BOOK REVIEWS Structure of Molecules and the Chemical
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Y . K. Syrkin and M . E. Dyatkina. Translated and revised by M. A. Partridge and D. 0. Jordan, both of the University of Nottingham, England. Dover Publications, Ino., New York, 1964. ix 509 pp. Figs. and tables. 13.5 X 21 em. Paperhamd. 82.75.
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This classic which links theory to practical meesurements and presents a comprehensive survey of basic structural chemistry is now priced for the student's pocketbook. Dover's edition is an unaltered and unabrideed remint of the
Chemical Background for the Biological Sciences Emil H . White, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Prentice-Hall, Ine., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964. viii 152 DD. Fies. and tables. 16 X 23:5 em. 'klothb&nd. $4.95; paperbound. $1.95.
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This book is designed to provide a chemical background for users of the "Foundations of Modern Biology" s w i m As such, it presents a series of six concise, coordinated chapters covering in succession, atomic structure, chemical m a t h e matics and thermodynamics, three areas of classical organic chemistry and finally, structural properties of certain biological materials. The intended role of this book dictates an examination of its usefulness both in the classroom and on the reference sheli.
The 11 vohme "Foundations of Modern Biology" series offers the excitement of modern biology and emphasizes the importance that chemistry plays in this field. Yet the extent of chemical knowledge required for meaningful comprehension of modern biology, and certain texts in the series, is far too great to he covered by one s m d l booklet such as this. This book does not replace the chemical insight and depth obtained in formal course workinintroductory, organic, and physical chemistry. The very condensation of whole areas of chemistrv into such limited sp2ct' rlir~tinatp.i1 1 , ~pr.irti
