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further on a course related not onlyto the teaching but thefundamental scholarship of the history of science and technology. In what way?By gettingtogether to setup a body which can collect, and lend to its members, copies of the dozens or hundreds of useful science-history and science-process films, not out of circulation , which undoubtedly exist in the vaults of sponsors to whom they no longer do any good. The American Archives of the Factual Film, based at the University of Iowa, suggest one model for such a venture, or nearer home, the Inter UniversityHistory Film Consortium and the Drama Consortium suggest other approaches to the task. If one or more universities or polytechnics were prepared to store copies and undertake the chore of cataloguing and loan (which would be paid for from subscriptions andfees),it is not impossible that firms and public bodies which havecopiesof relevantfilms could be persuaded to donate them with permission for limited internal distribution within the consortium, or even for video-cassettecopying on similar lines. If necessary, the collection could be dispersed on a subject basis, with individual institutions taking responsibility for that part of the collection of specialinterest to them. An hour or two with the British National Film Catalogue will show the amount of relevant material that has been produced in recent decades. Could not the BUFVC, perhaps in assocation with BISFA, the Scientific Film Association and appropriate learned societies, encouragetheformation of sucha collection? It is not impossiblethat some of the large companies which have played, and sometimesstill play, an important part in sponsoring scientific films might be persuaded to subscribe to a pumppriming fund which would get such a venture moving; and there are surely academics who would welcome it and help to organize it. Finally, with the growth in the last two decades of their audio-visual units, the universities and polytechnics themselves are daily adding to the store of original documents, material for the historian of science and technology, which already need to be collated and saved from destruction. BOOKS RECEIVED TheDirectory of Artists’ Organizations.Robin L. Drummond,Philip Blair Jr.,eds. NationalAssociationofArtists’ Organizations, Suite 607,930 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004, U.S.A., 1985. 285 pp. Paper. The Good Lge. Yi-Fu Tuan. University of Wisconsin Press. U.S.A., 1986. 191 pp. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 0-299-10540-7. The Prolegomena to a 1985 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. F.C. Northrop. Ox Bow Press, Woodbridge, CT, 1985. 73 pp. Trade, $30.00. ISBN: 0-918024-35-8. Special Issues on Symmetry from Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Istvan Hargittai, 1985. 11. Publications PERIODICALS Liquid Crystals The first issue of the bimonthly Liquid Crystals was published 6 February 1986. The journal seeks to act as a forum for new research in the rapidly expanding field of liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals will contain experimental and theoretical studies of liquid crystals, as well as information on their synthesis and applications. The range of materials encompasses thermotropics, lyotropics, membranes, micelles, liquid crystal polymers, quasi liquid crystals and Langmuir-Blodgett films. The editors invite the submission of manuscripts reporting original research. Papers can be published in English, French or German. Free sample copies of the first issue will be provided on request. A one-year subscription may be obtained from: Taylor & Francis, Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG24 OPR, U.K. for €90/DM360/$ 160.00. Parkett Published quarterly, the art magazine Parkett is printed with text in Englishand German on facing pages. Each issue is created in collaboration with an artist, who contributesan original work specially made for Parkett. The artwork is reproduced in the regular edition and is also available in a signed and limited deluxe edition. The artist for Parkett # 6, 1985wasJannisKounellis(Part 111of this issue focused on “Artists as Writers”); the artist for Parkett #7, 1985 was Brice Marden. The magazine included articles by artists, art critics, art editors and art historians and consists of approximately 120pages of text and illustrations. A oneyear subscription may be obtained from: Parkett-Verlag AG, Quellenstrasse 27, CH-80005, Zurich, Switzerland for SFR 72./DM 88/US $40.00plus$8.00postage. Substance A triannual publication, Substance is devoted to studies investigating...