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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
graphic methods. Macrobiological methods are not included in the book; however, some microbiological methods are included where applicable. The authors have done an excellent job of presenting the material, and the only criticism I have is that they could have gone into more details as to the pref erence or applicability of the various methods. Some methods which are in general use in this country are not covered in the book and, conversely, some methods that are not used in this country are listed. This applies most to the section on Vitamin B 1 2 where the radioactive tracer and the countercurrent method are not discussed, whereas the Ochromonas malhamensis microbiological method is given in de tail. Unfortunately, in my opinion the book is poorly bound. At least the copy I reviewed was coming apart by the time I finished. Techniques in Protein Chemistry.
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Leggett Bailey, χ + 810 pages. American Elsevier Publishing Co., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York 17, Ν. Υ. 1962. $11. This book is written for biochemists who have had limited practical experi ence in the chemistry of proteins and wrho ma}' wish to try their hand at a tentative characterization and struc tural examination of the protein or pep tide part of their particular experi mental system. The author's aim was to compile a practical handbook in which established analytical methods are discussed in detail, recent promising techniques are touched on briefly, and in which theoretical considerations are introduced only where they have a di rect bearing on practice. Two chapters of the book are de voted to column chromatography and electrophoresis of proteins. The major part of the book is concerned with methods for sequence determination, selective cleavage of peptide chains, fractionation of mixtures of peptides, amino acid analysis, and other tech niques required in structural work on proteins. The
Elastic
Constants
of
Crystals.
H. B. Huntington. 139 pages. Aca demic Press, Inc., Ill Fifth Ave., New York 3, Ν. Υ. 1964. $8.95. This book was reprinted from Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications. The book deals with the research aspect of elastic studies. Consideration is limited to inorganic, crystalline materials, and interest is focused on the properties of single crvstals.
