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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World. By R. O. Brinkhurst. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, January 1972. Pp. 860. Illus. $35.00. A comprehensive study including descriptions and illustrations of all of die known genera, and proposing an entirely new higher classification of the oligochaeta. Part I covers anatomy, embryology, distribution and ecology, and phylogeny and classification; part II provides definitions and keys to families. Empathy and Birth Order: Some Experimental Explorations. By Ezra Stotland, Stanley E. Sherman, and Kelly G. Shaver. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, December 1971. Index. $8.50. This first systematic, large-scale investigation focuses on birth order as a primary determinant of the interpersonal and motivational conditions leading a person to empathize. Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1971. Edited by James K. Cole. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, March 1972. Pp. xxi-f304. Bibliog. Index. $6.95 (cloth); $3.25 (paper). Elkind, "Cognitive Growth Cycles in Mental Development"; Longstreth, "A Cognitive Interpretation of Secondary Reinforcement"; Donaldson, "Preconditions of Inference"; Mehrabian, "Nonverbal Communication"; Exline, "Visual Interaction: The Glances of Power and Preference"; Ekman, "Universale and Cultural Differences in Facial Expressions of Emotion." Pictorial Anatomy of the Dogfish. By Stephen G. Gilbert. Seattle: University of Washington Press, March 1972. Pp. 80. Illus. $4.95 (paper). A manual designed for use as a dissection guide in comparative vertebrate anatomy . Anatomical relationships are fully described and illustrated, and, because of the integrated text and self-explanatory plates, no other textbook is required. Each stage in the dissection is accompanied by a large, realistic illustration. Pictorial Anatomy of the Necturus. By Stephen G. Gilbert. Seattle: University of Washington Press, March 1972. Pp. 56. Illus. $4.95 (paper). A manual designed for use as a dissection guide in comparative vertebrate anatomy . Anatomical relationships are fully described and illustrated, and, because of the integrated text and self-explanatory plates, no other textbook is required. Each state in the dissection is accompanied by a large, realistic illustration. Announcements of New Books Population, Resources, Environment, Issues in Human Ecology, 2d ed. By Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Co., March 1972. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $8.95. The new edition of this leading text in environmental studies retains the basic structure of its predecessor but includes more detailed coverage of demography, a thoroughly new treatment of energy resources, a fuller discussion of poisons in the atmosphere, plus expanded index and bibliographies. A new Teacher's Guide is available. Selected Writings of T. C. Schneirla. Edited by Lester R. Aronson, Ethel Tobach, Jay S. Rosenblatt, and Daniel S. Lehrman. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Co., February 1972. Pp. 1,024. Illus. $22.50. This collection of thirty-four of T. C. Schneirla's most significant writings provides insight into the late comparative psychologist's observations, theories, methods, and experiments. Dealing with various behavioral phenomena, die articles are organized into eight parts, each preceded by an editorial introduction. The last in a series of three volumes by and about Schneirla. Taxonomy of Fungi Imperfecti. Edited by Bryce Kendrick. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, November 1971. Pp. 380. $22.50. An account of the proceedings of the first international workshop-conference on criteria and terminology in the classification of Fungi Imperfecti held at Kananaskis , Alberta. A new experimental scheme of classification distilled from die conclusions reached there, and its application, is included. Theoretical Aspects of Population Genetics. Monographs in Population Biology, no. 4. By ??t?? Kimura and ??µ??? Ohta. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, October 1971. Pp. 256. $12.50 (cloth); $5.00 (paper). To show the importance of stochastic processes in the change of gene frequencies, the authors discuss topics ranging from molecular evolution to two-locus problems in terms of diffusion models. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · Spring 1972 ...

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