Book Reviews

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.     

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.     

Blast off!

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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.     

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.     

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.     

Book Reviews

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.     

Book Reviews

Biological Effects of Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields Shoogo Ueno, ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1996, ISBN: 0-306-45292, x + 243 pp., $79.50.

The Melatonin Hypothesis, Breast Cancer and Use of Electric Power R. Stevens, B. Wilson, and L. Anderson, eds. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, 1997, ISBN: 1-57477-020-9, xiv + 760 pp., $87.50.

Systemic Cancer-Multistep-Therapy(in German), by Manfred von Ardenne P. G. Reitnauer, ed., Hippokrates V., Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN: 3 7773 1297-5, 304 pp., DM98.

Charge Transfer Complexes in Biological Systems F. Gutman, C. Johnson, H. Keyzer, and J. Molnar, eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1997, ISBN: 0-8247-9986-0, xviii + 543 pp., $195.

Chemistry and Chemical Technique-Special Dictionary: English-German Technical University Dresden, ed. Langenscheidt, Berlin, 1997, ISBN: 3-86117-079-5, 807 pp., DM 198.     

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.     

Short reviews

Michael Reich, Racial Inequality: A Political—Economic Analysis, Princeton; Princeton University Press, 1981, xii + 345 pp. $57.95.

Bradley R. Schiller, The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination, third edition, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice‐Hall, 1981, x + 244 pp., £5.15.

Thomas Sowell, Markets and Minorities, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1981, xi + 141 pp., $6.00.

Phyllis A. Wallace, Black Women in the Labor Force, Cambridge, Mass., and London, England, The MIT Press, 1980, xv + 163 pp. $12.50.     

Mambu phone home

Mambu: A Melanesian millennium, by Kenelm Burridge. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1995 [reprinting of original 1960 edition with new preface]. 296pp., appendices, index. ISBN 0–691–00166–9 (paperback).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Abstract. Canham, C.D., Cole, J.J. & Lauenroth, W.K. 2003. Models in ecosystem science. 476 pp. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 0‐691‐09289‐3 (paperback). Price: USD $35.00.     

Stimulating the Need to Know…

Nations, James D. Tropical Rainforest: Endangered Environment . New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. 143 pp. $12.90 hardcover. Reviewed by Jorge Zamacona Evenes.

Sharp, D.W.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry , 2d ed. New York: Penguin, 1990. 434 pp. $9.95 paperback. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Hale, W.G., and J.P. Margham. The HarperCollins Dictionary of Biology. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. 569 pp. $12.95 paperback; $25.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Sparks, John, and Tony Soper. Penguins. New York: Fact On File, 1987. 246 pp. $1995 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Mountfort, Guy. Rare Birds of the World . A Collins/ICBP Handbook. New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1988. 256 pp. $2995 hardcover. Reviewed by John W. McLure.

Woodcock, Martin. Collins Handguide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent . New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 176 pp. $11.95 paperback. Reviewed by James Scheib.

Harris, Michael. The Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos . New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 160 pp. $1995 hardcover. Reviewed by Jim Fuller.

Brudenell-Bruce, P. G. C. The Collins Guide to the Birds of New Providence and the Babama Islands. New York: Penguin (The Stephen Greene Press), 1989. 142 pp. $14.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carol A. Thompson.     

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2010, Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK

344 pages, hardcover or paperback, 75 black-and-white illustrations, and a four-page color plate section

ISBN 978-0-19-956974-8 (hardcover), 978-0-19-956975-5 (softcover). Price R575     

‘Seeing’ Atomic Radiations

Miller, Christina G., and Louise A. Berry. Coastal Rescue: Preserving Our Seashores. New York: Atheneum (Macmillan), 1989. 120 pp. $12.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Wayne Hanley.

Marschall, Laurence A. The Supernova Story. New York: Plenum Press, 1988. 296 pp. $22.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Julian R. Brandou.

Young, Steven B. To the Arctic: An Introduction to the Far Northern World. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1989. 354 pp. $24.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph.

Eldredge, Niles. Life Pulse: Episodes from the Story of the Fossil Record. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1987. 246 pp. $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Robert G. Hoehn.

Langhorne, M. J., J. O. Donham, J. F. Gross, and D. Rehmke. Teaching with Computers: A New Menu for the 90's. Phoenix, Ariz.: The Oryx Press, 1988. 218 pp. 822.50 paperback. Reviewed by John M. Newell.

VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Chemistry for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, 1989. 232 pp. $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Edward L. Shaw, Jr.

Smithsonian Family Learning Project. Science Activity Book: 20 Exciting Experiments for Parents and Kids To Do, (More Science Activities: 20 Exciting Experiments To Do, Still More Science Activities: 20 Exciting Experiments To Do). New York: Galison Books, 1987, (1988, 1989). 96 pp. $9.95. Reviewed by Susan McCarthy.

Summerlin, Lee R., and James L. Ealy, Jr. Chemical Demonstrations: A Source Book for Teachers, Vol. 1 (2d Ed.). 1988. Reviewed by Ann C. Howe and Alice D. Anderson.

Summerlin, Lee R., Christie L. Borgford, Julie B. Ealy. Chemical Demonstrations: A Source Book for Teachers, Vol. 2 (2d Ed.). 1988. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. 197 pp., 233 pp. each $19.95 paperback. Reviewed by Ann C. Howe and Alice D. Anderson.

Berger, Melvin. Atoms, Molecules and Quarks. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. 79 pp. $9.99 hardcover. Reviewed by Harold H. Jaus.

Hersey, Robert L. How to Think with Numbers. Providence, R.I.: Janson Publications, 1982. 133 pp. $795 paperback. Reviewed by C. Bruce Hunter.

Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary People: Understanding “Idiot Savants.” New York: Harper &; Row, 1989. 291 pp. $17.95 hardcover Reviewed by Elissa Malcohn.     

Book reviews

RAFFAELE, H.A. (1989): A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Revised Ed., Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. 254 pp, maps of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 41 plates (24 in full colour), checklists and detailed maps of important sites, paperback, $ 15.95 (hardcover $ 39.50).

HORWELL, D. (1988): Galapagos ‐ the enchanted isles. Dryad Press, London. Batsford Books. 64 pp., many figs, and black‐and‐white photographs, Hardcover £ 8.95.     

Further Readings in Geomicrobiology

The Biology of Cyanobacteria. N. G. Carr and B. A. Whitton (eds.). Botanical Monographs, Vol. 19. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, U.K., 1982 (also University of California Press), xi + 688 pp., $75.00 (U.S.); £42.00 sterling, hardcover.

Earth's Earliest Biosphere: Its Origin and Evolution. J. William Schopf (ed.). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1983. With 67 tables, 97 figures, and 47 photographs, xxv + 543 pp. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $42.50.     

Book reviews

COHORT FERTILITY: NATIVE‐WHITE WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES: P. K. Whelpton, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1954, XXV + 492 pp. $6.00.

COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION IN TAIWAN: George W. Barclay, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1954, xviii, 274 pp., $5.00.     

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.     

Book review

Making up the toolkit for marine conservation science Elliott A. Norse & Larry B. Crowder, Editors (2005), Marine Conservation Biology. The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Island Press, Washington, 2005, 470 pp. ISBN 1559636610 (hardback) $89.95, and 1559636629 (paperback) $49.95, http: //www.islandpress.org/     

Science Activities and the Retarded Child

Cobb, Vicki Lots of Rot New York; J. B. Lippincott, 1981 35 pp. $9.95 trade, $9.89 library. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.

Sheaffer, Robert The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 242 pp. $15.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Taylor, Ron The Story of Evolution New York: Warwick Press, 1981 80 pp. $9.90. Reviewed by A. Gilbert Wright.

D'Ignazio, Fred Small Computers: Exploring Their Technology and Future New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 146 pp. $8.90. Reviewed by Judith A. Douville.

Stwertka, Eve, and Albert Stwertka Industrial Pollution: Poisoning Our World (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Robert H. Bell.

Claypool, Jane Alcohol and You (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp., $ 7.45. Reviewed by Austin T. Hyde, Jr., M.D.

The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy, 2d ed. Leon Schlossberg, illustrator George D. Zuidema, editor Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980 115 pp. $17.50 hardcover, $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Carl Gans.

Harper &; Row's Complete Field Guide to North American Wildlife, western edition (Assembled by Jay Ellis Ransom) New York: Harper &; Row, 1981 809 pp. $12.95 vinyl, $17.50 cloth. Reviewed by Donald J. Nash.

Houdini Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A Complete Exposé Buffalo, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1981 240 pp. $13.95. Reviewed by R. F. Trimble.

Rublowsky, John Born in Fire: A Geological History of Hawaii New York: Harper &; Row, Publishers, 1981 84 pp. $9.95 ($9.89 library ed.). Reviewed by M. Grant Gross.

Lampton, Christopher Meteorology: An Introduction (Impact Books) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 96 pp. $7.45. Reviewed by Ira W. Geer.

Fields, Alice Satellites New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1981 48 pp. $6.90. Reviewed by Frances B. Spuler.