Announcements of New Books

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS BIOLOGY The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution: The Paris Academy of Sciences (1666-1803). By Roger Hahn. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, July 1971. Pp. 468. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $12.00. Analyzes the evolution of the Academy during its most creative period. Particularly concerned with the interaction of the Academy with society, and applies a Parsonian modelofsocialactiontheory to explainthetensions, conflict, and politicalcross-pressures that led to its dissolution and to its reestablishment and new role during Napoleonic times. Atlas ofExperimental Immunobiology andImmunopathology. By Byron H. Waksman. New Haven, Conn., and London: Yale University Press, November 1970. Pp. xix+92. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $20.00. This book provides the first source oforganized information on immunobiology by an author ofunquestioned competence. More than 300 plates (each accompanied by a detailed legend) illustrate the full range ofmorphologic techniques—from photography of whole animals or human subjects with lesions to electron microscopy ofhigh-resolution autoradiographs. Bacterophage Biochemistry. ACS Monograph 166. By Christopher K. Mathews. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., February 1971. Pp. 384. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $19.95. This bookprovides anin-depth review ofthe biochemistry ofthe bacterial viruses, giving particular emphasis to the metabolism ofthe virus-infected cell. Supporting information is presented in related areas ofphage structure, viral genetics, and microbial physiology. CellularAspects ofNeural Growth and Differentiation. Edited by Daniel C. Pease. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, April 1971. Pp. 496. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $25.00. The result ofa conference held in November 1969 sponsored by the Brain Research Institute , University of California, Los Angeles, this volume presents twenty-five papers on morphological and biochemical aspects ofthe developing nervous system. The papers range from electron microscopy to the effective use ofradioactive tracers to demark and follow metabolic events. Announcements ofNew Books Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Spring 1971 Chemistry ofthe Alkaloids. Edited by S. W. Pelletier. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,June 1970. Pp. 795. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $24.95. A modern and comprehensive survey ofall major classes ofalkaloids by twenty-two international authorities. Encompassing the historical, pharmacological, botanical, and chemical aspects ofthe subject, the book describes typical reactions and methods ofsynthesis for each alkaloid group. The Classification, Evolution, and Dispersal ofthe Winter Stonefly Genus Allocapnia. Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 45. ByHerbert H. Ross and William E. Ricker. Urbana: University ofIllinois Press, August 1971. Pp. 240. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $8.95 (paper). The authors examine winter stoneflies with special reference to Pleistocene events. They reexamine species composition, phylogeny, and systematic position of Allocapnia and its immediate relatives, attempt to determine the total range ofeach species, and from this deduce the dispersal patterns ofthe various lineages. Human Diversity. By Alexander Alland, Jr. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. Pp. 224. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $7.50. A consistent and comprehensive account of the physical and social aspects of human heredity in its many variations. Presents the view that the term "race" should be restricted to sociological analyses. Variation between and within groups is shown in its relation to behavioral genetics and human evolution. An Introduction to the Study ofMan. ByJ. Z. Young. Oxford and New York: The Clarendon Press, March 1971. Pp. 800. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $10.00. In providing the basic facts ofhuman biology, this volume traces the agents which control human activity from their biochemical basis to the highest levels of consciousness. Discussions cover in detail such subjects as population growth and control, war and aggression , pollution, stages of human evolution, individual development, and man's increasing awareness ofthe workings ofhis brain. The Last ofthe Ruling Reptiles: Alligators, Crocodiles, and Their Kin. By Wilfrid T. Neill. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. Pp. 512. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $15.95. The first book to deal broadly with crocodilian biology and the last to be written by someone who had the chance to see almost all ofthe modern species in life, and a majority ofthem in their natural habitats. Molecular Genetics, an Introductory Narrative. By Günther S. Stent. San Francisco and England: W. H. Freeman & Co., April 1971. Pp. 650. Illus. Index. Presents the essentials ofmolecular genetics in the historical sequence in which that body ofknowledge became revealed. A text for undergraduate...