," (44 minutes), prepared by Henry Taube In addition to the set of tapes, the purchaser receives a reference book, edited by Dr. William L. Jolly, that contains outlines, refer ences, charts, etc. necessary for suc cessful use of the tapes. The entire set of six tapes and one reference book may be obtained from the Education Office, American Chemi cal Society, 1155 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, for the very reasonable cost of $25.00. This new program of tapes on interesting topics in chemistry fol lows closely on the heels of the highly successful ACS short courses program, and the program for ACS short courses on film. (The short course on film concerning interpre-
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