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Handbook of geochemistry, 11-4
244 Picard aficionados and urged on those who as yet have not been titillated by his prose. To close, I deign to say my interest was piqued hard by this tidy little book. Oh well, when in Rome. Buy it. RICHARD O. STONE (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Handbook of Geochemistry, 11-4. K.H. Wedepohl (Executive Editor). SpringerVerlag, Berlin, 1974, 898 pp., DM 298.-. The rather large instalment just issued achieves the completion of chapters on 25 elements and almost completes a further 39 chapters. Among the 28 chapters remaining, that on aluminium is partly complete (sections A, G to L) whilst crystal chemistry data (section A) have been issued for seven other elements. It is unwise to assign degrees of importance to elements but one feels that complete chapters on such elements as sulphur, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, strontium, zirconium, molybdenum, tantalum and radium will be awaited with impatience by many geochemists. The initial courage of the Executive Editor and the Editorial Board in undertaking such a great task is still very commendable and their present efforts to bring the work to completion are to be viewed sympathetically. As in previous instalments, the mass of data presented is of incalculable value. In this instalment the references are not only adequate but very up-to,late. The present instalment is recommended to purchasers of previous instalments and the whole work so far published is of such a scientific value that it must be regarded as essential for serious workers in the field of geochemistry. ARTHUR S. RITCHIE (Newcastle, N.S.W.)
Handbook of Geochemistry, 11-4. K.H. Wedepohl (Executive Editor). SpringerVerlag, Berlin, 1974, 898 pp., DM 298.-. The rather large instalment just issued achieves the completion of chapters on 25 elements and almost completes a further 39 chapters. Among the 28 chapters remaining, that on aluminium is partly complete (sections A, G to L) whilst crystal chemistry data (section A) have been issued for seven other elements. It is unwise to assign degrees of importance to elements but one feels that complete chapters on such elements as sulphur, chromium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, strontium, zirconium, molybdenum, tantalum and radium will be awaited with impatience by many geochemists. The initial courage of the Executive Editor and the Editorial Board in undertaking such a great task is still very commendable and their present efforts to bring the work to completion are to be viewed sympathetically. As in previous instalments, the mass of data presented is of incalculable value. In this instalment the references are not only adequate but very up-to,late. The present instalment is recommended to purchasers of previous instalments and the whole work so far published is of such a scientific value that it must be regarded as essential for serious workers in the field of geochemistry. ARTHUR S. RITCHIE (Newcastle, N.S.W.)