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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS BIOLOGF Biology ofLactation. By G. H. Schmidt. San Francisco and England: W. H. Freeman & Co., August 1971. Index. Price unset. Oriented toward advanced undergraduates in biology, physiology, and dairy science, this text describes and discusses the latest available literature concerned with the function and mechanism ofthe milk-secreting cells and glands, regardless ofspecies. Cell Fine Structure: An Atlas of Whole Cell Structure. By Thomas L. Lentz, M.D. Philadelphia , London, and Toronto: W. B. Saunders Company, April 1971. Pp. xiv+437. Illus. Refs. Index. $11.25. This new atlas contains 184 full-page diagrams depicting the fine structure of mammalian cells. Each shows one idealized cell containing the various cellular components which could ordinarily be seen only by examining many electron micrographs. Every major organ system is represented. The drawings are also available on 35-mm slides. Contemporary Psychology; Readingsfrom "Scientific American." Introductions by Richard C. Atkinson. San Francisco and England: W. H. Freeman & Co., April 1971. Pp. viii+484. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $12.00 (cloth); $5.95 (paper). The current reawakening ofinterest in the cognitive approach to psychology is reflected in this new book of fifty-five readings for general psychology courses and for the library of everyone interested in the field. Each of the seven sections into which the articles are separated is introduced by Professor Atkinson. Dictionary of Comparative Pathology and Experimental Biology. By Robert W. Leader, D.V.M., and Isabel Leader, B.S. Philadelphia, London, and Toronto: W. B. Saunders Company, March 1971. Pp. x+238. Illus. Bibliog. $14.00. "In their dictionary," writes René Dubos, "the Leaders have provided laboratory experimenters and students of human problems with a unique tool that will facilitate a more effective comparative approach to the study of biological, behavioral, and pathologic phenomena." More than 4,000 entries, expanded definitions, and many valuable tables are included. Energy Transformations in Mammals: Regulatory Mechanisms. By Frederic L. Hoch, M.D. Philadelphia, London, and Toronto: W. B. Saunders Company, March 1971. Pp. xiii+217. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $10.00. This study ofenergy metabolism from the molecular to the whole-body level integrates basic science, physiological problems, and clinical manifestations, all organized according to biochemical mechanisms. Among the special topics covered are the relation between Announcements ofNew Books Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Summer 1971 metabolic rate and mitochondrial metabolism and a mechanism of action of thyroid hormones. The Genetics ofHuman Populations. By L. L. Cavalli-Sforza and Walter F. Bodmer. San Francisco and England: W. H. Freeman & Co., August 1971. Pp. 943. Illus. Index. Price unset. Here is an important new work in the field of population genetics, one that provides the reader with a sound introduction to the mathematical techniques useful in this area ofstudy. A wide range oftopics is covered in this volume, which is intended for use by advanced undergraduates and graduate students in all areas ofgenetics and related fields. Microbes and Biological Productivity. The Society for General Microbiology Symposium 21, April 1971. Edited by D. E. Hughes and A. H. Rose. New York and London: Cambridge University Press, May 1971. Pp. 388. Illus. Refs. Index. $16.00. An up-to-date account ofmicrobial interventions in the productivity ofplants, animals, soils, and the production of microbes as foodstuffs. The effects of microorganisms on the productivity ofother organisms are examined in plant, animal, and mineral environments . Visual Science: Proceedings ofthe 1968 International Symposium. Edited byJohn R. Pierce and John R. Levene. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, May 1971. Pp. 448. Illus. $20.00. The International Symposium brought together a highly diversified group of scientists from all parts of the world. The extraordinary breadth of the field of visual science is illustrated by these research and expository papers in anatomy, psychology, physiological optics, physics, and chemistry. ECOLOGY The Environment, the Establishment, and the Law. By Harmon Henkin, Martin Merta, and James Staples. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, March 1971. Pp. 224. Illus. $4.50 (paper). This book, utilizing direct testimony, scientific documents, and accounts of observers at the 1968 hearings before the Wisconsin Department ofNatural Resources in Madison to determine whether DDT is an environmental pollutant, interweaves the events and personalities of Madison with those events which led up to the hearings and...

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