Science Activities and the Retarded Child

Cobb, Vicki Lots of Rot New York; J. B. Lippincott, 1981 35 pp. $9.95 trade, $9.89 library. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Sheaffer, Robert The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 242 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Taylor, Ron The Story of Evolution New York: Warwick Press, 1981 80 pp. $9.90. Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright.

D'Ignazio, Fred Small Computers: Exploring Their Technology and Future New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 146 pp. $8.90. Reviewed by Judith A. Douville.

Stwertka, Eve, and Albert Stwertka Industrial Pollution: Poisoning Our World (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Claypool, Jane Alcohol and You (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp., $ 7.45. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, 2d ed. Leon Schlossberg, illustrator George D. Zuidema, editor Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980 115 pp. $17.50 hardcover, $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

Harper &; Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, western edition (Assembled by Jay Ellis Ransom) New York: Harper &; Row, 1981 809 pp. $12.95 vinyl, $17.50 cloth. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash.

Houdini Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Exposé Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 240 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Rublowsky, John Born in Fire: A Geological History of Hawaii New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1981 84 pp. $9.95 ($9.89 library ed.). Reviewed by M. Grant Gross.

Lampton, Christopher Meteorology: An Introduction (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Fields, Alice Satellites New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 48 pp. $6.90. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.     

Classroom Aids

Phillips, Owen The Last Chance Energy Book Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979 142 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by James W. O'Leary.

Nelkin, Dorothy Science Textbook Controversies and the Politics of Equal Time Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1978 174 pp. $12.95 hardcover, $4.94 paper. Reviewed by Russell F. Trimble.

Kuhn, Thomas S. The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978 366 pp. $18.50. Reviewed by Waring B. Hill.

Kaplan, Colin, ed. Rabies: The Facts New York: Oxford University Press, 1977 116 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by L. Wolfinbarger, Jr.

Chanute, Octave Progress in Flying Machines Long Beach, Calif.: Lorenz &; Herweg, Publishers, 1976 308 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by A. D. Goddard.

Hurd, Edith Thacher Look for a Bird New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1977 31 pp. $4.95. Reviewed by Sue Hall.

Young, Louise B. Earth's Aura New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 305 pp. $12.95. Reviewed by Steven W. Sokolowski.

Suppe, Frederick, ed. The Structure of Scientific Theories Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977 818 pp. $22.50 cloth, $10 paper. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

Steele, William O. Talking Bones: Secrets of Indian Burial Mounds New York: Harper &; Row, 1978 63 pp. $6.95 Ralph M. Rowlett.

Froman, Robert The Greatest Guessing Game New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978 33 pp. $5.79. Reviewed by Edwin Halfar.

Vevers, Gwynne Octopus, Cuttlefish and Squid New York: McGraw Hill, 1978 295 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz.     

Teaching Concern for the Environment

Reidman, Sarah R. Biological Clocks New York: T. Y. Crowell Junior Books, 1982 120 pp. $10.50 trade, $10.89 library. Reviewed by Gilbert Wright.

Sidgwick, J. B. (revised by James Muirden) Observational Astronomy for Amateurs, 4th ed. Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1982 296 pp. $19.95 cloth, $5.95 paper. Reviewed by Van E. Neie.

Briggs, Asa The Power of Steam: An Illustrated History of the World's Steam Age Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982 208 pp. $22.50 (available in paper, $10, spring 1983). Reviewed by C. Bruce Hunter.

Manners, Ian R. North Sea Oil and Environmental Planning—The United Kingdom Experience Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982 268 pp. $37.50. Reviewed by Donald Schwartz.

Frazier, Kendrick Our Turbulent Sun Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982 198 pp. Reviewed by James W. O'Leary.

Randi, James Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other Delusions Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982 342 pp. $9.95 paper. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Kircher, Harry B. and Donald L. Wallace Our Natural Resources, 5th ed. Danville, Ill.: Interstate, 1982 426 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Rex E. Kerstetter.

Riley, Denis and Lewis Spolton World Weather and Climate, 2d ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982 $8.95. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Shih, Gene and Richard Kessel Living Images: Biological Microstructures Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy Boston, Mass.: Science Books International, 1982 155 pp. $24.95 cloth, $14.94 paper. Reviewed by Michael E. Somers.

Christensen, Ann and Lee Green Trash to Treasures: An Idea Book for Classroom and Media Center Materials Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1982 178 pp. $18.50 paper.

Selberg, Ingrid Our Changing World New York: Philomel Books, 1982 12 pp. $10.95 trade.     

The World of Darkness

Bowden, Charles Killing the Hidden Waters Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977 174 pp., $9.96 Reviewed by Malcolm F. Farmer

Cogswell, Howard L. Water Birds of California Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977 416 pp., $5.75 paper Reviewed by Karl L. Trever

Grant, Edward Physical Science in the Middle Ages New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977 128 pp., $4.95 Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Piltz, Albert, and Robert Sund Creative Teaching of Science in the Elementary School, 2d ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 1977 310 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by Herbert H. Grossman

Lucas, David J., Harold I. James, John Simpson A First Science Dictionary: College Edition New York: Crane, Russak &; Company, Inc., 1977 206 pp., $8.50 Reviewed by Lawrence P. Eblin

Gribben, John, ed. Climatic Change New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978 280 pp., $37.50 cloth, $11.95 paper Reviewed by Waring B. Hill

Caroe, G.M. William Henry Bragg 1862–1942: Man and Scientist New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978 212 pp., $16.95 Reviewed by Gilbert Wright

Rowe, Mary Budd Teaching Science as Continuous Inquiry: A Basic New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978 509 pp., $16.00 Reviewed by Elmer F. Kohlmiller

Branley, Franklyn M. Color: From Rainbows to Lasers New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1978 87 pp., $8.95 Reviewed by Van E. Neie

McNutt, Kristen W., and David R. McNutt Nutrition and Food Choices Chicago: Science Research Associates, Inc., 1978 506 pp., $10.36 Reviewed by Manfred Kroger

Allen, Arthur James A Whaler and Trader in the Arctic: 1895–1944 Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1978 213 pp., $5.95 paper Reviewed by Vagn Flyger

Coleman, William Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function, and Transformation, rev. ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978 187 pp., $13.95 cloth, $5.95 paper Reviewed by Donald J. Zinn     

The Food Intake of Plants

Schank, Roger C. with Peter C. Childers The Cognitive Computer: On Language, Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1984 268 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Gerald R. Rising.

Brown, Vinson Building Your Own Nature Museum for Study and Pleasure, 2d ed. New York: Arco Pub., 1984 161 pp. $12.95 hardcover, $7.95 paper. Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright.

Heppenheimer, T. A. The Man-Made Sun: The Quest for Fusion Power Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Co., 1984 347 pp., $19.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Laurence A. Marschall.

Stiebing, William H., Jr. Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions, and Other Popular Theories About Man's Past Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1984 217 pp. $19.95 hardcover, $9.95 paper. Reviewed by Joseph S. Tenn.

Finucane, R. C. Appearances of the Dead: A Cultural History of Ghosts Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1984 232 pp. $18.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Russell F. Trimble.

De Carlo, Nicola Alberto Psychological Games New York: Facts on File, 1984 184 pp. $22.95 hardcover, $12.95 paper. Reviewed by Barry Guinagh.     

Books and the Child

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Marion Endicott, Emily Carr: The Story of an Artist, Women's Educational Press: Toronto, Canada, 1981, 64 pages, n.p.i. (paperback)

Jean Lipman with Margaret Aspin-wall, Alexander Calder and his Magic Mobiles, Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1981, 96 pages, $15.00

M. B. Goffstein, Lives of the Artists, Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Trina Schart Hyman, Self-Portrait, Addison-Wesley: Reading, Massachusetts, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Andrew Glass, Jackson Makes his Move, Warne: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95

Tom Seidmann-Freud, The Magic Boat, Greenwillow: New York, 1981, unpaged, $5.95

Ernest Nister, Magic Windows, Philomel Books: New York, 1980, unpaged, $6.95

Lothar Meggendorfer, The City Park, Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $10.95

J. F. Schreiber (verses by Anthea Bell), The Great Menagerie, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

Lothar Meggendorfer, International Circus, Viking: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

Eric Hill, Spot's First Walk, G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1981, unpaged, $7.95

Robert Crowther and lames R. Diaz (paper engineer), The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Counting Book, Viking: New, York, 1981, 14 pages, $8.95

Demi, Where is Willie Worm? Random House: New York, 1981, unpaged, $3.50

John Goodall and Tor Lokvig (paper engineer), PADDY FINDS A JOB, Atheneum: New York, 1981, unpaged, $6.95

Eric Carle, The Honeybee and the Robber, Philomel: New York, 1981, 15 pages, $10.95     

Probing vocal fold fibroblast response to hyaluronan in 3D contexts

A number of treatments are being investigated for vocal fold (VF) scar, including designer implants. The aim of the present study was to validate a 3D model system for probing the effects of various bioactive moieties on VF fibroblast (VFF) behavior toward rational implant design. We selected poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels as our base‐scaffold due to their broadly tunable material properties. However, since cells encapsulated in PEGDA hydrogels are generally forced to take on rounded/stellate morphologies, validation of PEGDA gels as a 3D VFF model system required that the present work directly parallel previous studies involving more permissive scaffolds. We therefore chose to focus on hyaluronan (HA), a polysaccharide that has been a particular focus of the VF community. Toward this end, porcine VFFs were encapsulated in PEGDA hydrogels containing consistent levels of high M _w HA (${\rm HA}_{{\rm H}{M}_{\rm W} } $ ), intermediate M_w HA (${\rm HA}_{{\rm I}{M}_{\rm W} } $ ), or the control polysaccharide, alginate, and cultured for 7 and 21 days. ${\rm HA}_{{\rm H}{M}_{\rm W} } $ promoted sustained increases in active ERK1/2 relative to ${\rm HA}_{{\rm I}{M}_{\rm W} } $ . Furthermore, VFFs in ${\rm HA}_{{\rm I}{M}_{\rm W} } $ gels displayed a more myofibroblast‐like phenotype, higher elastin production, and greater protein kinase C (PkC) levels at day 21 than VFFs in ${\rm HA}_{{\rm H}{M}_{\rm W} } $ and alginate gels. The present results are in agreement with a previous 3D study of VFF responses to ${\rm HA}_{{\rm I}{M}_{\rm W} } $ relative to alginate in collagen‐based scaffolds permissive of cell elongation, indicating that PEGDA hydrogels may serve as an effective 3D model system for probing at least certain aspects of VFF behavior. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009; 104: 821–831 © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Science Summaries…

Ricciuti, Edward R. Plants in Danger New York: Harper &; Row, 1979 86 pp. $8.95. Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph.

Dock, George, Jr. Audubon's Birds of America New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979 170 pp. $19.95 hardcover, $7.95 paper. Reviewed by Karl L. Trever.

Hogg, Margaret E. Animals in Schools: Vertebrates Exeter, N. H.: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc., 1979 (U.S.) 100 pp. $6.25. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

Busch, Phyllis S. Cactus in the Desert New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1979 34 pp. $6.95, Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph.

Ricciuti, Edward R. Wildlife of the Mountains (Wildlife Habitat Series) New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979 232 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Vagn Flyger.

Sutton, Ann and Myron Wildlife of the Forests (Wildlife Habitat Series) New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979 232 pp. $16.95. Reviewed by Gilbert Wright.

Valenti, Christopher Keeping a Marine Aquarium: A Manual Newark: University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program, 1979 38 pp. $2.50 softcover (bulk discount). Reviewed by Donald J. Nash.

Simon and Schuster Complete Guide to Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Fishes New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977 295 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Harold W. Puffer.     

Book Note

Thompson, Adell Biology, Zoology, and Genetics: Evolution Model vs. Creation Model Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1983 144 pp. $18. library binding, $8.95 paper Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Libby, Leona Marshall Past Climates: Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People Austin Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1983 126 pp. $25 hardcover Reviewed by Polly A. Toups.

Dunlop, David and Sigmund, Thomas Problem Solving with the Programmable Calculator Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982 $19.95 trade, $10.95 paper Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Charig, Alan A New Look at Dinosaurs, 2d ed. New York: Facts on File, 1983 154 pp. $15.95 hardcover Reviewed by Malcolm F. Farmer.

Fodor, R. V. Chiseling the Earth: How Erosion Shapes the Land Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Pub., 1983 96 pp. $10.95 hardcover Reviewed by Carol J. Stadum.     

Book Reviews

Abstract

Point and Line to Plane by Wassily Kandinsky, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 178 pages, $3.50, paper.

Beginning Jewelry by James F. Warwick, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 96 pages, $7.95, paper.

Glass, Mosaics and Plastics, edited by Eric Shults, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 136 pages, $8.95.

Spiders' GAMES—A Book for Beginning Weavers by Phylis Morrison, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 128 pages, $14.95.

The Complete Encyclopedia of Stitchery by Mildred Graves Ryan, Doubleday, New York, 689 pages, $14.50.     

Art in the Making

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There's Pigs and Pigs: Erik Blegvad, The Three Little Pigs, Atheneum: New York, 1980, 32 pages, $8.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Joseph Jacobs, The Story of the Three Little Pigs (illust. by Lorinda B. Cauley), Putnam: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Margaret Wise Brown (illust. by Ann Strugnell), Once Upon a Time in a Pigpen, Addison-Wesley: Reading, Mass., 1980, 64 pages, $10.95.

There's Pigs and Pigs: Miska Miles (illust. by Leslie Morrill), This Little Pig, Dutton: New York, 1980, unpaged, $6.95.

Picture Books: William Steig, Gorky Rising, Farrar, Strauss &; Giroux: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95.

Picture Books: Charles Keeping, Willie's Fire-Engine, Oxford University: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.95 (boards).

Picture Books: Lydia Pender (illust. by Judith Cowell), The Useless Donkeys, Warne: New York, 1979, unpaged, $9.95.

Picture Books: Lillie D. Chaffin (illust. by Lloyd Bloom), We Be Warm Till Springtime Comes, Macmillan: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95.

Picture Books: Kate Canning, A Painted Tale, Barrons: Woodbury, N.Y.: 1979, unpaged, $6.95 (boards).

Historical Explorations: Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Joan of Arc, Viking: New York, 1980, 55 pages, $12.95.

Historical Explorations: Mitsumasa, Anno, Anno's Medieval World, Philomel Books: New York, 1980, 48 pages, $9.99.

Historical Explorations: Peter Spier, People, Doubleday: New York, 1980, unpaged, $10.00.

Historical Explorations: John S. Goodall, An Edwardian Season, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95.

Historical Explorations: Miriam Schlein (illust. by Erik Hilgert), I, Tut, Four Winds Press: New York, 1979, unpaged, $7.95.     

A Weather Watch for All Grades

Berger, Melvin Computers in Your Life New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1981 117 pp. $8.95 trade, $8.79 library. Reviewed by Edwin Halfar.

Gardner, Martin Science: Good, Bad and Bogus Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 408 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by R. Emile Jester.

Frazer, Frank Discovering Energy Alexandria, Va.: Stonehenge Press, in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1981 96 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by James W. O'leary.

Finney, D. J. Statistics for Biologists New York: Chapman and Hall, 1980 162 pp. $9.95 paper. Reviewed by John G. Harvey.     

Books and the Child

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Jindra Capek (story by Max Bolliger), The Most Beautiful Song, Little, Brown: Boston, 1980, unpaged, $8.95 (boards)

Maurice Sendak, Outside Over There, Harper &; Row: New York, 1981, unpaged, $12.95

Chris van Allsburg, Jumanji, Houghton Mifflin: Boston, Mass., 1981, unpaged, $9.95

Anita Lobel (words by Arnold Lobel), On Market Street, Greenwillow: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Stephen Gammell (story by Olaf Baker), Where The Buffaloes Begin, Warne: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95

Nicola Bayley and William Mayne, The Patchwork Cat, Knopf: New York, 1981, unpaged, $8.95 (boards)

Jan Brett, Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1981, 32 pages, $8.95

Guy Billout, Thunderbolt and Rainbow: A Look at Greek Mythology, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1981, unpaged, $9.95 (boards)

Michael Foreman, Trick a Tracker, Philomel Books: New York, 1981, unpaged, $9.99

Monika Beisner (text by Alison Lurie), Fabulous Beasts, Farrar, Straus &; Giroux: New York, 1981, unpaged, $9.95

Leonard Baskin (words by the Baskin family), Hosie's Zoo, Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $10.95     

Book reviews

Reading National Geographic Lutz, Catherine A., and Jane L. Collins. Reading National Geographic. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1993, xvii, 309 pp., illus., 2 appendices, index. Paper, $19.95, hdbk., $59.95.

The Cinema of John Marshall . Edited by Jay Ruby. New York: Harwood Academic Publications, 1992. Photographs. Maps. Charts. Index. 282 pp. Filmography. Index. $58.00 or £30, hardcover; $24.00 or £14, paper.

The Cinematic Griot Stoller, Paul, The Cinematic Griot: the Ethnography of Jean Rouch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. 247 pp., photographs, index. $39.95 hardbound, $16.95 paper.     

Obesity and Medicare Expenditure: Accounting for Age‐Related Height Loss

To determine the relationship between BMI and Medicare expenditure for adults 65‐years and older and determine whether this relationship changes after accounting for misclassification due to age‐related height loss. Using a cross sectional study design, the relationship between BMI and fee‐for‐service Medicare expenditure was examined among beneficiaries who completed the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) in 2002, were not enrolled in Medicare Health Maintenance Organization, had a self‐reported height and weight, and were 65 and older (n = 7,706). Subjects were classified as underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese (obese I), and severely obese (obese II/III). To adjust BMI for the artifactual increase associated with age‐related height loss, the reported height was transformed by adding the sex‐specific age‐associated height loss to the reported height in MCBS. The main outcome variable was total Medicare expenditure. There was a significant U‐shaped pattern between unadjusted BMI and Medicare expenditure: underweight $4,581 (P < 0.0003), normal weight $3,744 (P < 0.0000), overweight $3,115 (reference), obese I $3,686 (P < 0.0039), and obese II/III $4,386 (P < 0.0000). This pattern persisted after accounting for height loss: underweight $4,640 (P < 0.0000), normal weight $3,451 (P < 0.0507), overweight $3,165 (reference), obese I $3,915 (P < 0.0010), and obese II/III $4,385 (P < 0.0004) compared to overweight. In older adults, minimal cost is not found at “normal” BMI, but rather in overweight subjects with higher spending in the obese and underweight categories. Adjusting for loss‐of‐height with aging had little affect on cost estimates.     

Article of the Week…

Kellington, S. H., and A. C. Mitchell An Evaluation of New Science Worksheets for Scottish Integrated Science London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1978 136 pp. $9.50 paper. Reviewed by Howard J. Stein

Sullivan, Dennis Lots of Dots: Learning with Coordinate Pictures Designed by and for Children Berkeley: Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, 1977 48 pp. $2.50 softcover. Reviewed by John G. Harvey

Parker, Stephen Life before Birth: The Story of the First Nine Months Published with the British Museum (Natural History) New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979 48 pp. $6.95 hardcover, $2.50 paper. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash

Anderson, Norman D. Investigating Science in the Swimming Pool and Ocean New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978 175 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Julian R. Brandou

Selsam, Millicent Tyrannosaurus Rex New York: Harper &; Row, 1978 41 pp. $5.95. Reviewed by George R. Zug

Freeman, W. H., and Brian Bracegirdle An Atlas of Embryology, 3d ed. London and Exeter, N. H.: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc., 1979 94 pp. $10.00 cloth. Reviewed by Joseph Patrick Kennedy     

Darkroom Magic

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S. D. Schindler (story by Phyllis Krasilovsky), THE FIRST TULIPS IN HOLLAND, Doubleday: New York, 1982, unpaged, $12.95 (boards)

Tomie de Paola, Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi, Holiday House: New York, 1982, unpaged, $14.95

Piero Ventura (story by Gian P. Ceserani), Marco Polo, Putnam: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95 (boards)

Demi, The Adventures of Marco Polo, Holt, Rinehart &; Winston: New York, 1982, unpaged, $6.95 (boards)

Bernice Loewenstein (text by Dan Beekman), Forest, Village, Town, City, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, 40 pages, $9.50

Huck Scarry, Life on a Barge, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1982, 70 pages, $9.95, (boards)

Douglas Florian, The City, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Byron Barton, Airport, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1982, unpaged, $9.95

Gail Gibbons, Trucks, Thomas Crowell: New York, 1981, unpaged, n.p. i

Robert Quackenbush, City Trucks, Albert Whitman: Chicago, 1981, unpaged, n.p.i. (boards)

John Lim, Merchants of the Mysterious East, Tundra: Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1981, 32 pages, $12.95

Sandra J. Russell, A Farmer's Dozen, Harper: New York, 1982, unpaged, $8.95

Mary Azarian, A Farmer's Alphabet, David Godine: Boston, Mass., 1981, 62 pages, $6.95

Victoria Chess, Alfred's Alphabet Walk, Greenwillow: New York, 1979, unpaged, $7.95

Jack Kent (“story” by M. Elting and M. Folson), Q IS FOR DUCK, Clarion Books: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95 ($3.95 paper)

Borje Svensson (paper engineering by James Diaz), BLOCK BOOKS (LETTERS, NUMBERS, COLORS, ANIMALS), Viking: New York, 1981, unpaged, $2.50 each     

The Effect of Buoyancy on Weight and Mass Determinations

Curry, Alan; Grayson, Robin F., and Hosey, Geoffrey R. Under the Microscope New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983 $14.50 Reviewed by Michael E. Somers.

Polking, Kirk Oceans of the World: Our Essential Resource New York: Philomel Books (Putnam), 1983 106 pp. $14.95 hardcover Reviewed by Robert E. Knowlton.

Nitecki, Matthew H. Coevolution Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983 392 pp. $30 hardcover, $17 paper Reviewed by Donald J. Zinn.

Garfield, Eugene Essays of an Information Scientist, vol. 5 (1981–82) Philadelphia, Pa.: ISI Press, 1983 850 pp. $25 Reviewed by Judith A. Douville.     

Shearwater Pottery

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Joseph Low, Mice Twice, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

Tony Ross (text by Bernard Stone and Alice Low), The Charge of the Mouse Brigade, Pantheon: New York, 1980, unpaged, $4.95 (boards). $4.95 (boards)

Stephen Gammell (3 stories by Malcolm Hall), And Then The Mouse, Four Winds Press: New York, 1980, 64 pages, $7.95

John Cameron, If Mice Could Fly, Atheneum: New York, 1979, unpaged, $8.95

Yutaka Sugita, The Mouse's Feast, Barron's: Woodbury, N.Y., 1980, unpaged, $6.95

Lillian Hoban (story by Marjorie W. Sharmat), Say Hello, Vanessa, Holiday House: New York, 1979, unpaged, $5.95

Len Norris (story by Jack Richards), Johann's Gift To Christmas, Scholastic: Ontario, Canada, 1980, 48 pages, n.p.i., (paper)

John Goodall's Theater, The Sleeping Beauty, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $3.95 (paper)

And Other Friends: Richard Egieloki (story by Arthur Yorinks), Louis The Fish, Farrar, Strauss &; Giroux: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

And Other Friends: Margot Tomes (story by Beatrice S. de Regniers), Everyone Is Good For Something, Houghton Mifflin: New York, 1980, unpaged, $8.95

And Other Friends: Ann Blades (story by Betty Waterton), A Salmon For Simon, Atheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $7.95

And Other Friends: Ann Toulmin-Rothe (story by lanthe Thomas), Willie Blows A Mean Horn, Harper: New York, 1981, unpaged, $7.95

And Other Friends: Anatoly Ivanov (retold by Barbara Cohen), Lovely Vassilisa, Antheneum: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95

And Other Friends: Demi, Liang And The Magic Paintbrush, Holt, Rinehart &; Winston: New York, 1980, unpaged, $9.95     

Eco Days at Marion

Wendy Saul with Alan R. Newman Science Fare: An Illustrated Guide and Catalog of Toys, Books and Activities for Kids New York: Harper &; Row, 1986 295 pp. $27.95 hardcover, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr.

George D. Zuidema, ed., and Leon Schlossberg, illus. The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, 3d ed. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986 125 pp. $25 hardcover, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr.

Alvin Silverstein and Virginia B. Silverstein The Story of Your Hand New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985 76 pp. $9.99 hardcover (library binding). Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Langdon Winner The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986 178 pp. $17.50 hardcover. Reviewed by George G. Mallinson.

British Museum Dinosaurs and Their Living Relatives, 2nd edition New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986 72 pp. $24.95 hardcover. Reviewed by George R. Zug.