Articles

 Some Needed Reforms

P. H. A.
Science 10 May 1963: 577.
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Communication of Science Information: Presentations in the mass media are often based on a misconception of the public's interests and views

Percy H. Tannenbaum
Science 10 May 1963: 579-583.
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 Early History of Carbon-14: Discovery of this supremely important tracer was expected in the physical sense but not in the chemical sense

Martin D. Kamen
Science 10 May 1963: 584-590.
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 The Scientific Paperback Revolution: A traditional medium assumes a new role in science and education

Hayward Cirker
Science 10 May 1963: 591-594.
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 Potpourri and Gallimaufry: Being a Random Assortment of Anecdotes about Greater and Lesser Scientists

Paul E. Klopsteg
Science 10 May 1963: 594-598.
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When Universities Become Publishers: University presses play significant roles in American higher education which will diversify and grow

Carroll G. Bowen
Science 10 May 1963: 599-605.
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 Information Retrieval: Through support and research we should develop a science upon which to build a better technology

Ralph R. Shaw
Science 10 May 1963: 606-609.
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 Foreign Literature of Chemistry: Chemical Abstracts helps the scientist to retrieve chemical information published in foreign languages

J. L. Wood, K. L. Coe, and G. O. Platau
Science 10 May 1963: 610-613.
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Primary Scientific Publication and the Federal Government: The nation's principal supporter of research has a major responsibility toward publication of results

Burton W. Adkinson
Science 10 May 1963: 613-617.
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 Space in Houston: NASA's Arrival Bringing New Skills and Interests to Nation's Petrochemical Center

D. S. Greenberg
Science 10 May 1963: 618-619.
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 Westford Needles: New Attempt Set

D. S. G.
Science 10 May 1963: 619.
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 Congress: Decision To Break Up Comprehensive Education Bill, Act on Parts, Taken in House

John Walsh
Science 10 May 1963: 620.
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 Everest: The American Expedition Is Studying Itself under Stress as Part of Its Scientific Mission

J. W.
Science 10 May 1963: 620-621.
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 United Nations: Space Committee Makes Little Headway Developing International Law for Space

Science 10 May 1963: 621.
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 Role of Science and Scientists in Government: Hailsham's appraisal of the problems in the developing relationship between science and government

Don K. Price
Science 10 May 1963: 622-623.
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 Biography

L. Pearce Williams
Science 10 May 1963: 623.
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 Cytology

John R. Thornborough
Science 10 May 1963: 623-625.
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 The Insects. Peter Farb and the editors of Life. Time, Inc., New York, 1963. 192 pp. Illus. $3.95

Frank L. Campbell
Science 10 May 1963: 626.
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 The Fishes. F. D. Ommanney and the editors of Life. Time, Inc., New York, 1963. 192 pp. Illus. $3.95

Giles W. Mead
Science 10 May 1963: 626.
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 Knowledge and Wonder. The natural world as man knows it. Victor F. Weisskopf. Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1962. 222 pp. Illus. $4.95; PSSC Science Study Series edition: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1963. 282 pp. Illus. Paper, $1.45

Mark Graubard
Science 10 May 1963: 626-627.
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 Science in Progress. vol. 12. Wallace R. Brode, Ed. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1962. xii + 331 pp. Illus. $7.50

Laurence H. Snyder
Science 10 May 1963: 627.
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 The Genetic Code. Isaac Asimov. Orion Press, New York, 1962. xiv + 173 pp. Illus. $3.95; New American Library, New York, 1963. 187 pp. Paper, 60¢

Victor Cohn
Science 10 May 1963: 627-628.
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 The Human Body. Its structure and operation. Isaac Asimov. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1963. xii + 340 pp. Illus. $5.95

Victor Cohn
Science 10 May 1963: 627-628.
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 Toward a Modern Synthesis of Evolutionary Thought: Can the result of biochemical investigation provide significant insight into evolutionary processes?

Lynn H. Throckmorton and John L. Hubby
Science 10 May 1963: 628-631.
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 Primates. Comparative anatomy and taxonomy. vol. 3, Pithecoidea. Platyrrhini (Families Hapalidae and Callimiconidae); vol. 4, Cebidae, pt. A; vol. 5, Cebidae, pt. B. W. C. Osman Hill. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland; Interscience (Wiley), New York (vol. 3, 376 pp., 1957, $17.50; vol. 4, 523 pp., 1960, $27.50; vol. 5, 537 pp., 1962, $32). Illus

G. E. Erikson
Science 10 May 1963: 631-632.
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 The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. vol. 2, Flora of the Pipe-Clay Series of Dorset (Lower Bagshot). Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler. British Museum (Natural History), London, 1962, xii + 176 pp. Illus. Plates. £8 8s

Jane Gray
Science 10 May 1963: 632-633.
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 Nerve Cells and Insect Behavior. Kenneth D. Roeder. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1963. xi + 188 pp. Illus. $4.95

Teru Hayashi
Science 10 May 1963: 633.
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 The Organic Constituents of Higher Plants. Their chemistry and interrelationships. Trevor Robinson. Burgess, Minneapolis, Minn., 1963. iv + 306 pp. Illus. $6.75

H. W. Siegelman
Science 10 May 1963: 633-634.
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 Les Cyclitols. Chimie, biochimie, biologie. Théodore Posternak. Hermann, Paris, 1962. 491 pp. Illus. Paper, NF. 48

C. E. Ballou
Science 10 May 1963: 634.
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 Botanical Histochemistry. Principles and practices. William A. Jensen. Freeman, San Francisco, 1962. vii + 408 pp. Illus. $10

Robert A. Paterson
Science 10 May 1963: 634-635.
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 The Science of Botany. Paul B. Weisz and Melvin S. Fuller. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1962. xi + 557 pp. Illus. $8.95

Harriet B. Creighton
Science 10 May 1963: 635.
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 Plants: An Introduction to Modern Botany. Victor A. Greulach and J. Edison Adams. Wiley, New York, 1962. xvi + 545 pp. Illus. $7.50

Harriet B. Creighton
Science 10 May 1963: 635.
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 An Introduction to Plant Biology. Dale C. Braungart and Ross H. Arnett, Jr. Mosby, St. Louis, Mo., 1962. 411 pp. Illus. $11

Harriet B. Creighton
Science 10 May 1963: 635.
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 Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America. An illustrated key. A. Myra Keen. Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1963. x + 126 pp. Illus. $4.50

G. Dallas Hanna
Science 10 May 1963: 635-636.
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 Range Ecology. Robert R. Humphrey. Ronald, New York, 1962. v + 234 pp. Illus. $6.50

Kenneth W. Parker
Science 10 May 1963: 636.
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 Advances in Ecological Research. vol. 1. J. B. Cragg, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1962. xii + 203 pp. Illus. $7.50

T. Burnett
Science 10 May 1963: 636-637.
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 Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Henry A. Gleason and Arthur Cronquist. Van Nostrand, Princeton, N.J., 1963. lii + 810 pp. $11.75

Edward G. Voss
Science 10 May 1963: 637.
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 Temperature. Its measurement and control in science and industry. Charles M. Herzfeld, Editor-in-Chief, vol. 3, pt. 3, Biology and Medicine. James D. Hardy, Ed. Reinhold, New York; Chapman and Hall, London, 1963. xii + 683 pp. Illus. $22.50

D. E. Goldman
Science 10 May 1963: 637-638.
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 The Mosquitoes of the South Pacific (Diptera, Culicidae). vols. 1 and 2. John N. Belkin. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1962. vol. 1, 620 pp.; vol. 2, 412 pp. Illus. $20

Richard H. Foote
Science 10 May 1963: 638.
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 A Stereoscopic Atlas. David Bassett. Section 8, The Back. Sawyer's, Portland, Ore., 1962. 112 views. $14.50

E. B. Ruth
Science 10 May 1963: 638.
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 Growth, Including Reproduction and Morphological Development. Compiled and edited by Philip L. Altman and Dorothy S. Dittmer. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Washington, D.C., 1962. xiv + 608 pp. Illus. $12.50

Edgar Zwilling
Science 10 May 1963: 638-639.
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 On Laws That Govern the Growth of Science

Stanley Goldberg
Science 10 May 1963: 639-641.
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 Quiet Crisis in India. Economic development and American policy. John P. Lewis. Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., 1962. xiv + 350 pp. $5.75

Eugene Staley
Science 10 May 1963: 641.
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 Geography in World Society. A conceptual approach. Alfred H. Meyer and John H. Strietelmeier. Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pa., 1963. xviii + 846 pp. Illus. $8.75

George B. Cressey
Science 10 May 1963: 641-642.
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 Monozygotic Twins. Brought up apart and brought up together. An investigation into the genetic and environmental causes of variation in personality. James Shields. Oxford University Press, New York, 1962. x + 264 pp. Illus. $11.50

Torsten Husén
Science 10 May 1963: 642.
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 Isaac Newton, Historian. Frank E. Manuel. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1963. xii + 328 pp. Illus. $7.50

Richard S. Westfall
Science 10 May 1963: 642-643.
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 Conjectures and Refutations. The growth of scientific knowledge. Karl R. Popper. Basic Books, New York, 1962. xii + 412 pp. Illus. $10

A. B. Levison
Science 10 May 1963: 643.
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 Selected Readings

Robert W. Ehrich
Science 10 May 1963: 643.
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 American Archeology

J. Alden Mason
Science 10 May 1963: 644.
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 The Sea. Ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas. vol. 1, Physical Oceanography. M. N. Hill, Ed. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1962. xv + 864 pp. Illus. $25

James Crease
Science 10 May 1963: 644.
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 The Sea. Ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas. vol. 2, Composition of Sea Water. Comparative and descriptive oceanography. M. N. Hill, Ed. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1963. xv + 554 pp. Illus. $25

Clifford A. Barnes
Science 10 May 1963: 644-645.
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 Physique Solaire et Géophysique. A. Dauvillier. Masson, Paris, 1962. iv + 362 pp. Illus. NF. 72

Gordon Newkirk, Jr.
Science 10 May 1963: 645.
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 Chemical Bonding and the Geometry of Molecules. George E. Ryschkewitsch. Reinhold, New York; Chapman and Hall, London, 1963. x + 116 pp. Illus. Paper, $1.95

Richard H. Eastman
Science 10 May 1963: 645-646.
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 Nuclear Reactions. vol. 2. P. M. Endt and P. B. Smith, Eds. North-Holland, Amsterdam; Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1963. x + 542 pp. Illus. $18.50

James Rainwater
Science 10 May 1963: 646.
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 Radio Wave Propagation and the Ionosphere. Ya. L. Al'pert. Translated from the Russian. Consultants Bureau, New York, 1963. x + 394 pp. Illus. $22.50

R. A. Helliwell
Science 10 May 1963: 646-647.
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 Chemical Analysis: The Working Tools. vols. 1-3. C. R. N. Strouts, H. N. Wilson, and R. T. Parry-Jones, Eds. Oxford University Press, New York, ed. 2, 1962. vol. 1, 483 pp.; vol. 2, 489 pp.; vol. 3, 280 pp. Illus. $23.55

Harold F. Walton
Science 10 May 1963: 647.
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 Lasers. Generation of light by stimulated emission. Bela A. Lengyel. Wiley, New York, 1962. xii + 125 pp. Illus. $6.95

Peter A. Franken
Science 10 May 1963: 647-648.
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 Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, Practical. Koji Nakanishi. Nankodo, Tokyo, Japan; Holden-Day, San Francisco, Calif., 1962. xii + 223 pp. Illus. $8

E. N. Marvell
Science 10 May 1963: 648.
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 Basic Concepts of Nuclear Chemistry. Ralph T. Overman. Chapman and Hall, London; Reinhold, New York, 1963. xii + 116 pp. Illus. Paper, $1.95

Glen E. Gordon
Science 10 May 1963: 648-653.
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 Electronic Structure and Alloy Chemistry of the Transition Elements. Paul A. Beck, Ed. Interscience (Wiley), New York, 1963, 261 pp. Illus. $12

Pol Duwez
Science 10 May 1963: 653.
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 Exploring the Atmosphere. G. M. B. Dobson. Oxford University Press, New York, 1963. 200 pp. Illus. $3.40

Robert G. Fleagle
Science 10 May 1963: 653-654.
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 Russian-English Chemical and Polytechnical Dictionary. Ludmilla Ignatiev Callaham. Wiley, New York, ed. 2, 1962. $19.50

M. Hoseh
Science 10 May 1963: 654.
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 Gravitation: An Introduction to Current Research. Louis Witten, Ed. Wiley, New York, 1962. x + 481 pp. Illus. $15

Peter G. Bergmann
Science 10 May 1963: 654.
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 Progress in Microscopy. M. Françon. Pergamon, London, 1961; Harper and Row, New York, 1962. ix + 295 pp. Illus. $9

T. G. Rochow
Science 10 May 1963: 655.
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 Basic Physics of the Solar System. V. M. Blanco and S. W. McCuskey. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1961. xii + 307 pp. Illus. $7.50

Bancroft W. Sitterly
Science 10 May 1963: 655.
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 Formation Evaluation. Edward J. Lynch. Harper and Row, New York, 1962. xviii + 422 pp. Illus. $12.50

J. E. Lindsay
Science 10 May 1963: 655-656.
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 Principles of Physics. Earnest S. Greene. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1962. xxiv + 608 pp. Illus. $9.75

R. N. Little
Science 10 May 1963: 656.
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 Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology. vol. 1. Ernest J. Henley and Herbert Kouts, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1962. 366 pp. Illus. $12

C. O. Muelhause
Science 10 May 1963: 656.
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 Basic Problems in Geotectonics. V. V. Beloussov. Translated by Paul T. Broneer for the American Geological Institute. John G. Maxwell, Ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1962. xvi + 816 pp. Illus. $14

Bates McKee
Science 10 May 1963: 656-657.
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 The Distribution and Motion of Interstellar Matter in Galaxies. Proceedings of a conference held at Princeton, N.J., April 1961. L. Woltjer, Ed. Benjamin, New York, 1962. xiv + 330 pp. Illus. $11.75

John B. Irwin
Science 10 May 1963: 657.
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 Radiation Effects on Organic Materials. Robert O. Bolt and James G. Carroll, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1963. xvi + 576 pp. Illus. $13.50

Walter S. Koski
Science 10 May 1963: 657-658.
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 Evolution of Stars and Galaxies. Walter Baade. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Ed. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1963. xiii + 321 pp. Illus. $6.75

John B. Irwin
Science 10 May 1963: 658.
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 Petrologic Studies: A Volume in Honor of A. F. Buddington. A. E. J. Engel, Harold L. James, B. F. Leonard, Eds. Geological Society of America, New York, 1962. xii + 660 pp. Illus. $12

Aaron C. Waters
Science 10 May 1963: 658.
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 Hydrologie de Surface. M. Roche. Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1963. 430 pp. Illus. $15.50

Ray K. Linsley
Science 10 May 1963: 659.
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 Soviet Science of Interstellar Space. S. Pikelner. Translated from the Russian by Mary Zirin. Philosophical Library, New York, 1963. 320 pp. Illus. $7.50

L. Woltjer
Science 10 May 1963: 659.
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 Industrial Science

O. C. Shepard
Science 10 May 1963: 659.
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 Physical Chemistry Data

George J. Janz
Science 10 May 1963: 659-660.
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 Geologic Map

Lincoln Dryden
Science 10 May 1963: 660.
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 Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Proposed Nomenclature for Atypical Pneumonia Organism (Eaton Agent)

R. M. Chanock, L. Dienes, M. D. Eaton, D. G. ff. Edward, E. A. Freundt, L. Hayflick, J. F. ph. Hers, K. E. Jensen, C. Liu, B. P. Marmion, H. E. Morton, M. A. Mufson, P. F. Smith, N. L. Somerson, and D. Taylor-Robinson
Science 10 May 1963: 662.
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Flicker Fusion Frequency of Electroretinogram in Light-Adapted Goldfish at Various Temperatures

Isao Hanyu and M. A. Ali
Science 10 May 1963: 662-663.
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Polypeptide Synthesis in Sea Urchin Embryogenesis: An Examination with Synthetic Polyribonucleotides

Martin Nemer and Sandra G. Bard
Science 10 May 1963: 664-666.
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Polymorphism and Population Density in the African Land Snail, Limicolaria martensiana

D. F. Owen
Science 10 May 1963: 666-667.
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Atmospheric Circulation from Fission-Product Radioactivity in Surface Air

D. O. Staley
Science 10 May 1963: 667-670.
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Maskelynite: Formation by Explosive Shock

Daniel J. Milton and Paul S. de Carli
Science 10 May 1963: 670-671.
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Phosphorescence of Rat Kidneys Cooled in Liquid Nitrogen

Joel Wisotzky, Russell Carrington, and James Shieda
Science 10 May 1963: 671-672.
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Angiotensinase with a High Degree of Specificity in Plasma and Red Cells

Philip A. Khairallah, F. Merlin Bumpus, Irvine H. Page, and Robert R. Smeby
Science 10 May 1963: 672-674.
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Lemming Cycle at Baker Lake, Canada, during 1959-62

Charles J. Krebs
Science 10 May 1963: 674-676.
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Somatic Inheritance of Habituation of Responses to Light in Planarians

R. A. Westerman
Science 10 May 1963: 676-677.
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Electroencephalographic Desynchronization during Deep Sleep after Destruction of Midbrain-Limbic Pathways in the Cat

Giancarlo Carli, Vilma Armengol, and Alberto Zanchetti
Science 10 May 1963: 677-679.
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Algal Virus: Isolation

Robert S. Safferman and Mary-Ellen Morris
Science 10 May 1963: 679-680.
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 Blood Flow Through Muscle

Sidney S. Sobin
Science 10 May 1963: 702-704.
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