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of reactions of selected classes of organic compounds. The series promises to be a valuable teaching tool in the field of organic chemistry. NEW FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE, a symposium by distinguished writers, scholars, and
public figures. 125 pages, 6 × 9 in. Washington, D. C., Public Affairs Press, 1957. Price, $2.75. Based upon a symposium held by the U. S. Information Agency, this volume presents a series of talks by distinguished writers, statesmen, and world-renowned figures. These talks were broadcast throughout the world by the Voice of America. The wisdom and vision of some of the most prolific minds of this age are included in this book, whose target is a better understanding of the hopes of humanity. REASON AND CHANCE IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, by R. Taton, 171 pages, plates,
5t X 9 in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $10.00. In this volume the author delves with penetrating insight, into the workings of the inventive mind. Examining the purpose and chance in the processes of scientific discovery, the text, not theorizing, prefers to illustrate by practical examples drawn from the works of distinguished scientists such as Poineare, de Broglie, Bernard, Galileo, Roentgen, Becquerel, the Curies, Leibnitz, Newton, Fleming, et al. Of unusual interest are the 32 illustrations, line drawings and reproductions of historic documents. The book undoubtedly would be a valuable addition to any scientist's library, and of particular interest to research workers. IN SEARCH OF M ~ , by Andre Missenard, 346 pages, diagrams, 6 × 9 in., New York, Hawthorn Books Inc., 1957. Price, $5.95. An English translation from the French by Lawrence G. Blochman, this text attempts to answer a question: if man's development is governed by three major forces, chemical, physical and psychical, each being controlled by techniques with the range of human knowl-
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edge, how and when should these techniques be applied? Thinking readers will welcome this intense book, with its clarity of presentation, as a document of the first importance. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICALMEASUREMENTS, by H. Buckingham and E. M. Price, 600 pages, diagrams, 5½ × 8½ in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $15.00. This text devoted to electronic measurement techniques, provides a new approach to some long-established problems. Included are valve methods, resonance and heterodyne measurements, and a fairly extensive treatment of the cathode ray oscillograph. A portion of the contents also deals with indicating instruments and deflectional methods which still play an important part in measurement practices, as well as sections on potentiometer and bridge methods, instrument transformers, integrating meters, measurements related to power systems, and the measurement of some non-electrlcal quantities. Covering the requirements of final degree and A.M.I.E.E. examinations, this volume is sufficiently comprehensive to be a very useful reference source to engineers and others requiring information on electrical measurements. OLD STONE ACE, by Stevan Celebonovic and Geoffrey Grigson. 96 pages, illustrations, 9t X 12] in. New York, Philosophical Library, no date. Price, $10.00. An archaeological study in which the camera is advantageously used to illustrate, by a modern visual technique, the age-old interplay of man and nature. Second in the Nature and Art series, the reader's glance ranges over the relics of a million years of art and artifact, and enables him to observe the growth of man's consciousness of the significance of the human figure. Interwoven with 72 beautiful photographs, is an imaginative text by Geoffrey Grigson, whose aim is to interpret what might have passed in the minds of stooe-age men by reason of these pictorial evidences. A volume worthwhile acquiring for the serious student of archaeology and anthropology.
BOOK NOTES
of reactions of selected classes of organic compounds. The series promises to be a valuable teaching tool in the field of organic chemistry. NEW FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE, a symposium by distinguished writers, scholars, and
public figures. 125 pages, 6 × 9 in. Washington, D. C., Public Affairs Press, 1957. Price, $2.75. Based upon a symposium held by the U. S. Information Agency, this volume presents a series of talks by distinguished writers, statesmen, and world-renowned figures. These talks were broadcast throughout the world by the Voice of America. The wisdom and vision of some of the most prolific minds of this age are included in this book, whose target is a better understanding of the hopes of humanity. REASON AND CHANCE IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, by R. Taton, 171 pages, plates,
5t X 9 in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $10.00. In this volume the author delves with penetrating insight, into the workings of the inventive mind. Examining the purpose and chance in the processes of scientific discovery, the text, not theorizing, prefers to illustrate by practical examples drawn from the works of distinguished scientists such as Poineare, de Broglie, Bernard, Galileo, Roentgen, Becquerel, the Curies, Leibnitz, Newton, Fleming, et al. Of unusual interest are the 32 illustrations, line drawings and reproductions of historic documents. The book undoubtedly would be a valuable addition to any scientist's library, and of particular interest to research workers. IN SEARCH OF M ~ , by Andre Missenard, 346 pages, diagrams, 6 × 9 in., New York, Hawthorn Books Inc., 1957. Price, $5.95. An English translation from the French by Lawrence G. Blochman, this text attempts to answer a question: if man's development is governed by three major forces, chemical, physical and psychical, each being controlled by techniques with the range of human knowl-
[J. F. I.
edge, how and when should these techniques be applied? Thinking readers will welcome this intense book, with its clarity of presentation, as a document of the first importance. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICALMEASUREMENTS, by H. Buckingham and E. M. Price, 600 pages, diagrams, 5½ × 8½ in. New York, Philosophical Library, 1957. Price, $15.00. This text devoted to electronic measurement techniques, provides a new approach to some long-established problems. Included are valve methods, resonance and heterodyne measurements, and a fairly extensive treatment of the cathode ray oscillograph. A portion of the contents also deals with indicating instruments and deflectional methods which still play an important part in measurement practices, as well as sections on potentiometer and bridge methods, instrument transformers, integrating meters, measurements related to power systems, and the measurement of some non-electrlcal quantities. Covering the requirements of final degree and A.M.I.E.E. examinations, this volume is sufficiently comprehensive to be a very useful reference source to engineers and others requiring information on electrical measurements. OLD STONE ACE, by Stevan Celebonovic and Geoffrey Grigson. 96 pages, illustrations, 9t X 12] in. New York, Philosophical Library, no date. Price, $10.00. An archaeological study in which the camera is advantageously used to illustrate, by a modern visual technique, the age-old interplay of man and nature. Second in the Nature and Art series, the reader's glance ranges over the relics of a million years of art and artifact, and enables him to observe the growth of man's consciousness of the significance of the human figure. Interwoven with 72 beautiful photographs, is an imaginative text by Geoffrey Grigson, whose aim is to interpret what might have passed in the minds of stooe-age men by reason of these pictorial evidences. A volume worthwhile acquiring for the serious student of archaeology and anthropology.