book reviews

references per arbicle) and I t,hink the monograph will find most use as a review of the recent literat,ure. I t is up to date in t,he respect that a great deal of atten- tion is devoted to the problems of absolute configurations and to ehelales of biological interest,. As such, i t is likely to become outdated in a short time (magnetic cir- cular dichroism is not, discussed, nor is mas3 spectrometry.)

All of the articles are well-written and will be osefid, except, fol. that on esr. Only 16 pages long, i t is too short to be of much use to anyone.

I<ICH\T<D L. CARLIN TJniuersity of Illinois

at Chicago Circle Chicago, Illinois 60680

Gmelinr Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie. 8. Auflage, System Nummer 6, Chlor. Teil A, Dar Element (auss- chlierrlich Nachweir und Bertimmung)

Edited by E . H. E. Pietsch and the Gmelin Institute. Verlag Chemie GMBH, Weinheim/Bergstrasse, 1968. xxii + 396 pp. Figs. and tables. 17.5 X 25.5 em. $114.

The Gmelin Instit,ut,e is now beginning to update the volume on chlorine which waspnblished in 1927. This section is the first of several which will appear in 1968.

Geo- and cosmochemistry of chlorine are omit,ted here, hot will appear in the bromine supplement. The technology of the element and its eompo~~nds, including chlorine dioxide, requires ahant one-fifth of the voltrme. Preparstion and proper- t.ies of elemental chlorine make up the bulk of the material. Topics include: enrichment and separation of the isotopes, the atom and atomic ions, molecules and molecdar ions, physical properties, elee- lrochemical behavior, chemical reaetinns, nonaqneoun solntions, liquid chlorine as a solvent,, and tonicity.

J.\NET B. \-:\N I ~ R E N The College o j Wooster

Wooster. Ohio

Scientific Progress and Human Values

Edited by Edward and Elizabeth Hutch- ings. American Elsevier Pnblishing Company, Inc., New York, 1967. ix + 219 pp. Figs. 16 X 24 cm. $7..50.

California Institute of Technology was 75 years old in 1966. This volume con- tains the collect,ed papers rend a t the cele- bratiou conference on the theme of i,he ti- tle. Scient,ist,s of great st,nt,ure dealt, with ideas of broad implication. I t is fol.tunat,e that the stimnlat,ion of their dise~lssion thns can be shared by 8.11 thonghtful read- ers.

New Volumes in Continuinr Series The following titles aye those of

volumes i n eonlin~iing series. Manu of these series are . farnil ia~ to readers who are best served by prompt an- nouncement of the appearance of the new tilles. The policy of T H I S J0URR;AL will be to publish j d l reviews on171 of inaugural uolt~mes i n new series.

Advancer in Chromatography. Volume 4

Edited by J . Calvin Giddings, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and Roy A . Keller, Universit,y of Arizona, Tucson. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, July 1967. xiv + 380 pp. Figs. and tables. 16 X 23.5 em. 616..50.

Cont~ibulorst I. Helasz; 33. Heine; A. V. Kiselev; C. S. Knight; W. H. McFadden; R. Neher; L. Rahrschneider; L. R. Snyder.

Advancer in Electochemirtry and Elac- trochemical Engineering. Volume 6. Electrochemistry

Edited by P a d Delahag, New York University, New York. Interscience Publishers (a division of Johu Wiley & Sons), New York, 1967. xi + 482 pp. Figs. and tables. 15.5 X 23 em. $19.

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