Age at first coitus and choice of contraceptive method: Preliminary report on a study of factors related to cervical neoplasia

MUTATIONS: BIOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Edited by D. N. Walcher, N. Kretchmer, and H. L. Barnett. Masson Publishing USA Inc., 1978. 418 pp. $24.50

THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL INTERVENTION: Edited by Gordon Bermant, Herbert C. Kelman, and Donald P. Warwick. Halsted Press (Wiley), New York, 1978. 431 pp. $18.50.

HUMAN MIGRATION: PATTERNS AND POLICIES: Edited by William H. McNeill and Ruth S. Adams. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1978.     

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     

Clerical mortality patterns of the Anglican communion

Biosocial Genetics: Human Heredity And Social Issues: Gerald James Stein. Macmillan and Co., New York, 1977. 579 pp. $13.95.

New Chromosomal Syndromes: Edited by Jorge J. Yunis. Academic Press, New York, 1977. 424 pp. $29.00     

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.     

Heredity counseling

THE RISE AND FALL OF T. D. LYSENKO: By Zhores A. Medvedev. Translated by I. Michael Lerner. Columbia University Press, New York, 1969. 284 pp. $10.00.

TOO MANY: A STUDY OF EARTH'S BIOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS: By Georg Borgstrom. Macmillan &; Co., Ltd., London, 1969. 368 pp. $7.95.

POPULATION (Second edition): By William Petersen. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1969. 735 pp. $10.95.

THE INTELLECTUAL MIGRATION: EUROPE AND AMERICA, 1930–1960: Edited by Donald Fleming and Bernard Bailyn. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969. 748 pp. $12.95.

CELL STRUCTURE AND ITS INTERPRETATION: Edited by M. McGee‐Russell and K. F. A. Ross. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1969. 433 pp. $25.00.

AN ATLAS OF MAMMALIAN CHROMOSOMES: By T. C. Hsu and Kurt Benirschke. Springer‐Verlag, New York. Volume 1, 1967, 200 pp., $9.40. Volume 2, 1968, 200 pp., $9.40. Volume 3, 1969, 200 pp., §9.40.

PRENATAL DETERMINANTS OF BEHAVIOUR: By J. M. Joffe. Pergamon Press, New York, 1969. 366 pp. $13.00.

DEVELOPMENTS IN FERTILITY CONTROL: Report of WHO Scientific Group. World Health Organization Technical Report Series, No. 424. Geneva, Switzerland, 1969. 36 pp. Price: $1.00.

BIOCHEMISTRY OF MENTAL DISORDERS: World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 427. Geneva, Switzerland, 1969. 48 pp. $1.00.

ATLAS OF MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROMES: By Sydney S. Gellis and Murray Feingold. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1968. $5.50.

THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE: By Arthur Koestler. Macmillan Company, New York, 1968. 384 pp. $6.95.     

Luis Hidalgo and his Sculpture in Wax

Early America in Miniatures: The 18th Century: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. New York City 10016 $10.95 cloth. Reviewed by Marie Woodruff

Designs From Plant Forms: Universe Books New York City 10016 $4.95 paper. Reviewed by John W. Wadsworth

It's Easy to Carve: Doubleday &; Co., Inc. Garden City, New York $5.95 cloth. Reviewed by Frank D. Torre

Printmaking: A Beginning Handbook: Prentice-Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 $9.95 paper $18.95 cloth. Reviewed by William C. Maxwell

The Golden Book of Hand &; Needle Arts … selected from The Family Creative Workshop Western Publishing Co., Inc. New York City 10022 $5.95 paper $10.95 cloth

Contemporary Crafts Market Place 1977–1978 … compiled by the American Crafts Council R. R. Bowker Co. New York City 10036 $15.95 paper     

The Edible Molecule…

Pettingill, Olin Se wall, Jr. Another Penguin Summer New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975 80 pp., $10.00 Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright

Grant, Verne Genetics of Flowering Plants New York: Columbia University Press, 1975 514 pp., $20.00 Reviewed by Martin Labar

Gutnik, Martin J. Energy: Its Past, Its Present, Its Future Chicago: Childrens Press, 1975 46 pp., individuals $6.60, institutions $4.95 Reviewed by George G. Mallinson

Wild, Robin, and Jocelyn Wild How Animals Work for Us New York: Parents' Magazine Press 64 pp., $4.99, 1975 Reviewed by Harold W. Puffer

Morse, Roger A. Bees and Bee-Keeping Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press 295 pp., $13.50, 1975 Reviewed by W.L. Gojmerac

Heintze, Carl The Bottom of the Sea and Beyond New York: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1975 144 pp., $5.95 Reviewed by Albert C. Jensen

Cottrell, Alan Portrait of Nature New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975 236 pp., $9.95 Reviewed by Paul S. Cohen

Hart, Leslie A. How the Brain Works New York: Basic Books, 1975 260 pp., $10.50 Reviewed by Julie Ann Miller

Schneider, Herman Science Fun for You in a Minute or Two New York: McGraw-Hill Junior Books, 1975 64 pp., $4.72 Reviewed by Julian R. Brandou

Williamson, H.D. The Year of the Koala New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975 209 pp., $8.95 Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde

Heady, Eleanor B. Plants on the Go: A Book about Reproduction and Seed Dispersal (Finding-out books) New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1975 64 pp., $4.59 Reviewed by Herbert Grossman

Durden, Kent A Fine and Peaceful Kingdom New York: Simon and Schuster 160 pp., $7.95, 1975 Reviewed by Robert Deitchman     

Abstracts

BIOFEEDBACK AND SELF‐CONTROL, 1970. Edited by Theodore Barber, Leo V. Di‐Cara, Joe Kamiya, Neal E. Miller, David Shapiro, and Johann Stoyva. Aldine Press, Chicago, 1971. 546 pp. $12.00.

INSANITY AND IDIOCY IN MASSACHUSETTS. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON LUNACY, 1855: By Edward Jarvis. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1971. 213 pp. $9.00.

METRIC TRENDS IN HOMINID DENTAL EVOLUTION: By Milford H. Wolpoff. Studies in Anthropology No. 2, Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland, 1971. 244 pp. $5.95.

CULTURE AND POPULATION: A COLLECTION OF CURRENT STUDIES: Edited by Steven Polgar. Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1971. 19S pp. $1.50, paperback.

AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY: By Ralph L. Beals and Harry Hoijer. Fourth Edition. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1971. 711 pp. $10.95.

CARMICHAEL'S MANUAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. Edited by Paul H. Mussen. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1970. Two vols: Vol. 1, 1519 pp., $30.00; Vol. 2, 782 pp., $20.00. The set: $40.00.

MATHEMATICAL TOPICS IN POPULATION GENETICS: Edited by Ken‐ichi Kojima. Springer‐Verlag. New York, 1970. 400 pp. $18.70.

AMERICAN DAWN. A NEW MODEL OF AMERICAN PREHISTORY: By Louis A. Brennan. MacMillan, New York, 1970. 390 pp. $8.95.

PROGRESS IN MEDICAL GENETICS: Edited by Arthur G. Steinberg and Alexander G. Bearn. Vol. 7. Grune and Stratton, New York, 1970. 243 pp. $16.50.

CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS: Edited by F. Clarke Fraser and V. A. McKusick. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, New York, 1970. 450 pp. $27.00.

THE HUMAN PLACENTA: By J. D. Boyd and W. J. Hamilton, W. Heffer and Sons Ltd., Cambridge, 1970. 365 pp. $43.83.

DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION: Report of a WHO Expert Committee. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 449, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1970. 28 pp. $0.60.

MULTIPURPOSE SEROLOGICAL SURVEYS AND WHO SERUM REFERENCE BANKS: Report of a WHO Scientific Group. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 454. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1970. $1.75. 95 pp.

MENTAL HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PERSONS. REPORT ON A TECHNICAL CONFERENCE: By A. R. May, J. H. Kahn, and B. Cronholm. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1971. 72 pp. $1.75.

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: Report of a WHO Scientific Group. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1970. 35 pp. $1.00.

EVOLUTION BY GENE DUPLICATION: By Susumu Ohno. Springer‐Verlag, New York‐Heidelberg‐Berlin, 1970. 160 pp. Hard cover, $9.90.

SYMBIOSIS. ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER: By Thomas C. Cheng. Pegasus, New York, 1970. 250 pp. $6.95 ($2.25, paperback).

MARIHUANA RECONSIDERED: By Lester Grinspoon. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1971. 443 pp. $9.95.

THE KHANNA STUDY: POPULATION PROBLEMS IN THE RURAL PUNJAB: By John B. Wyon and John E. Gordon. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1971. 437 pp. $14.00.     

Exploring the Insect World

Scheffer, Victor B. A Natural History of Marine Mammals New York: Charles Schribner's Sons, 1976 176 pp., $7.95. Reviewed by William B. Nutting

Sargent, Theodore D. Legion of Night: The Underwing Moths Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1976 222 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by N.N. Raghuvir

Thiessen, Del, and Yahr, Pauline The Gerbil in Behavioral Investigations: Mechanisms of Territoriality and Olfactory Communication Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1977 224 pp., $20.00. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash

Bullard, Fred M Volcanoes of the Earth Austin and London: The University of Texas Press, 1976 579 pp., $26.95. Reviewed by James W. Skehan

Edwards, Peter Seaweeds and Sea Grasses (in the Vicinity of Port Aransas, Texas) Austin: University of Texas, 1976 128 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Herbert H. Grossman

Schreider, Herman How Scientists Find Out about Matter, Space, Time, Energy New York: McGraw Hill Book Co, 1976 133 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by Joseph H. Gillen

C.R. Austin and R.V. Short, eds. The Evolution of Reproduction Series: Reproduction in Mammals (Book 6) New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976 189 pp., $15.95 hardcover, $4.95 paperback. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde

Simon, Seymour Tropical Saltwater Aquariums: How to Set Them Up and Keep Them Going New York: The Viking Press, 1976 90 pp., $6.95. Reviewed by John Lyman

Brown, Vinson Sea Mammals and Reptiles of the Pacific Coast Riverside, N.J.: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976 265 pp., $10.95. Reviewed by Albert C. Jensen

Behrens, June What I Hear Chicago: Childrens Press, 1976 40 pp., $4.95. Reviewed by Sue Hall     

Chairman's opening statement

Evolution. By Theodosius Dobzhansky, Francisco Ayala, James W. Valentine, and G. Ledyard Stebbins. W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1977. 572 pp. $15.95.

Family Formation Patterns and Health: An International Collaborative Study in India, Iran, Lebanon, Philippines, and Turkey. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1976. ISBN‐92–4‐156053–3. Available from WHO Publications Centre USA, 9 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, New York 12210. $62 pp. $20.00.     

Selection intensity in the Pahiras

Quantitative Genetic Variation: Edited by James N. Thompson, Jr., and J. M. Thoday. Academic Press, New York, 1979. $19.50

Sociobiology examined: Edited by Ashley Montagu. Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 1980. $19.95, cloth; $5.45, paper.

The biology of aging: Edited by John A. Behnke, Caleb E. Finch, and Gairdner B. Moment. Plenum Press, New York, 1978. $18.95     

The fertility of a sample of American elites

THE HUMAH CONDITION. HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?: By Frederick Osborn. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, New York, 1974. 82 pp.

HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL ETHICS: Edited by Maurice B. Visscher. Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1972. 310 pp. $11.95.

MAN FOR MAN: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP ON EFFECTING MAN'S SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NATURE THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION: Edited by John L. Carleton and Ursula Mahlendorf. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1973. 355 pp. $10.95.

THE ORIGINS OF LIFE: By Cyril Ponnamperuma. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1972. 215 pp. $7.95.

PARTNERWAHL UND EHE—THEORIE UND PRAXIS: Edited by Hans W. Jürgens. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Altmann, Hamburg, Germany, 1972. 217 pp.     

Weather Forecasting: The View from Space…

Findley, James S.; Harris, Arthur H.; Wilson, Don E.; and Jones, Clyde Mammals of New Mexico Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1975 360 pp., $8.50 Reviewed by Vagn Flyger

Piers, Helen Grasshopper and Butterfly New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 80 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by N. N. Raghuvir

Gergely, Tibor Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 47 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by Theodore W. Munch

Johnsgard, Paul A. Waterfowl of North America Bloomington, Indiana University Press 1975,575 pp. Reviewed by Kate Curry Vahle

Jacobson, Daniel The Fishermen (Indians of North America) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1975 87 pp., $4.90 Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig

Janzen, Daniel H. Ecology of Plants in the Tropics (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 58) London: Edward Arnold (Distributed by Crane, Russak &; Co., New York), 1975 65 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Rex E. Kerstetter

London, Carolyn The Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Mystery Workers New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1976 86 pp., $5.72 Library Edition Reviewed by Philip C. Anderson

Buxton, Ralph Nature's Gliders Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 32 pp., individuals $6.60, institutions $4.95 Reviewed by Sue Hall

Clarke, H. T. (revised by B. Haynes) A Handbook of Organic Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative (fifth edition) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 291 pp., cloth $35.00, paper $16.00 Reviewed by Lawrence Powell Eblin

Simon, Seymour Discovering What Garter Snakes Do New York: McGraw-Hill Junior Books, 1975 48 pp., $4.72 Reviewed by Carl Gans

Dobbs, Austen, ed. The Birds of Nottinghamshire: Past and Present North Pomfret, Vt.: David &; Charles, 1975 226 pp., $17.00 Reviewed by Gerald R. Rising

Ashworth, J. M., and Dee, Jennifer The Biology of Slime Moulds (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 56) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., Inc., 1975 67 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Exline, Joseph D. Individualized Techniques for Teaching Earth Science West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Co., 1975 230 pp., $10.95 Reviewed by Waring B. Hill

Stadtfeld, Curtis K. Whitetail Deer: A Year's Cycle New York: The Dial Press, 1975 163 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Carrier, Rick Fly: The Complete Book of Sky Sailing New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 128 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by A.D. Goddard

Duncan, Wilbur H. Woody Vines of the Southeastern United States Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1975 76 pp., $2.50 Reviewed by A. J. Sharp

Barnes, R. S. K. Estuarine Biology (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology no. 49) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 76 pp., $3.25 Reviewed by Brother G. Nicholas

Bendick, Jeanne How Heredity Works: Why Living Things Are As They Are (Finding-out books) New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1975 64 pp., $4.59 Reviewed by Donald J. Nash     

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     

Book reviews

ORIGINS OF THE STUDY OF HUMAN GROWTH: By Edith Boyd. University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, 1980.610pp. $65, cloth.

THE WHISPERINGS WITHIN: EVOLUTION AND THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN NATURE: By David P. Barash. Penguin Books, New York, 1979. 274 pp. (A reprint of the 1979 edition published by Harper & Row, New York).

DISEASE AND URBANIZATION: Edited by E. J. Clegg and J. P. Garlick. Taylor & Francis Ltd., London, 1980. 171 pp. $22.25, cloth.     

News Notes

Abstract

Wyatt, John The Shining Levels: The Story of a Man Who Went Back to Nature Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1974 209 pp., $6.95, Reviewed by Gilbert Wright

Banfield, A.F.W. The Mammals of Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. 438 pp., $19.95, Reviewed by Paul F. Connor.

Mai, W. F., with H. H. Lyon, Photographer Pictorial Key to Genera of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates (a division of Cornell University Press), 1975, 4th ed., rev., 219 pp., $12.50 softcover, Reviewed by Victor H. Dropkin.

Bridges, William Gathering of Animals: An Unconventional History of the New York Zoological Society New York: Harper and Row, 1974 518 pp., $12.50, Reviewed by Robert Deitchman.

Palmer, E. Laurence, Revised by H. Seymour Fowler Fieldbook of Natural History, 2d rev. ed. New York: McCraw-Hill Book Company, 1975 779 pp., $14.95, Reviewed by J. P. Kennedy.

Cohen, Daniel Animal Nature: The Biology of Human Behavior New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975 144 pp., $5.72, Reviewed by Julie Ann Miller.

Muus, Bent J., Illustrated by Preben Dahlstrom; Translated by Gwynne Vevers Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of Britain and North-Western Europe St. James's Place, London: Collins, 1975. 244 pp., $10.00, Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Barbour, Roger W., and Wayne H. Davis Mammals of Kentucky (Kentucky Nature Studies: 5) Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1974 322 pp., $14.95, Reviewed by Theodore W. Munch.

Brandwein, Paul F., et. al. Concepts in Science (Newton Edition) New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 376 pp., Reviewed by Malcolm F. Farmer.     

Biochemical studies in schizophrenia: A review

CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT ON OVERPOPULATION: Anthony Zimmerman, S.V.D. Hanover House, New York, 1961, 214 pp., $3.50.

MANKIND EVOLVING: Theodosius Dobzhansky. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1962, xiii + 381 pp., $7.50.

THE SEARCH FOR A COMMON LEARNING: General Education, 1800–1960: Russell Thomas. McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1962, 324 pp., $6.95.

THE WORLD ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES: Edward W. Weidner. McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1962, 366 pp., $3.65.

RESEARCH IN FAMILY PLANNING: C. V. Kiser, ed. Princeton University Press, 1962, Princeton, pp. 662, $12.50.     

Genetics: Successes and Prospects

Biology and the Human Sciences: The Herbert Spencer Lectures, 1970: Edited by J. W. S. Pringle. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1972. 140 pp. £1.00.

Law and Ethics of A.I.D. and Embryo Transfer: Ciba Foundation Symposium 17. Associated Scientific Publishers, Amsterdam, 1973. 110 pp. $6.50.

The Prevention of Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality; Public Health Papers, No. 42. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1972. 97 pp. $2.00.

Is My Baby All Right? By Virginia Apgar, M.D., M.P.H. and Joan Beck. Trident Press, New York, 1973. 496 pp. $9.95.     

Dinosaurs

Wild Cactus. Photos by George H. H. Huey, text by Rose Houk. New York: Artisan, 1996. $25. ISBN 1-885183-20-8. Reviewed by John W. McLure.

Exploring with the Microscope. Werner Nactigall. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 1995. 160 pp. $19.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8069-0066-1. Reviewed by Robert G. Hoehn.

The Encyclopedia of Snakes. Chris Mattison. New York: Facts On File, 1995. 256 pp. $35.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8160-3072-3. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

The Friendly Guide to the Universe. Nancy Hathaway. New York: Penguin, 1995. 462 pp. $13.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-14-015381-0. Reviewed by Lawrence A. Marschall.

One Small Square: Woods. Donald M. Silver, illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1995. 48 pp. $14.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-7167-6610-8. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Naturalists, Conservationists, and Environmentalists. Eileen Lucas. New York: Facts On File, 1996. 150 pp. $16.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8160-2919-0. Reviewed by Clarence J. Murphy.

Astronomy for All Ages. Philip Harrington and Edward Pascuzzi. Old Saybrook, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 1994. 210 pp. $17.95 (paperback). ISBN 1-56440-388-2. Reviewed by Kristine Larsen.

Intermediate Science through Children's Literature. Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press, 1994. 194 pp. ISBN 0-87287-946-1. Reviewed by Jacqueline V. Mallinson.     

Earth,Air, Fire,and Water: Elements of Art

Abstract

Shoshana Zuboff. In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power. New York: Basic Books, 1988, 468 pp. $11.95 paperback.

George Gilder. Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology. New York: Simon &; Schuster, 1989. 426 pp. $19.95 hardcover.

Loren Baritz. The Good Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1988. 361 pp. $19.95 hardcover.

Miles Orville. The Real Thing: Imitation and Authority in American Culture, 1880–1940. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. 382 pp. $14.95 paperback.

Peter Shaw. The War Against the Intellect. Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, 1989. 181 pp. $10.95 paperback.

Robert Alter. The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age. New York: Simon &; Schuster, 1989. 250 pp. $18.95 hardcover.

Ian Crofton. A Dictionary of Art Quotations. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989. $19.95 hardcover.