BOOK REVIEWS

Bailey, Robert G. 1998. Ecoregions: the ecosystem geography of the oceans and continents. ix + 176 pp. Springer‐Verlag, New York. ISBN 0–387–98311–2 (softcover), 0–387–98305–8 (hardcover). Price: USD 39.95 (soft cover); USD 79.95 (hard cover).     

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Chronopharmacology. Cellular and Biochemical Interactions (Cellular Clocks Series/3), by Prof. Dr. Björn Lemmer, Center of Pharmacology, J.W. Goethe‐University, Frankfurt am Main, FRG. 1989. 744 pp., $150.00 (US and Canada), $180.00 (All other countries). ISBN 0–8247–8103–1 Published by Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, USA.

Chronobiology and chronomedicine. Basic research and applications. Proceedings of the IVth Annual Meeting of the European Society for Chronobiology, Birmingham, July 1988, by E. Morgan. 1990, 407 pp., soft cover sFr. 79.‐ISBN 3–631–42301–2 Published by Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt a.M., Bern, New York, Paris.

Biological rhythms in clinical practice by J. Ahrendt, J.M. Waterhouse and D.S. Minors 1989. 299 pp.m, hard cover £ 48.‐ISBN 0–7236–0961–6     

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Efferent Control of Visual Sensitivity in Arthropod Eyes: With Emphasis on Circadian Rhythms, by Prof. Dr. Günter Fleissner, Zoologisches Institut der Universität Frankfurt and Dr. Gerta Fleissner, Institut für Biologie‐Didaktik der Universität Frankfurt. 1988. 67 pp., 20 fig., soft cover DM 34.— or DFL 40.—Information Processing in Animals ISSN 0724–1313. Volume 5 ISBN 3–437–30567–0 US‐ISBN 0–89574–253–5. Published by Akademie der Wissenschaften u.d. Literatur, Mainz.     

Farmland Birds across the World

2010, Lynx Edicions, Montseny, 8, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain 138 pages, hard cover ISBN 978–84-96553–63-7. Price €24.00     

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Book Reviewed in this article: MacPhail , E. M. 1993: The neuroscience of animal intelligence: From the seahare to the seahorse. Columbia University Press, New York. 506 pp, numerous Figs, £50.00. ISBN 0–231–06144–7 reviewed by Holk Cruse Gazzaniga , M. S., (Editor-in-Chief) 1994: The cognitive neuroscience. A Bradford Book. MIT Press, Cambridge. 1447 S, 490 Abb, 27 farbige Tafeln, 29 Tabellen, US $195.00. ISBN 0–262–07157–6. reviewed by Christoph von Campenhausen Webster , J. 1994: Animal welfare. A cool eye towards Eden. Blackwell Science, Oxford. 273 pp, numerous Figs and Tabs, £14.99. ISBN 0–632–03928–0. reviewed by Thelma Rowell de Waal , F. B. M. 1993: Wilde Diplomaten. Versöhnung und Entspannungspolitik bei Affen und Menschen. (Peacemaking among Primates). Übersetzt von Ellen Vogel. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München, dtv Sachbuch 30373, 295 S, 100 Abb, DM 16,90, ISBN 3–423–30373–5. Gebundene Ausgabe 1991: Carl Hanser Verlag, München, 296 S, 100 Abb, DM 45—, ISBN 3–446–16003–5. reviewed by Marietta K. Fritz Otterstedt , C. 1993: Abschied im Alltag. Grußformen und Abschiedsgestaltungim interkulturellen Vergleich. Iudicium Verlag GmbH, München. 382 S, kart, DM 68,—.ISBN 3–89129–222–8. reviewed by Friderun Ankel -Simons Thomson , K. S. 1993: Der Quastenflosser. Ein lebendes Fossil und seine Entdeckung. W. W. Norton, New York 1991 (übersetzt von M. Niehaus -Osterloh ). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. Boston, Berlin. 250 S, 46 Abb, geb., sFr 52—, DM 58,—. ISBN 3–7643–2793–6. reviewed by Amelie Koehler Lockley , M. 1993: Auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier. Dinosaurierfährten — Eine Expedition in die Vergangenheit (Tracking dinosaurs—a new look at an ancient world. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991, übersetzt von G. Bosch mit wissenschaftlicher Beratung von C. Meyer ). Birkhäuser Verlag Basel. Boston, Berlin. 318 S, 38 s/w und 21 farbige Abb, 76 Strichzeichnungen, geb. sFr 58,—, DM 68,—. ISBN 3–7643–2774-X. reviewed by Amelie Koehler     

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Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig. Marilyn R. London; illustrated by Robert L. Humphrey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1998. 348 pp. (hardcover) $35. ISBN: 1-56098-763-4; (paperback) $17.95. ISBN: 1-56098-790-1.

Art in Chemistry: Chemistry in Art. Barbara R. Greenberg and Dianna Patterson. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 259 pp. (paperback) $26.50. ISBN: 1-56308-487-2.

Teacher's Weather Sourcebook. Tom Konvicka. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1999. 321 pp. (paperback) $25. ISBN: 1-56308-488-0.

Transforming Middle School Science Education. Paul de Hart Hurd. New York: Teachers College. 2000. $19.95. ISBN: 0-8077-3922-7.

Plays of Exploration and Discovery for Grades 4-6. L. E. McCullough. Lyme, N.H.: Smith and Kraus. 1999. 157 pp. (paperback) $14.95. ISBN: 1-575-25113-2.     

All around Australia and overseas: Christianity and indigenous identities in Central Australia 1988

This paper discusses the themes and practices of Christian performance at the Western Desert Aboriginal community of Warlungurru in 1988, 1 six years after the Pintupi return to their homelands (see Myers 1986 ; McMillan 1988 ; Nathan & Japanangka Leichleitner 1983 ) and the enthusiastic Christian revival—nightly Gospel singing, a ban on gambling—experienced in the first years of their return. My concern is with how a distinctively Lutheran focus in Pintupi Christianity (in opposition to competing Pentecostal orientations in Central Australia at that time) was grasped by some Pintupi as a structure organising relations between Indigenous people and others in the world, and how specialised knowledge constituted positions of prestige and authority. Thus, I explore certain convergences between prior Indigenous formulations of personhood and relatedness and the way in which Lutheran Christianity was articulated during this period.     

Water,Water, Everywhere

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Math and Science Across Culture: Activities and Investigations from the Exploratorium. Maurice Bazin, Modesto, and the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. New York: The New Press, 2002. 176 pp. $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1-56584-541-2

History Beneath the Sea—Nautical Archaeology in the Classroom. K. C. Smith and Amy Douglass (Editors). Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology, 2001. 28 pp. $5.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-932839-17-7.     

The greening of the land

The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants-A Cladistic Study by P. Kenrick and P.R. Crane Smithsonian Institution Press (Smithsonian Series in Comparative Evolutionary Biology), 1997. ￡42.95 hbk, ￡21.50 pbk (xi+441 pages) ISBN 1 56098 730 8/1 56098 729 4.     

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOZOIC PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN HONOR OF ROUSSEAU H. FLOWER. Memoir 44. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, xiv + 415 pp.

THE DINOSAUR HERESIES: A REVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF DINOSAURS By R.T. Bakker Published by Longman Scientific and Technical, 1987.482 pages. ISBN 0–582–00420–9

DINOSAURS PAST AND PRESENT. Edited by S.J. Czerkas and E.C. Olson. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1987. Vol. 1, 163 pp., ISBN 0–938644–24–6 (softcover) or 0–295–96541‐X (hardcover); vol. 2, 150 pp., ISBN 0–938644–23–8 (softcover) or 0–295–96570–3 (hardcover).

MESSEL — EIN SCHAUFENSTER IN DIE GESCHICHTE DER ERDE UND DES LEBENS, edited by Stephan Schaal and Willi Ziegler. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main, 1988 (Senckenberg‐Buch, 64), 315 pp. ISBN 3–7829–1111–3. 68.‐DM.

EXTINCTION AND SURVIVAL IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, edited by G.P. Larwood. The Systematics Association, Special Volume No. 34. Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford, 1988, 365pp. 45.     

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.     

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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).     

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Patterns of thought in Africa and the West: Essays on magic, religion and science , by Robin Horton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. xi, 471pp., figures, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–521–36926–6 (paperback).

Women's experiences with HIV/AIDS: An international perspective , edited by Lynellyn D. Long and E. Maxine Ankrah. Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. x, 426pp., tables, references, notes on contributors, index. ISBN 0–231–10605‐X (paperback).

A healing place: Indigenous visions for personal empowerment and community recovery , by Kayleen M. Hazelhurst. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1996. xiii, 274pp., notes, illustrations, references. ISBN 0–908140–87–8 (paperback).

Reading the skin: Adornment, display and society among the Wahgi , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1989. 139pp., map, photographs, orthography and kinship terms, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–003–8 (hardback).

Paradise: Portraying the New Guinea Highlands , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1993. 99pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–078‐X (paperback).

To sing with pigs is human: The concept of person in Papua New Guinea , by Jane C. Goodale. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1995. xvi, 269pp., map, tables, figure, musical scores, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–295–94736–2 (paperback).

Resplendent sites, discordant voices: Sri Lankans and international tourism , by Malcolm Crick. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1994. x, 237pp., maps, tables, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 3–7186–5564–0 (hardback).

Impasse of the angels: Scenes from a Moroccan space of memory , by Stefania Pandolfo. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. xi, 389pp., photograph, notes, index. ISBN 0–226–64532–0 (paperback).

Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, evil eye, and the language of distress , by Sam Migliore. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1997. xiv, 159pp., tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–8020–7922–9 (paperback).

Satmar: Two generations of an urban island: The life, thought and culture of an Hasidic Jewish community in America , by Israel Rubin. Peter Lang, New York, 1997. xii, 341pp., tables, figures, notes, index. ISBN 0–8204–0759–3 (hardback).

UFO crash at Roswell: The genesis of a modern myth , by Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler and Charles B. Moore. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, 1997. xii, 198pp., maps, tables, figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–56098–751–0 (hardback).     

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PALAEOBIOLOGY: A SYNTHESIS, Editors: D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1990.608 pp. ISBN 0 632 025255. £89.50.

EVOLUTION AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, by K. Allen and D. Briggs (Eds). 265 pp. Belhaven Press, London 1989. £25.

THE EMERGENCE OF ANIMALS: THE CAMBRIAN BREAKTHROUGH, by M.A.S. McMenamin and D.L.S. McMenamin, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0–231–06646–5‐ISBN 0–231–06647–3 (paperback). $35 Hardback, $17 paperback.

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANTARCTIC BIOTA, by JA. Crame (Ed.), Geological Soc. special publication n° 47, 322 pp. London. Price: £58.     

The operational strategies of theoretical morphology

THEORETICAL MORPHOLOGY: THE CONCEPT AND ITS APPLICATIONS, by George R. McGhee, 1999. Columbia University Press, New York, 316 p. ISBN 0–231–10616–5 (hardback), $60.00; ISBN 0–231–10617–3 (paperback), $26.50     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Stonehouse, B. 1989. Polar Ecology , viii + 222 pp. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY. ISBN 0–412–01701–6 (cloth). Price: USD 89.50. ISBN 0412–01711–3 (paper). Price: USD 35.00.     

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Boehm, G. and Leuschner, R. M. (eds.). 1987. Advances in Aerobiology. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Aerobiology, August 6–9, 1986, Basel, Switzerland. Experientia Supplementum, Vol. 51, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, 437 pp. ISBN 1803–1. SFr. 98.00.

Nair, P. K. K., Joshi, A. P. and Gangal, S. V. (eds.) 1986. Airborne Pollen, Spores and Other Plant Materials of India. — A Survey. Published jointly by CSIR Centre for Biochemicals and National Botanic Research Institute Lucknow, 224 pp.     

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Andrea de Guttry and Natalino Ronzitti, eds. The Iran‐Iraq War (1980–1988) and the Law of Naval Warfare. 1993. Cambridge, England: Grotius Publications. 573 pp. ISBN 1–857010–13–2. (Available from Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, and New York, NY, ISBN 0–521–463025, $190)

David L. Larson. Security Issues and the Law of the Sea. 1993. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 382 pp. ISBN 0–8191–9089–6. $47.50     

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THE PALEOGENE OF ASIA: MAMMALS AND STRATIGRAPHY, by Donald E. Russell and Zhai Ren‐jie. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Sciences de la Terre. Tome 52. 1987. 469 pp. and 232 figs. Price: 300 F. (about 50 US$).

FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA. AUGUST 10–14, 1987. SHORT PAPERS, edited by P. J. Currie and E. H. Koster (1987). Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, No. 3: 239pp. (ISBN 0–7732–0047–9).

GENETICS, PALEONTOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION by Jeffrey Levinton. Cambridge University Press, 637pp. ISBN‐0–521 24933 3 Price £27.50. Published Spring 1988.     

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William T. Burke. The New International Law of Fisheries: UNCLOS 1982 and Beyond. 1994. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. 382 pp. ISBN 0–19–825251‐X (cloth), $105.00.

Jon M. Van Dyke, Durwood Zealke, and Grant Hewison, eds. Freedom for the Seas in the 21st Century: Ocean Governance and Environmental Harmony. 1993. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 504 pp. ISBN 1–55963–241–0 (cloth), $55.00. ISBN 1–55963–242–9 (paper), $27.50.