Context, Meaning, and the Chomskyan Notion of Creativity

Implicit Meanings: Essays in Anthropology. Mary Douglas . London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. xxi + 325 pp. $23.50 (cloth).
Culture and Communication. The Logic by Which Symbols are Connected: An Introduction to the Use of Structuralist Analysis in Social Anthropology. Edmund Leach . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 105 pp. $9.95 (cloth), $3.95 (paper).
Meaning. Michael Polanyi and Harry Prosch . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975. xiv + 246 pp. $12.50 (cloth).     

Book review ocean yearbook 2

Elizabeth Mann Borgese and Norton Ginsburg, editors, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981), ix + 713 pp., $35.00.     

American beginnings. the prehistory and palaeoecology of Beringia

Edited by Frederick Hadleigh West. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 1996. xxi + 576 pp. $75.00 (cloth).     

Pattini: The Anthropological Consummation of a Goddess

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini . Gananath Obeyesekere . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. xvii + 629 pp. $42.50 (cloth).     

Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: Still a great guide

Neotropical Rain Forest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second Edition. Text by Louise H. Emmons. Illustrations by Francois Feer. Chicago and London, University of Chicago Press, 1997, xvi + 307 pages, 29 color plates, 7 black-and-white plates, 19 figures, 195 maps, $25.95 (paper), $80.00 (cloth).     

Foraging for Survival: Yearling Baboons in Africa

By Stuart A. Altmann. 2000. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 610 pp. ISBN 0‐226‐01596‐3. $40.00 (paper).     

The textbook

A review of Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales, edited by Janet Mann, Richard C. Connor, Peter L. Tyack, and Hal Whitehead. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2000, 433 pp., $80.00, hard bound; $35.00, paperback.     

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.     

Book Reviews

Technology Projects for the Classroom. Allan Kaufman and Jim Flowers. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Prakken Publications. 1996. 136 pp. (paperback) $14.95. ISBN: 0-911168-92-3.

More Virtual Field Trips. Gail Cooper and Garry Cooper. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. 1999. 200 pp. (paperback) $23.50. ISBN: 1-56308-770-7.

While You're Waiting for the Food to Come. Eric Muller. New York: Orchard Books. 1999. 96 pp. (paperback) $8.95. ISBN: 0-531-077144-8.

Science in Seconds at the Beach. Jean Potter. New York: Wiley and Sons. 1998. 122 pp. (paperback [7 × 9]) $12.95. ISBN: 0-471-17899-3.

Science in Seconds with Toys. Jean Potter. New York: Wiley and Sons. 1998. 122 pp. (paperback [7 × 9]) $12.95. ISBN: 0-471-17000-0.

Bite-Sized Science. John H. Falk and Kristi S. Rosenberg. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 1999. 109 pp. (paperback [7 × 9]) $12.95. ISBN: 1-55652-348-3.

Healthy Me: Fun Ways to Develop Good Health and Safety Habits. Michelle O'Brien-Palmer. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 1999. 146 pp. (paperback [7 × 9]) $12.95. ISBN: 1-55652-351-9.

Science Projects: About Physics in the Home. Robert Gardner. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers. 1999. 112 pp. (hardcover) $19.95. ISBN: 0-89490-948-7.

How the Future Began: Communications. Anthony Wilson. New York: Kingfisher Publications. 1999. 64 pp. (hardcover) $15.95. ISBN: 0-7534-5179-4.     

"…We Have to Work with our own Heads" (/Angn!ao): San Bushmen and the Media

Three views of Hindustan

Pinney, Christopher. Camera Indica, the Social Life of Indian Photographs. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. 240 pp., 127 figs., glossary, notes, biblio., index. $55.00 hdbd., $29.00 paperbd.

Wade, Bonnie C. Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. lviii+276 pp., VII charts, 21 maps, 166 b‐&;‐w figs., 20 color plates, glossary, bibliography, notes, appendix, indexes. $80.00 or £63.95 hdbd.

The Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.; New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc., 1996. 32,600 pp. in 34 vols., with black‐and‐white and color illus., maps, tables, biblio., index. $8800.00 hdbd.     

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.     

Wetland history

Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes by Hugh Prince The University of Chicago Press (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers), 1997. $21.00/￡16.75 pbk (xiii+395 pages) ISBN 0 226 68283 8.     

From Food to Fitness

A review of Foraging for Survival: Yearling Baboons in Africa, by Stuart A. Altmann. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998, 608 pp, $70.00, hardbound.     

Citizenship,ethnicity and multiculturalism: Post‐national membership between Utopia and reality

Neil Bissondath, SELLING ILLUSIONS: THE CULT OF MULTI‐CULTURALISM IN CANADA, Toronto: Penguin Books Canada, 1994, 234 pp., $16.99 (paper).

David A. Hollinger, POSTETHNIC AMERICA: BEYOND MULTI‐CULTURALISM, New York: Basic Books, 1995, 210 pp., $22.00

Will Kymlicka, MULTICULTURAL CITIZENSHIP, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, 280 pp., npl.

Yasemin Nuhoglu Soysal, LIMITS OF CITIZENSHIP: MIGRANTS AND POSTNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP IN EUROPE, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1994 (paper), npl.     

Blast off!

Abstract

Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of the Past with 25 Activities . Richard Panchyk. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 2001. 146 pp. $14.95 (paperback). ISBN: 1-55652-395-5.

Teaching about Climate Change . Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn, eds. New Society Publishers/Green Teacher. 2001. iv + 74 pp. $12.95 (paperback). ISBN: 086571-437-1.     

Haunted hypotheses

American Pronghorn: Social Adaptations and the Ghosts of Predators Past by J.A. Byers The University of Chicago Press, 1998. $70.00/￡55.95 hbk, $23.95/￡19.25 pbk (xviii+300 pages) ISBN 0 226 08698 4/0 226 08699 2.     

A well‐articulated volume

Review of Primate Encounters: Models of Science, Gender, and Society edited by Shirley C. Strum and Linda Marie Fedigan. Chicago, Chicago University Press, 2000, xv + 635 pp, 7 fig., $35.     

Experiencing Experimentation and Project Design

Richardson, David Vanishing Lichens New York: Macmillan, 1975 231 pp., $12.00. Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Van Emden, H. F. Ecology of Pest Control (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology No. 50) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 59 pp., $2.75 paper. Reviewed by W. L. Gojmerac

Behrens, June Look at the Sea Animals (An Elk Grove Book) Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 38 pp., $4.50. Reviewed by Harriet S. Gussin

Bok, Bart J., and Bok, Priscilla F. The Milky Way, 4th ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974 273 pp., $15.00. Reviewed by Arnold Heiser

Schneider, Herman, and Schneider, Nina Science Fun with a Flashlight New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975 42 pp., $5.72. Reviewed by Van E. Neie

Behrens, June True Book of Metric Measurement Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 46 pp., $3.95. Reviewed by Sue Hall     

Book review

THE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF PLANTS, by Karl J. Niklas. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. ISBN 0–226–58082–2; price $65.00 (cloth). ISBN 0–226–58083–0; price $19.95 (Paper).     

Book Review

Buchsbaum, Ralph, Mildred Buchsbaum, John Pearse, and Vicki Pearse. Animals without Backbones. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 592 pp. $17.00 paper; $25.00 cloth Reviewed by Walter L. Gojmerac.

Galison, Peter. How Experiments End. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 330 pp. $14.95 paper Reviewed by Laurence A. Marschall.

Kerrod, Robin. Changing Things. Living Things. All Around. Moving Things. (Science Alive). Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett Co., 1987. Each 54 pp. $12.96 hardcover Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig.

Bowman, Keith. Agriculture. (1985) 1987. Gourlay, Carol. Computers and Mathematics. (1982) 1982. Cooper, Alan. Electricity. (1983) 1986. Boyle, Desmond. Energy. (1980) 1986. Kerrod, Robin. Metals. (1981) 1982. Teasdale, Jim. Microbes. (1984) 1986. Stevenson, John. Telecommunications. (1984) 1985. Gunston, Bill. Water. (1980) 1982. (Visual Science Series). First published in Great Britain by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London and Sydney (dates in parentheses). Adapted and published in the United States by Silver Burdett Press, Morristown, NJ. Each 48 pp. $15.96 hardcover; $8.95 soft-cover Reviewed by George G. Mallinson.

Wallace, Diane A., and Philip L. Hershey. How to Master Science Labs (Experimental Science Series). New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 128 pp. $11.90 hardcover.