Review article: The crisis of Sri Lanka and its origins

A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, THE BREAK‐UP OF SRI LANKA: THE SINHALESE‐TAMIL CONFLICT, London: C. Hurst & Co. 1988, xvi + 240pp.

K. M. de Silva, Pensri Duke, Ellen S. Goldberg and Nathan Katz, ETHNIC CONFLICT IN BUDDHIST SOCIETIES: SRI LANKA, THAILAND AND BURMA, London: Pinter Publishers, 1988, vi + 220pp.

John D. Rogers, CRIME, JUSTICE AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL SRI LANKA, (London Studies on South Asia No.5), London: Curzon Press, 1987, x + 271pp.     

We are devo-evo

Workshop: Novartis Foundation Symposium No. 222: Homology, London, UK, 21–23 July 1998. Followed by an Open Meeting: Homology, Welcome Trust, London, UK, 24 July 1998.     

Taphonomies of Topography: From the Death of "Place" to Its Hyphenated Apotheosis

Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity. Marc Augé. London: Verso, 1995. 122 pp.
Landscape and Power in Vienna. Robert Rotenberg. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 385 pp.
Imagineering Atlanta: The Politics of Place in the City of Dreams. Charles Rutheiser. London: Verso, 1996. 322 pp.     

Choline Lipids and Their Role in Cellular Signalling

16 March 1995, London, UK. Barbara Cavilla, SMR Secretariat, 20/22 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DZ, UK. Tel: + 44 (0) 171 581 8333; Fax: +44 (0) 171 823 9409.     

Letters to the Editor

Biology: A Functional Approach Second edition M. B. V. ROBERTS 656 pp., illustrated. London: Nelson, 1976. £4.95 Reviewed by John Feltwell

R. N. SAVELAND (Ed.) Sponsored by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 267 pp., illustrated. London and New York: John Wiley, 1976. £7.50. Reviewed by J. Bossanyi

Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications R. M. MAY (Ed.) 317 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1975. £8.50 boards, £4.80 paper. Reviewed by D. M. Keith-Lucas

The Battle Against Bacteria—A Fresh Look Second edition P. BALDRY 179 pp., illustrated. London: Cambridge University Press, 1976. £4.50. Reviewed by C. G. Gayford

Student's Collection of Electron Micrographs J. J. HEAD 46 pp., illustrated. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. £2.50. Reviewed by John Feltwell     

Book Reviews

M icrobial I nteractions and C ommunities Vol. 1. (1982). Edited by A.T. Bull & J.H. Slater. 567 pp. London, New York: Academic Press. £33.80, US $69.50.
B ioactive M icrobial P toducts : S earch and D iscovery (Special Publications of the Society for General Microbiology No. 6) (1982). Edited by J.D. Bu'Lock, L.J. Nisbet & O.J. Winstanley. 148 pp. London and New York: Academic Press. £10.00, US $20.50.
I solation and I dentification M ethods for F ood P oisoning O rganisms (Society for Applied Bacteriology Technical Series No. 17). (1982). Edited by Janet E.L. Corry, Diane Roberts & F.A. Skinner. 406 pp. London and New York: Acadmic Press. £30.00, US $55.50.
P lasmids (Study in Biology No. 142) (1982). M.J. Day. 52 pp. London: Edward Arnold. £2.50.
S mith's I ntroduction T o I ndustrial M ycology 7th Edition (1981). A.H.S. Onions, D. Allsopp & H.O.W. Eggins. 398 pp. London: Edward Arnold. £37.50.     

Concerning the English problem

Jack Brand, The National Movement in Scotland; London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp. 330, £9.95.

John Osmond, Creative Conflict: The Politics of Welsh Devolution; Llandysul and London: Gower Press and Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977, pp. 305, £4.95.

Anthony H. Birch, Political Integration and Disintegration in the British Isles; London George Allen and Unwin, 1977, pp. 183, £2.95.     

A Survey of Introductory Biology Courses and Staffing in Departments of Biology,Botany, and Zoology

Information and Control in the Living Organism. An Elementary Introduction B. HASSENSTEIN London: Chapman &; Hall. £1.30 Reviewed by O. Lowenstein

Inequalities and Optimal Problems in Mathematics and the Sciences G. Stephenson London: Longmans. £1.50 Reviewed by O. Lowenstein

Ecology of Leaf Surface Microorganisms Edited by T. F. Preece and C. H. Dickinson pp. xvii+640 London and New York: Academic Press. 1971 £9.00 Reviewed by R. Warren

Mathematics for Ecologists I. Chaston Pp. 132 London: Butterworths. £2.20 Reviewed by B. Dudley

Beginning Ecology H. J. Killick Pp. ix+121+35figs Ibadan: Ibadan University Press Price in Nigeria 12/- Reviewed by J. G. Vaughn

An Experience with Organisms D. L. Murray Pp. x+209+24 figs Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Inc. £1.75 An Experience with Cells D. L. Murray and H. E. Bushe Pp. viii + 193+56figs Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Inc. £1.40 Reviewed by G. W. Shaw1

A Practical Course in Biology W. Belfield and M. Dearden Pp. xiii + 174 and figs Oxford: Pergamon Press. £1.50 Reviewed by John H. Gray

Food Tests; Book 2 Enzymes; Book 3 Soil D. G. Mackean Pp. 32 each London: John Murray 1970 £0.25 each. Teachers' notes £0.30 each Reviewed by John A. Barker

Nutrition and Food Science Reviewed by E. A. Nanson

Biobits and Dore-Smith Atomunits Principles of Model Construction I. Smith, M. J. Smith and C. F. Dore Pp. 48+31 figs London: Capital Biotechnic Developments Ltd., Heinemann. Free Reviewed by J. M. Ashworth

Museums in Education Education Survey 12 Department of Education and Science Pp. 55 + 10 plates London: HMSO. 1971. £0.50 Reviewed by I. M. Evans

Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function and Transformation William Coleman London: Wiley History of Science Series. 1971 £3.50 hardback. 7£1.75 paperback Reviewed by Sydney Smith

Storage and Retrieval of Biological Information Reviewed by R. W. J. Keay     

Book review

Clinical and Biochemical Luminescence (1982). Edited by L.J. Kricka & T.J.N. Carter. 289 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 135.
Microbial and Viral Pesticides (1982). Edited by E. Kurstak. 720 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 284.
The Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (1982). Edited by Sir Charles H. Stuart-Harris & D.M. Harris. 284 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £20.00, US$37.00.
Economic Microbiology Vol. 7. Fermented Foods (1983). Edited by A.H. Rose. 337 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £29.20, $60.00.
Current Developments in Malting, Brewing and Distilling (1983). Edited by F.G. Priest & I. Campbell. 311 pp. London: The Institute of Brewing, 33 Clarges St, London W1Y 8EE. Price not stated.     

Book Reviews

The Analysis of Biological Populations MARK WILLIAMSON Pp. xi +180 + 63 figs. London: Edward Arnold, £4.00 (also available in paperback, price £2.00.) Reviewed by M. E. Solomon

Termites, their Recognition and Control W. VICTOR HARRIS Pp. xiii + 186 + 56 plates. Bristol: Longmans. £4.50 (2nd ed., 1971). Reviewed by P. E. Howse

Basic Natural History WILLIAM B. NUTTING Pp.xiii + 386 New York and London: Macmillan. $6.50. Reviewed by John Mattocks

Function and Evolution of Behavior: An Historical Sample from the Pens of Ethologists Edited by P. H. KLOPFER and J. P. HAILMAN Pp. x+404. London: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. £2.95. Reviewed by P. J. B. Slater

Biology of Bone N. M. HANCOX Pp. viii +199 + 81 figs Cambridge: University Press. £6.40. Reviewed by Rufus Clarke

Life, Form and Function C. V. BREWER and C. D. BURROW Pp.281. London: Macmillan. Soft cover, £1.20; hard cover, £1.50. Reviewed by J. A. Barker

The Assessment of Population Affinities in Man Edited by J. S. WEINER and J. HUIZINGA Pp. xii + 224 with 64 text tables and 31 text figs. London : Oxford University Press. Price £6.00. Reviewed by Paul H. Harvey

School Projects in Natural History Edited by the DEVON TRUST FOR NATURE CONSERVATION Pp. 180. London: Heinemann Educational Books. £2.00. Reviewed by John Mattocks     

The politics of race,culture and education

Mike Cole (ed.), EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY, London: Routledge, 1989, 237 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Peter Foster, POLICY AND PRACTICE IN MULICULTURAL AND ANTI‐RACIST EDUCATION, London: Routledge, 1990, 208 pp., £10.99 (paper)

Alrick X. Cambridge and Stephan Feuchtwang (eds), ANTI‐RACIST STRATEGIES, Avebury: Gower Publishing, 1990, 162 pp., £25.00

David Gillborn, ’RACE’, ETHNICITY AND EDUCATION, London: Unwin Hyman, 1990, 245 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Elizabeth Grugeon and Peter Woods, EDUCATING ALL: MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, London: Routledge, 1990, 244 pp., £9.95 (paper)

Barry Troyna and Bruce Carrington, EDUCATION, RACISM AND REFORM, London: Routledge, 1990, 139 pp., £30.00 and £8.99 (paper)

Kenneth J. Meier, Joseph Stewart Jr., Robert E. England, RACE, CLASS AND EDUCATION, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989, 194 pp., npl     

Examination “Selection Pressures” in Biology

Class Work with Fungi. H. A. DADE and JEAN GUNNELL. Pp. 64. London: Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew. 1969. 10s. Review by B. M. Jones

The Insects: Structure and Function. R. F. CHAPMAN. Pp. xiii + 819 + 509 figs. London: The English Universities Press Ltd., 1969. £4.25. Review by T. G. Onions

An Introduction to the Principles of Plant Physiology. WALTER STILES and E. C. COCKING. Pp. 633. London: Methuen &; Co., Ltd. Third edition, 1969. 168s. Review by B. M. Jones

Background Notes to the Study of Human Biology for Nurses. T. ROBERTS. Pp. 80. London: Edward Arnold. Semistiff Back, 10s. (50p.). Review by J. H. Elliott     

I Shop, Therefore I Am

The Shopping Experience. Pasi Folk and Colin Campbell eds. London: Sage, 1997. 212 pp.
. Theory of Shopping. Daniel Miller. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998. 180 pp.
Shopping, Place and Identity. Daniel Miller. Peter Jackson. Nigel Thrift. Beverly Holbrook. and Michael Rowlands. London: Routledge, 1998. 214 pp.     

An Approach to the Development of Field Studies in Urban Areas

Integrated Science—The Wreake Valley Project D. TINBERGEN and P. THORBURN (Eds) Book 1, 120 pp., illustrated. £1.50. Book 2, 104 pp., illustrated. £1.75. Book 3, 136 pp., illustrated. £2.25. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. Reviewed by John May

Stirling Educational Monographs No. 1. Attitude Goals in Secondary School Science S. BROWN 77 pp. University of Stirling. 1976. £1.75. Reviewed by Clive Carré and Henry Crowther

No. 2. Innovations in Integrated Science in Scottish Secondary Schools S. BROWN, D. McINTYRE, E. DREVER and J. KERI DAVIES 89 pp. University of Stirling, 1976. £1.00. Reviewed by Tessa Carrick

Outline Studies in Biology 64 pp. each, illustrated. London: Chapman and Hall, 1976. £1.30 each. Biological Energy Conservation C. W. JONES Control of Enzyme Activity P. COHEN Metabolic Regulation R. M. DENTON and C. I. POGSON Reviewed by John H. Duffus

Population Genetics L. M. COOK Reviewed by T. J. Crawford

Cytogenetics of Man and other Animals A. McDERMOTT Reviewed by J. A. Beardmore

RNA Biosynthesis R. H. BURDON Protein Biosynthesis A. E. SMITH Reviewed by C. M. Bray

Basic Biology Course Books 3, 5, 8, and 9 London: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Book 3 Dynamic Aspects of Cells M. A. TRIBE, I. TALLAN, M. R. ERAUT and R. K. SNOOK 119 pp., illustrated. £6.20 boards, £2.90 paper.

Book 5 Cell Membranes M. A. TRIBE, M. R. ERAUT and R. K. SNOOK 79 pp., illustrated. £5.00 boards, £2.50 paper. Super 8 mm film loop (Phagocytosis) £8.00.

Book 8 Metabolism and Mitochondria M. A. TRIBE, M. R. ERAUT and R. K. SNOOK 142 pp., illustrated. £8.00 boards, £3.50 paper. Filmstrip £3.50; cassette £3.80.

Book 9 Protein Synthesis M. A. TRIBE, I. TALLAN, M. R. ERAUT and R. K. SNOOK 103 pp., illustrated. £6.00 boards, £2.75 paper. Reviewed by Colin Stoneman

Population Cytogenetics Studies in Biology, No. 70 B.JOHN 76 pp., illustrated. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. £3.00 boards, £1.50 paper. Reviewed by J. A. Beardmore

Biology Colour Units Helpful and Harmful Organisms M. Sanderson Urban Ecology D. Gilman Co-ordination C. Morgan Movement D. Gray Each 24 pp, illustrated. London: Macdonald Educational, 1977. 75p each. Reviewed by John May

The Natural World : The Mitchell Beazley Joy of Knowledge Library J. MITCHELL (Ed.) 272 pp., illustrated. London: Mitchell Beazley, 1977. £12.50. Reviewed by P. J. Kelly

Human and Social Biology G. USHER 256 pp., illustrated. Plymouth, Devon: Macdonald and Evans, 1977. £1.95. Reviewed by A. Cornwell

Safeguards in the School Laboratory 28 pp., Hatfield, Herts: Association for Science Education, 1976. 35p. Reviewed by Tessa Carrick

A First Science Dictionary D. J. LUCAS, H. I. JAMES, and O. J. SIMPSON 208 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. £1.95. Reviewed by John Feltwell

Introduction to Genetics Third Edition D. G. MACKEAN 42 pp., illustrated. London: John Murray, 1977. £1.40. Reviewed by Tessa Carrick

The Wash water storage feasibility study: a report on the ecological studies 36 pp., illustrated. London: Natural Environment Research Council. Publication series C No. 15, 1976. Free. Reviewed by John A. Barker

Higher Education Film Library Catalogue BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM COUNCIL London: BUFC, 1977. £1.00. Reviewed by John A. Barker

Biology: Principles and Issues WILLIAM C. SCHEFLER 370pp., illustrated. London: Addison-Wesley, 1976. £9.10. Reviewed by H. W. Grenville

Guide to Living Mammals J. E. WEBB, J. A. WALLWORK, and J. H. ELGOOD 152 pp., illustrated. London: Macmillan, 1977. £2.95. Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Applied Medical Microbiology J. G. COLLEE 121 pp., illustrated. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1976. £2.80. Reviewed by G. E. Mathison

General Microbiology Fourth edition R. Y. STANIER, E. A. ADELBERG and J. L. INGRAHAM 871pp., illustrated. London: Macmillan, 1977. £15.00 boards, £7.95 paper. Reviewed by C. G. Gayford

Fundamentals of Mycology Second edition J. H. BURNETT 673 pp., illustrated. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. £27.50. Reviewed by B. W. Bainbridge

Metals and Metabolism D. A. PHIPPS 134 pp., London: Oxford University Press (Clarendon), 1976. £5.00 boards, £2.50 paper. Reviewed by C. M. Bray

Biochemical Systems Analysis M. A. SAVAGEAU 379 pp., illustrated. London: Addison-Wesley, 1976. £21.20 boards, £13.20 paper. Reviewed by J. H. Parish

The Biochemistry of the Tissues Second edition P. BANKS, W. BARTLEY, and L. M. BIRT 493 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1976. £14.50 boards, £6.25 paper. Reviewed by John Feltwell

Genetics and Adaptation Studies in Biology, No. 69 E. B. FORD 58 pp., illustrated. London: Edward Arnold, 1976. £2.60 boards, £1.30 paper. Reviewed by R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett

The Comparative Endocrinology of the Invertebrates Second edition K. C. HIGHNAM and L. HILL 357 pp., illustrated. London: Edward Arnold, 1977. £16.00 boards, £8.50 paper. Reviewed by K. Simkiss

Muscles and Movement K. M. BACKHOUSE 48 pp., illustrated. London: Hart Davis, 1976. £1.75. Reviewed by Jackie Hardie

Herbicides: Physiology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Vol. 2 Second edition L. J. AUDUS (Ed.) 564 pp., illustrated. London: Academic Press, 1976. £17.50. Reviewed by Donald S. H. Drennan

Introduction to Ecology R. DAJOZ Translated by A. SOUTH 416 pp., Sevenoaks, Kent : Hodder and Stoughton, 1977. £7.50 boards, £4.45 paper. Reviewed by D. M. Keith-Lucas

Human Sex and Sexuality E. B. STEEN and J. H. PRICE 338 pp., illustrated. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1977. £7.00. Reviewed by Donald Reid

Rabies : The Facts C. KAPLAN (Ed.) 116 pp., illustrated. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. £1.95 (Also published in paperback by Corgi Books, London. 75p.) Reviewed by W. C. Noble

Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing E. C. BARRETT and L. F. CURTIS 336 pp., illustrated. London: Chapman and Hall, 1976. £11.00 boards, £5.95 paper. Reviewed by Monical M. Cole

Light and Life L. O. BJÖRN 249 pp., illustrated. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. £3.45 boards, £1.75 paper. Reviewed by John Feltwell     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviws in this Article Buddhism & Bioethics by Damien Keown, St.Martin's Press, Inc., 1995, 208 pages Genetic Counselling — Practice and principles, edited by Angus Clarke. London and New York: Routledge, 1994 The Bodies of Women Ethics, Embodiment and Sexual Difference by Rosalyn Diprose, London and New York, Routledge, 1994 Ethical Issues in Nursing edited by Geoffrey Hunt, London and New York, Routledge, 1994     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
NOLF, D.: Otolithi piscium. Handbook of Paleoichthyology. Vol. 10. Edited by H.-P. SCHULTZE. Stuttgart
DELSON, ERICH (Ed.): Ancestors: The Hard Evidence. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.
REMANE, A.; STORCH, V.; WELSCH, U.: Systematische Zoologie. Fortgefiihrt von V. STORCH und U. WELSCH.
WILSON, R. R.: The Camel. London and New York: Longman
WHIITINGTON, H. B.: The Burgess Shale. London: Yale University Press     

A School Survey on the Flowering Time of Broom (Sarothamnus scoparius) in the North of Scotland

Biological Radiographs B. Ann Blofield and G. Du Boulay London: Macmillan Education Ltd. £4.95 per set. Reviewed by Brian Jones

Outline Drawings for Human Physiology D. G. MacKean Overhead projector transparencies 9 Sets (84 foils). London: John Murray. £17.50. Reviewed by Colin Stoneman

Colour Micrographs Gene Cox (for Introduction to Biology by D. G. Mackean) 7 sets of 20 slides London : John Murray. £600 per set Reviewed by Colin Stoneman

Audio-visual Materials for Higher Education Pp. xx+221. British Universities Film Council Ltd. £2.75. Reviewed by C. G. Gardener     

The sounds of black resistance in South Africa and America

Frank Marshall Davis, LIVIN’ THE BLUES: MEMORIES OF A BLACK JOURNALIST AND POET, (edited, with an introduction, by John Edgar Tidwell), Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993, 373 pp., £22.00.

Veit Erlemann, AFRICAN STARS: STUDIES IN BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN PERFORMANCE, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1991, 214 pp., npl.     

Bacterial contamination on touch surfaces in the public transport system and in public areas of a hospital in London

Aims:  To investigate bacterial contamination on hand-touch surfaces in the public transport system and in public areas of a hospital in central London.
Methods and Results:  Dipslides were used to sample 118 hand-touch surfaces in buses, trains, stations, hotels and public areas of a hospital in central London. Total aerobic counts were determined, and Staphylococcus aureus isolates were identified and characterized. Bacteria were cultured from 112 (95%) of sites at a median concentration of 12 CFU cm⁻². Methicillin-susceptible Staph. aureus (MSSA) was cultured from nine (8%) of sites; no sites grew methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus (MRSA).
Conclusions:  Hand-touch sites in London are frequently contaminated with bacteria and can harbour MSSA, but none of the sites tested were contaminated with MRSA.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  Hand-touch sites can become contaminated with staphylococci and may be fomites for the transmission of bacteria between humans. Such sites could provide a reservoir for community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) in high prevalence areas but were not present in London, a geographical area with a low incidence of CA-MRSA.     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
reviews type of article–
M ason , J. L. (ed.): Evolution of domesticated animals . London, New York: Longman 1984.
G riffiths , G. C. D. (ed.): Flies of the Nearctic Region . Vol. VIII: Cyclorrhapha II (Schizophora: Calyptratae), Part 2 Anthomyiidae, Number 1 by G. C. D. G riffiths . Stuttgart: E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1982.
S impson , G. G.: Penguins . Past and Present, Here and There. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1983.
G ans , E.; P ouch , F. H. (eds.): Biology of the Reptilia . Vol. 12. New York – London: Academic Press 1982. 564 S. DM 353,–. G ans , E. (ed.):
M atsuno , K.; D ose , K.; H arada , K.; R ohlfing , D. L. (eds.): Molecular Evolution and Protobiology . New York, London
F elsenstein , J. (ed.): Numerical Taxonomy . Nato AS1 Series. Series G Ecological Sciencesxs
S meets , W. J. A. J.; N ieuwenhuys , R.; R oberts , B. L.: The Central Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes . Structure and Functional Correlations. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1983
H echt , M. K.; W allace , B.; P range , G. T. (eds.): Evolutionary Biology . Vol. 18. New York and London