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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS BIOCHEMISTRY Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 22: Bioenergetics. Edited byMarcel Florkin and Elmer H. Stotz. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., July, 1967. Pp. 225. Illus. $12.75. The first volume to appear in Section V ofthis well-known five-section work. The topics covered represent forefronts in biochemistry involving intermolecular forces and charge transfers. The first chapter deals with quantum biochemistry, the second with mechanisms of free energy transfer, the third with charge transfer in biology, and the final chapter with active translocation and ion accumulation. BIOLOGY The Actinomycetes—a Summary of Current Knowledge. By Selman A. Waksman, Ph.D. New York: The Ronald Press Co., April, 1967. Pp. 290. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $12.00. A survey ofa group ofmicro-organisms of great importance in medicine, agriculture, food conservation, etc. Among the topics explored are: relationship ofthe actinomycetes to the true bacteria and fungi, taxonomic problems, production ofenzymes, the nature of the more important antibiotics isolated from cultures ofvarious species ofactinomycetes. Advances in Morphogenesis, Vol. 6. Edited by Michael Abercrombie, J. Brächet, and ThomasJ. King. New York; Academic Press, Inc., August, 1967. Pp. 220. This publication seeks to link up the various branches ofbiology that deal with development . It offers discussions oftopics ofcurrent interest in a widely intelligible form. Airborne Microbes. Edited by P. H. Gregory andJ. L. ???te???. New York: Cambridge University Press, May, 1967. Pp. xii-r-385. Illus. Index. $13.50. These are papers presented at the Seventeenth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Imperial College, London, April, 1967. The papers discuss both physical and biological aspects ofaerobiology. Cell WallMechanics ofTraclteids. ByRichard Mark. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, August, 1967. Pp. 224. Illus. Index. $10.00. This pioneering work is the first book on biomechanics at the cellular level, the first to treat the mechanics ofcell walk fundamentally, and the first to carry out a mathematical solution for stress in cell walls at the subfibrillar level. The Cellular Slime Molds, 2d ed. By John Tyler Bonner. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, January, 1967. Pp. 215. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $7.50. A study of basic problems of development, emphasizing recent experiments and disAnnouncements ofNew Books · Advertising Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Summer 1967 The Comparative Anatomy and Histology ofthe Cerebellumfrom Myxinoids through Birds. By Olof Larsell, Ph.D. Edited by Jan Jansen. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, May, 1967. Pp. x-l-291. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $14.00. This is the first part ofa two-part comprehensive study ofthe development, morphology, histology, and fiber connections ofthe cerebellum in a great many vertebrate orders. The descriptions are based primarily on Dr. Larsell's investigations. A review of the literature cites some five hundred references. The second volume, to be published later, covers the cerebellum from monotremes through man. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy, Vol. 3: Head and Neck and Brain, 13th ed. Edited by G. J. Romanes. New York and London: Oxford University Press, July, 1967. Pp. 310. Illus. Index. $9.00 (cloth); $6.50 (paper). Difficult sections are clarified and the language is simplified in the new edition of this work which makes use ofthe revised International Nomenclature throughout. Produced in a new, enlarged format, the book contains a number ofnew and redrawn illustrations, many ofwhich are in color. Estuaries. Edited by George H. Lauff. Washington, D.C: American Association for the Advancement of Science, April, 1967. Pp. xvi+758. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $27.00; $24.00 (AAAS members' cash orders). First comprehensive collection of papers covering estuarine research. Contains seventyone articles on physical and biological factors, geomorphology, sediments, sedimentation, microbiota, ecology, evolution, fisheries, human influences, and pollution. Based on the 1964 Conference on Estuaries,Jekyll Island, Georgia, additional papers were included to make it the definitive work on the subject. Investigations into Generation, 1651-1828. By Elizabeth Gasking. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press,June, 1967. Pp. 196. Illus. Index. $6.00. This book traces the history of investigations into sexual generation from 1651, when Harvey published his De Generatione, to 1828, when Von Baer announced his discovery ofthe mammalian egg. A concluding chapter summarizes subsequent developments during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Man Adapting...

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