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REVIEWS
THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF CARBON COMPOUNDS,
by Melvin Calvin and J. A. Bassham. 127 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 x 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1962. Price, $5.50. The authors review the evidence leading to the formulation of the carbon reduction cycle and discuss its quantitative importance. Their objective is to map complete synthetic sequences from carbon dioxide to final products. To do this, they describe biosynthetic pathways which they believe exist in the chloroplast, and they show how newly reduced carbon from the carbon reduction cycle provides the starting material for these pathways. This is a stimulating book on a subject which, though in its infancy, is of vast importance. ANALYTICAL THERMODYNAMICS, by S. L. Soo. 437 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1962. Price: $14.00 (trade); $10.50 (text). Basic concepts and applications of thermodynamics with analytical methods of applied mathematics, deterministic as well as statical, are presented in this text. The mechanism of equilibrium is explained by collision processes. Definitions concerning simple systems, simple states and transformations are generalizations stemming from consideration of thermal, mechanical, chemical, nuclear and electromagnetic effects. The author follows established concepts required by current standards of engineers and scientists, rather than emphasizing or publicizing more recent proposals. ALTERNATING
CURRENTS
AND
NETWORK
ANALYSIS,by Robert H. Nau. 421 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York, The Ronald Press Co., 1962. Price, $9.00. Designed to follow a course in basic electrical engineering, this book gives an integrated presentation of modern concepts of alternating current theory and network analysis. It includes a treatment of Foster's and Cauer's network synthesis and Blondel's theorem for polyphase systems. Equal emphasis is given to developing the nodevoltage and mesh-current methods in detail. The methods are clarified by many worked-out solutions and an abundance of student problems. The book concludes with a coverage of both the classical solution of integrodifferential equations and the Laplace transform method in linear transient analysis.
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METALWORKING AUTOMATION, by George
H. DeGroat. 332 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 × 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1962. Price, $11.50.
This book is an evaluation of automation advances in the metalworking industry. Written on a practical level, it places particular emphasis upon how important and useful automation is in low-volume production plants and in small plants where automation is used for mass production.
RELIABILITY: MANAGEMENT, METHODS, AND MATHEMATICS, by David K. Lloyd and Myron
Lipow. 528 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1962. Price: $15.00 (trade); $11.25 (text). The whole field of reliability activities is discussed in this presentation of the methodology of reliability, including management responsibilities, organizational structures and communication systems. A thorough treatment of the mathematics of reliability is given which includes basic probability theory and statistics; reliability estimation based on various discrete and contilauous statistical distribution models; binomial, geometric, negative binomial, Poisson, normal exponential, gamma, Weibull and extreme value distributions. Important features are a thorough treatment of binomial and exponential sampling plans and binomial confidence limits. The latest methods of industrial statistical experimentation are described, including random balance designs, evolutionary operation, and response surface exploration.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD: OPTIMIZING APPLIED
RESEARCH DECISIONS, by Russell L. Ackoff. 464 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York and London, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1962. Price, $10.25. This book delves into the scientific study of the scientific process. It is intended to improve the skill of the scientist in the conduct of his research by increasing his self-consciousness and directing his attention to the evaluation of his own research procedures. The emphasis is on rational planning and designing in the use of science for the pursuit of objectives.
Book
REVIEWS
THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF CARBON COMPOUNDS,
by Melvin Calvin and J. A. Bassham. 127 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 x 9 in. New York, W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1962. Price, $5.50. The authors review the evidence leading to the formulation of the carbon reduction cycle and discuss its quantitative importance. Their objective is to map complete synthetic sequences from carbon dioxide to final products. To do this, they describe biosynthetic pathways which they believe exist in the chloroplast, and they show how newly reduced carbon from the carbon reduction cycle provides the starting material for these pathways. This is a stimulating book on a subject which, though in its infancy, is of vast importance. ANALYTICAL THERMODYNAMICS, by S. L. Soo. 437 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1962. Price: $14.00 (trade); $10.50 (text). Basic concepts and applications of thermodynamics with analytical methods of applied mathematics, deterministic as well as statical, are presented in this text. The mechanism of equilibrium is explained by collision processes. Definitions concerning simple systems, simple states and transformations are generalizations stemming from consideration of thermal, mechanical, chemical, nuclear and electromagnetic effects. The author follows established concepts required by current standards of engineers and scientists, rather than emphasizing or publicizing more recent proposals. ALTERNATING
CURRENTS
AND
NETWORK
ANALYSIS,by Robert H. Nau. 421 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York, The Ronald Press Co., 1962. Price, $9.00. Designed to follow a course in basic electrical engineering, this book gives an integrated presentation of modern concepts of alternating current theory and network analysis. It includes a treatment of Foster's and Cauer's network synthesis and Blondel's theorem for polyphase systems. Equal emphasis is given to developing the nodevoltage and mesh-current methods in detail. The methods are clarified by many worked-out solutions and an abundance of student problems. The book concludes with a coverage of both the classical solution of integrodifferential equations and the Laplace transform method in linear transient analysis.
[J. V. I.
METALWORKING AUTOMATION, by George
H. DeGroat. 332 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 × 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1962. Price, $11.50.
This book is an evaluation of automation advances in the metalworking industry. Written on a practical level, it places particular emphasis upon how important and useful automation is in low-volume production plants and in small plants where automation is used for mass production.
RELIABILITY: MANAGEMENT, METHODS, AND MATHEMATICS, by David K. Lloyd and Myron
Lipow. 528 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1962. Price: $15.00 (trade); $11.25 (text). The whole field of reliability activities is discussed in this presentation of the methodology of reliability, including management responsibilities, organizational structures and communication systems. A thorough treatment of the mathematics of reliability is given which includes basic probability theory and statistics; reliability estimation based on various discrete and contilauous statistical distribution models; binomial, geometric, negative binomial, Poisson, normal exponential, gamma, Weibull and extreme value distributions. Important features are a thorough treatment of binomial and exponential sampling plans and binomial confidence limits. The latest methods of industrial statistical experimentation are described, including random balance designs, evolutionary operation, and response surface exploration.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD: OPTIMIZING APPLIED
RESEARCH DECISIONS, by Russell L. Ackoff. 464 pages, diagrams, 6 x 9 in. New York and London, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1962. Price, $10.25. This book delves into the scientific study of the scientific process. It is intended to improve the skill of the scientist in the conduct of his research by increasing his self-consciousness and directing his attention to the evaluation of his own research procedures. The emphasis is on rational planning and designing in the use of science for the pursuit of objectives.