Thp twelve chapters which comprise the present,volr~me have been contributed by n group of t,hirt,ecn Rritish chemists, several of whom are slao ront,rihutors to previo~is volumes. Thesc chapters complete the survey of mononuelem b m ~ e n derivatives e begun in Volume IIIA and continue with considerations of polyphenylrtted aliphaties, biphenyl8 and related compounds, palynneloar condensed aromatic derivntives and monocyclic quasi-aromatic systems, such as tropolonra and metallo-hiscyclopent~adicnyl derivatives. As xith previous volumw in the series the authors' t,ask has hrrn more t,o provide a careful selection of significant material rather th:m an exhmst.ive, undigested survey, and the balance hetween early literature ritat,ions and vwy rewnt ones mems to be about the the same xs in oarlier volumes. The t,ext's annrosrh to its subiect matter lol-
then of examining a number of more i n portant individual members of t h r class under ronsidw.at,ion. The main emphasis of t,he honk rontinues t o be desrviptive rather than thcon:tieal, although onr does find f w q u m t up-t,o-date reforenw to thaoretirnl material. The list of periodicals cited for refwcnee in the present volume includes ahout 180 different primary souraes. The indrx, which conaiats of Rome 135 pxgrs and over 13,000 rnt,ri?s, has hem ranrtrueted with a limited amonnt of rroas ~derencing,restricted t o t,hose mtrirs which handle equally wed alt,ernatp nxmrs. There is no separate author indrx. References, a8 before, aw inrluded pnrrnthebieally in bhe body of thr text rather than as footnotes. The ve1.y limited n t i m h ~ rof entries on the Corrigenda she& furnished for Volumes I I I A and I I I R rontinne t,o attest t o the painst,aking raw which has gone into t,he preparation of this series. The convenienrr and importance for the practicing organir chemist of owning the books in Dr. itodd's series becomes illcrenringl? appnrcnt with the advent of each new vvolum~. One can only say that theuniform prxiap which previous voh~mes of the wries w ~ r eaccorded continues to he folly r n r r i t d in t:he present one. WILLIAM A. BONXER. S T I N F O ~Crir~nrrrr ~
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SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEW PATTERNS OF LIVING
Richord L. Meier, Program of Education and Research in Planning, University of Chicago. Technology Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. New York 1956. xviii 266 pp. 2 8 figs. 22 tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. $6.
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discovc~~~icx in science and terhnology. It s h o w n way t o adequate levels of living, iwailitlrle to evelyonn, which is still ineomplete but e m n e v e r t h ~ l ~bes ~rspirlly extended m d improved by specific kinds of rrseareh." The majar topic.; discrwed inclndo the Present IVorId Predicament (Human Serda, Poprdrttion, Ilesowcee, Furl, I t o c h and Minerals, Humsn Seeds IJninlfillrd), New Foods, Sra Fuels, and Xerv I'utt,rrns of Living (Thr llnlthnsim I>ilrmmna, A Minimum Adrquntc St,nndd u d oi Living, Characteristics of the New IJ~.hanization, The New Industries, The Developmental Soriet,:-, Social Orgsniext i m for Sen-Technology, 0 t h Horizons). ~ An appendix is includrd which pI.esent,s problrms in Fwdamental Science and in Applied Rraeanh. Each wction is well daeumentetl with recrnt litemture referenrcs. A I I W I ~ I P index is inchldrd. 11)pcnrrnl the vriting is well donr whicll makes I'm easy reading. Suffiricnt dntit am included t o support the :~~.guments, to give s~hst:mro to the topics covered, and to mskc thc hook both int~restinpar w l l a s usnhlr as R reference source. This hook is to he twommmdcd as ;L wfwnrrr sotlrrr for terminal courses in gcwml s c i m c r (either 1,iologirnl or. phwie rwl). I t is also a useful r ~ i r r ~ n csourer I'm the, scientist and the laymilr for ~ a s u n l ~.c,:dingnnrl sBldy. 4 . R. GARRETT OH,^
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PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY SERIES 11: REACTORS Edited by R. A. Chmpie, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, D. 1. Hughes, Brookhaven National Laboratory, D. I. Littler, A. E. R. E., Harwell, and M. Trocheris, C. E. A,, Saclay. McGrawHill Book Co., Inc.. New York, 1956. x X 492 pp. Many figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm'. $14.00. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY SERIES IV: TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING Edited by R. Hurst, A. E. R. E., Harwell, and S.McLoin, Argonne National Laboratory. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1956. xiii 420 pp. Many figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5cm. $12.00
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THESEnew series of books a n "Progress in Siwlwr ICrm.p),," annoonerd late in 1956, are initiated by eight volumes, each of which is volume one in its particular series. T h ~ s eseries are not to be coniusrd with the "National Surlear En~1.g)Se~ies,"slzo pt~blished by filcGraw-Hill, whirh 7 w . e I m e d upon declassified Manhattan Plojrct reports and Inter inform* tion. IZ'or should these series be confusod with the United Nations prtblicationa of the proceedings of the Geneva Conference on Nuclear Energy. Instead tlrese new FCI.~(.P will he international in scope, in-
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