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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS BIOLOGY Complementarity in Biology: Quantization of Molecular Motion. By James P. Isaacs and John C. Lamb. Baltimore: TheJohns Hopkins Press,June 1969. Pp. 218. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $6.50. The authors contend that living processes are neither wholly mechanistic nor vitalistic. Using the principle of complementarity and applying quantization to molecular motion, new light is shed on molecular biology. A new biological science, profoundly affecting a wide range of fields, may result from their theoretical insights and laboratory observations . The Fungus Spore (Series: Colston Research Paper, no. 18). Edited by M. F. Madelin. England: Archon Books, Shoe String Press, Inc., and Butterworth, 1967. Pp. xvi + 338. Illus. $22.50. This book should be of interest to mycologists, physiologists, systematics, biochemists, cytologists, and geneticists. Histology, 6th ed. By Arthur W. Ham. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., June 1969. Pp. 1088. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $17.00 (approx.). This is the most extensive revision yet ofthis widely acclaimed volume. It includes new findings from all areas ofinvestigation relevant to histology. All chapters are updated and many sections drastically revised; there are seventy-five new illustrations. An Introduction to Virology. By Clyde R. Goodheart. Philadelphia, London, Toronto: W. B. Saunders Co., March 1969. Pp. vii + 432. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $10.00. This basic textbook covers the viruses ofplants, animals, and bacteria all together, with emphasis on molecular events in the viral replication cycle and their impact on normal cellular phenomena. An unusual classification system correlates viruses by relating their chemical and physical structures to their modes ofinteraction with cells. Unexplored Model Systems in Modern Biology. By Robert M. Friedenberg. New York: Hafner Publishing Co., December 1968. Pp. ix + 98. $7.50. This book offers as its overall purpose one approach in understanding the methods of modeling in biophysics. Subject matter is drawn from a survey of biological model systems with emphasis upon those areas least understood. Efforts are made to consider the fundamental principles upon which a "life system" are based. Weitbrecht's Syndesmology, or an Account ofthe Ligaments ofthe Human Body. By Josias Weitbrecht. Translated by Emmanuel B. Kaplan. Philadelphia, London, Toronto: W. B. Saunders Co., March 1969. Pp. xiii + 197. Illus. $30.00. Announcements ofNew Books · Advertising Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Summer 1969 Still acclaimed for completeness and accuracy, this 1742 classic describes the form, color, connections, and function of each ligament in the human body and includes eighty-two detailed engravings, most ofthem life-size. Dr. Kaplan preserves thehistoric flavor ofthe Latin original in this, the first complete English translation. MEDICINE Culture Change, Mental Health, and Poverty. Edited by Joseph C. Finney. Lexington: University Press ofKentucky, February 1969. Bibliog. Index. $7.95. Psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, and economists explore the alienation and sense of deprivation arising in people caught in the breakdown of traditional ways of life. The relationships between culture change and mental health are studied, particularly as they are shaped by poverty. Among the contributors are Eric Berne and Oscar Lewis. Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology, 3d ed. By Arnold E. Bender. England: Archon Books, Shoe String Press, Inc., and Butterworth, 1969. Pp. viii + 228. $9.50. Workers in many different fields have a professional interest in food, apart from their immediate personal interests. The study of food covers a wide range embracing many disciplines, from cooking and chemistry to physics and pharmacology. In this new and revised third edition, many definitions have been revised and lengthened to provide more useful information. Newer trade names that have passed into common usage have also been included. Drugs and the Brain: Papers on the Action, Use, and Abuse ofPsychotropic Agents. Edited by Perry Black. Baltimore: TheJohns Hopkins Press,June 1969. Pp. 432. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $10.00. How is man's behavior modified by drugs? These timely papers explore various experimental and clinical aspects ofthis question: basic biochemical, pharamacological, physiological , and behavioral phenomena; clinical psychochemotherapy; memory enhancers; behavioral effects of LSD; the medical, psychological, and psychiatric aspects of alcoholism ; the drug abuse and addiction. Henderson and Gillespie's Textbook ofPsychiatry, 10th ed. Revised by I. R. C. Batchelor. London, New York: Oxford University Press, July 1969. Pp. 640. Bibliog. Index. $16.00 (cloth); $11.50...