Volvox: Evolving cell differentiation

Volvox: Molecular-Genetic Origins of Multicellularity and Cellular, Differentiation (1998). David L. Kirk, (Ed). Cambridge University Press, 381 pp. $85 hardback; ISBN 0 521 45207 4     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Grzimek , B. (Ed.): Grzimeks Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere – Bund 2 : München: Kindler-Verlag 1988. 648 S., zahlreiche Abb. Lexikon-Großformat. Leinenausgabe: Subskriptionspreis DM 128,–, später DM 148,–, ISBN 3–463-42002-3; Luxusausgabe (Halbleder): Subskriptionspreis DM 168,–, später DM 198,–, ISBN 3–463-42102-X. Patterson , C. (Ed.): Molecules und morphology in evolution – conflict or compromise? Cambridge, London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sidney: Cambridge University Press 1987. £25.00, $49.50, ISBN H/b 0–521-32271-5. £9.95, $15.95, ISBN P/b 0–521-33860-3. Kuhn , H.-J.; Zeller , U. (Hrsg.): Morphogenesis of the mammalian skull . Mammalia depicta (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde) Heft 13. Hamburg und Berlin: Paul Parey 1987. 144 S., 68 Abb., 5 Tab. DM 88,-; für Mitglieder der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde DM 70,40. ISBN 3–490-17718-5. O'Neill , R. V.; De Angelis , D. L.; Waide , J. B.; Allen , T. F. H.: A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems . Monographs in Population Biology 23. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1986. 254 pp., 20 figs. cloth $ 45,–, paper $ 14.50. Schram , F. R.: Crustacea . New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. XIV, 606 pp., num. figs. £50.00. ISBN 0–19-503742-1. Doolittle , D. P.: Population Genetics: Basis Principles . Advanced Series in Agricultural Science Vol. 16. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1987. X, 264 pp., 20 figs. Soft cover DM 70,–. ISBN 3–540-17326-9. Benirschke , K. (Ed.): Primates . The road to self-sustaining populations. With a foreword by Diamond , J. Proceedings of a conference held in San Diego, California, June 24–28. 1985, sponsored by the Morns animal foundation, Englewood, Colorado, and the Zoological Society of San Diego, California. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1986. 164 figs. XXIII, 1044 pp. Hard cover DM 198,–. ISBN 3–540-96270-0. Langer , P.: The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach . Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. 557 pp, 246 figs and 72 tables. Stuttgart – New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1988. DM 248,–. ISBN 3–437-30568-9; US ISBN 0–89574-254-3. Müller , H. M.: Evolution, Kognition und Sprache. Die Evolution des Menschen und die biologischen Grundlagen der Sprachfähigkeit. Berlin und Hamburg: Paul Parey 1987. 162 S., 90 Abb. Kt. DM 39,80. ISBN 3–489-63034-3.     

Biology and meaning: a reappraisal of semantic biology—a review of The organic codes: an introduction to semantic biology, by Marcello Barbieri

The Organic Codes: An Introduction to Semantic Biology. Barbieri, M. 2002. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 316 pp. Hardback $75.00. ISBN 0-521-82414-1. Paperback $25.00. ISBN 0-521-53100-4.     

Human biology in Papua New Guinea: The small cosmos. People of the great ocean: Aspects of human biology of the early pacific.

Edited by Robert D. Attenborough and Michael P. Alpers. 1993. New York: Oxford University Press. 427 pp. ISBN 0-19-857514-9. $105.00 (cloth). By Philip Houghton. 1996. New York: Cambridge University Press. 292 pp. ISBN 0-521-47166-4. $64.95 (cloth).     

Bioarchaeology: Interpreting behavior from the human skeleton.

By Clark Spencer Larsen. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1997. 461 pp. ISBN 0-521-49641-1. $85.00 (cloth).     

Evolution and ecology of Macaque societies

Edited by John E. Fa and Donald G. Lindburg. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. 597 pp. ISBN 0-521-41680-0. $125.00 (cloth).     

Sex and Gender in Paleopathological Perspective

Edited by Anne L. Grauer and Patricia Stuart-Macadam. 1998. Cambridge University Press. 1992. 192 pp. ISBN 0-521-62090-2 $54.95 (cloth).     

Dental anthropology.

By Simon Hillson. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. 373 pp. ISBN 0-521-45194-9. $74.95 (cloth). © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Variability in human fertility

Edited by Lyliane Rosetta and C.G.N. Mascie-Taylor. 1996. New York: Cambridge University Press. 225 pp. ISBN 0-521-49569-5. $54.95 (cloth).     

Reaching into thought: The minds of great apes

Edited by Anne E. Russon, Kim A. Bard, and Sue Taylor Parker. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. 464 pp. ISBN 0-521-47168-0. $84.95 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

The anthropology of modern human teeth: Dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations

By G. Richard Scott and Christy G. Turner II. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1997. 382 pp. ISBN 0-521-45508-1. $80.00 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Great ape societies

Edited by W.C. McGrew, Linda F. Marchant, and Toshisada Nishida. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. 328 pp. ISBN 0-521-55494-2. $64.95 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

The Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Francis E. Johnson, and Michael A. Preece. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1998. 497 pp. ISBN 0-521-56046-2. $95.00 (cloth).     

BOOK REVIEW

Book reviewed in this article: Thompson, Ken, Bakker, Jan & Bekker, Renée 1997. The soil seed banks of North West Europe: methodology, density and longevity. 276 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-49519-9 (hardcover). Price: USD 120.-.     

Book Reviews

The Monthly Sky Guide, Fifth Edition. Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1999. 64 pp. $16.95 (paperback). ISBN: 0-521-66771-2.

The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Planet Earth. Martin Redfern. New York: Kingfisher Publications. 1999. 96 pp. $19.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-7534-5180-8.

The Talking Tree. Rita McKenzie. Champaign, Ill.: International Society of Arborculture. 28 pp. ISBN: 1-88195-622-9.

The Inventive Mind in Science: Creative Thinking Activities. Christine Ebert and Edward S. Ebert II. Engle-wood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 241 pp. (paperback). ISBN: 1-56308-387-6.

Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots. Sharon Lovejoy. New York: Workman Publishing. 1999. 159 pp. $13.95 (paperback). ISBN: 0-7611-1056-9.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this issue. Majer, J. D. (ed.) Animals in primary succession: The role of Fauna in Reclaimed Lands . 1989. xii + 547 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0–521–33400–4. Price: GBP 60.-.     

Statistics for Anthropology

By Lorena Madrigal. 1998. New York: Cambridge University Press. 238 pp. ISBN 0‐521‐57786‐1. $24.95 (paper).     

Some Aspects of the Ecology and Biology of Some Small Mammal Fleas from Yorkshire

The Invertebrates R. MCNEILL ALEXANDER 561 pp. London: Cambridge University Press, 1979. £28.00/£7.95. ISBNs 0 521 22120 X/29361 8 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

Lecture Notes on Invertebrate Zoology Second edition M. S. LAVERACK and J. DANDO 194 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £5.50. ISBN 0 632 00325 1 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

An Illustrated Guide to River Phytoplankton H. BELCHER and E. SWALE 64 pp. London: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology/HMSO, 1979. £1.50. ISBN 0 11 886602 8 Reviewed by J. W. G. Lund

The Cell as a Habitat 286 pp. London: The Royal Society, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 85403 113 8 H. V. Wyatt

Cell Motility Integrated Themes in Biology H. STEBBINGS and J. S. HYAMS 192 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 582 44380 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Concepts in Cell Biochemistry W. K. STEPHENSON 221 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £5.00. ISBN 0 471 03390 1 Reviewed by D. A. Kennedy

The Kindly Fruits of the Earth G. E. HUTCHINSON 264 pp. London: Yale University Press, 1979. £13.35. ISBN 0 300 02272 7 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Brain, Behaviour and Evolution D. A. OAKLEY and H. C. PLOTKIN (Ed.) 237 pp. Andover, Hants: Methuen, 1979. £9.00/£4.95. ISBNs 0 416 71260 6/71270 3 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Introduction to Evolution F. A. RACLE 162 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £5.80. ISBN 0 13 382869 0 Reviewed by J. A. Dawes

Tissues and Organs: a text-atlas of scanning electron microscopy R. G. KESSEL and R. H. KARDON 317 pp. San Francisco and Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £18.90/£7.00. ISBNs 0 7167 0091 3/0090 5 Reviewed by A. W. Robards

The Cycling Female A. LEIN 135 pp. Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £6.30/£2.90. ISBNs 0 7167 1039 0/1038 2 D. J. Reid

Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behaviour Second edition R. A. WALLACE 284 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £7.10. ISBN 0 87620 272 5 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Man Against Disease MUIR GRAY 192 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 19 289127 8 Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Pollen and Allergy Studies in Biology, No. 107 R. BRUCE KNOX 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.75. ISBN 0 7131 2736 8 Reviewed by D. Brookes

Principles of Animal Physiology Second edition J. A. WILSON 890pp. London: Collier Macmillan, 1979. £16.45. ISBN 0 02 428360 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Morphogenesis of the Vertebrates Fourth edition T. W. TORREY and A. FEDUCCIA 570 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1979. £11.60. ISBN 0 471 03232 8 Reviewed by F. E. G. Cox

Lizards—A Study in Thermoregulation Studies in Biology, No. 109 R. A. AVERY 56 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2745 7 Reviewed by Gillian E. Standring

Life at High Altitude Studies in Biology, No. 112 D. HEATH and D. REID WILLIAMS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2754 6 Reviewed by C. G. Gayford

Seal Cull J. LISTER-KAYE 174 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. 95p. ISBN 0 14052 336 7 Seal Song B. DAVIES and E. PORTER 94 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 1400 4740 9 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Fieldwork Projects in Biology M. HINGLEY 170 pp. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 7137 0964 2 Reviewed by Malcolm Watson

Investigative Mycology R. F. SHARP 136 pp. London: Heinemann Educational, 1978. £5.00/£2.20. ISBNs 0 435 60750 2/60751 0 Reviewed by Avice M. Hall

Sexual Incompatibility in Plants Studies in Biology, No. 110 D. LEWIS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.90. ISBN 0 7131 2747 3 Reviewed by David Skibinski

Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil Science R. E. WHITE 198 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 632 00052 X Reviewed by D. Payne

Bioscience Education in Developing Countries T. RAMASARMA et al. (Ed.) 230pp. Singapore: University of Singapore, 1979 $7.00 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Ecology of African Mammals M. J. DELANY and D. C. D. HAPPOLD 434 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £25.00. ISBN 0 582 44176 5 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Modern Biology Made Simple R. BARRASS 304 pp. London: W. H. Allen, 1979. £3.50/£2.25. ISBNs 0491 02452 5/02462 2 Reviewed by John May

Life Science Physics J. W. KANE and M. M. STERNHELM 664 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £11.00. ISBN 0 471 03137 2 Reviewed by P. Burdett

Warwick Real Time Science Simulations Teacher's Handbook R. A. BEARE £3.00 Eleven biology booklets J. HEWITSON £1.00-1.75. Hatfield, Herts: Association for Science Education, 1978 Reviewed by M. E. Leveridge     

Film News

Derek Baron, Trevor Bavage, Paul Butler, Andy Cooke, Zoe Crompton, Sam Ellis, Kevin Frobisher, Jean Martin, Mick Mulligan and Chris Ram; Andy Cooke and Jean Martin (Eds), 2002. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 558. £80. ISBN 0 521 75005 9.

Key Stage 3 Science Spectrum 7: Class Book Authors and publisher as above, 2002. £8.95. ISBN 0 521 75004 0. Reviewed by Leslie McRobert

Salters GCSE Science Volume 2: Student book Alexandra Clayton (Ed), 2002. Oxford, UK: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 211pp. £14.25 (10% educational discount on orders over £200, 12.5% 0ver £400). ISBN 0 435 629530. Reviewed by Pam Hillier

Modular Science for AQA: Year 11 Foundation and Higher Resource pack with CD-ROM Keith Hirst, Mike Hiscock, David Sang, Martin Stirrup, 2002. Oxford, UK: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 239pp. £109.99. ISBN 0 435 57199 0. Reviewed by Philip Loveday

Principles of Development (2nd Ed) Lewis Wolpert, Rosa Beddington, Thomas Jessell, Peter Lawrence, Elliot Meyerowitz, Jim Smith, 2002. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 542pp. £75.00. ISBN 0-19-924939-3. Reviewed by Sofia Araujo

Enzyme Assays (2nd ed) R Eisenthal and M J Danson (eds), 2002. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 282pp. £32.50. ISBN 0-19-963820-9. Reviewed by Roger Delpech

Gorilla Biology: A multidisciplinary perspective Andrea B Taylor and Michele L Goldsmith (eds), 2002. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 528pp. £65.00. ISBN 0521792819. Reviewed by Pam Hillier

Gene therapy in the 21st Century — some perspectives 2001. Educational Broadcasting Services Trust, London. System requirements: PC: Windows 95/ 98/ NT; Internet Explorer V3, V4 or V 5.5. Minimum 166 MHz processor, 32 Mb RAM. Price: Two CD-ROMs; (UK Education) £25.00; (Non-UK Ed &; Europe) £55.00; (Outside EU) £75.00. Ordering: www.ebst.co.uk/pages/prod-edu.html#4, contact Jim@ebstrust.u-net.com. Reviewed by Gill Hickman

DNA and Proteins Oof Oud and Geoff Rickards, 2003. ETI Biodiversity Center, University of Amsterdam. ISBN 90-75000-62-6. System requirements: PC: Pentium running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 3.5.1 or higher, 2000 or XP. 16 MB free application RAM. Display resolution: at least 800 x 600 pixels and 16 bit colour. Mac: PowerPC processor. Mac OS 7.6 or higher, or OS X (Classic). 16 MB free application RAM. Display resolution: at least 800 x 600 pixels and 16 bit colour. Price: £49.95 ex. VAT and P&;P for single user licence; £125 ex. VAT and P&;P for up to 5 users and £199 ex VAT and P&;P for up to 25 users at any one time. Note: IOB members can purchase the single user license for this resource at a cost of £44.95 ex VAT and P&;P. Ordering: Dr Bill Hominick, ETI Information Services Ltd., PO Box 3373, Wokingham, Berkshire, UK RG41 1XN; hominicks@ntlworld.com. Reviewed by Peter Anderson, John Cheverton, Peter Dreyer, Richard Greenway, Godfray Guilbert

Interactive Kidneys — The Biology Series; Keystage 4 2002. Birchfield Interactive, UK. System requirements: Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ 2000/ ME/ XP or NT. 64 Megabytes RAM, 100 Megabytes of hard disk space. Note: for use on RM c-connect 3 networks users need read/write access to system and system32 folders. Price: £79.95 (includes site licence and five years of free upgrades). Ordering: www.birchfield.co.uk Reviewed by John Mynett

VirtualUnknown^TM Microbiology 2001. Intuitive Systems Inc., Texas, USA; Version 2.03BC, ISBN 0-8053-7598-8. System requirements: 180 MHz processor, 64 Mb RAM, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME, 800 × 600 pixels, CD-ROM Drive, printer. Ordering: Distributed through Benjamin Cummings and may be purchased with a textbook (Microbiology: An Introduction 8/E by Tortora, Funke &; Case) or as a standalone CD-ROM. Current prices are available at: www.aw.com/catalog. Reviewed by Richard Jenkins

Bodywise Original design by Simon and Adam Hosler; new material by Jen Phillips; updated design by Jen Phillips and Paul Hollin. 2001. Sherston Software Ltd, Malmesbury, UK. System requirements: PC:Windows 95 with Pentium P166 processor, 32MB RAM, a CD-ROM drive, 16-bit colour and soundcard. Mac: OS 7.6.1 or above, Power PC, 64MB available RAM, a CD-ROM drive, and 16-bit colour. Price: from £49.95 for a single user to £199.80 for unlimited users. Ordering: www.sherston.com Reviewed by Hilary MacQueen     

Biosocial perspectives on children

Edited by Catherine Panter‐Brick. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1998. 160 pp. ISBN 0‐521‐57595‐8. $19.95 (paper).