Forthcoming Books

ANIMAL SCIENCE The Natural History Reader in Animal Behavior. Howard Topoff ed. Columbia University Press December, 245 pp, $17 PB, $30 HB. Collection of articles from Natural History that discusses new research on animal behavior, including animal orientation and habitat selection. ASTRONOMY New Ideas in Astronomy: A Symposium Celebrating the Sixtieth Birthday of Halton C. Arp. Barry F. Madore, ed. Cambridge University. Press: December, 400 pp, $49.50. Explores the present state of the newest concepts in observational and theoretical astronomy, ranging from the evidence of organic life in space to the missing mass of the universe. GENETICS Annual Review of Genetics. Volume 2. Allan Campbell, ed. Annual Reviews: December, 501 pp, $31. Review articles on the history of population genetics, behavioral genetics, genetic recombination in bacteria, genetics. of biological rhythms and the regulation of DNA replication. Mammalian Dispersal Patterns: The Effects of Social Structure on Population Genetics B. Diane Chepko-Sade, Zuleyma Tang Halpin, eds. University of Chicago Press: December, 360 pp, $19.95 PB, $55 HB. Looks at correlations between the patterns of dispersal and the genetic structure of individuals and populations. HISTORY OF SCIENCE History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics. William Aspray, Philip Kitcher, eds. University of Minnesota Press: January, 320 pp, $13.95 PB, $35 HB. Essays that look at the history of mathematics from a variety of angles, including a socioeconomic perspective, what constitutes mathematical knowledge and the foundations of mathematics from an interdisciplinary point of view. MEDICINE Alzheimer's Disease: Problems, Prospects, and Perspectives. Harvey J. Altman, ed. Plenum Publishing, December, 400 pp, $75. Discusses diagnosis and early detection, etiology and pathology, treatment strategies, public policy and the legal and ethical issues. Variations in Susceptibility to Inhaled Pollutants: Identification, Mechanisms, and Policy Implications. Joseph D. Brain, Barbara D. Beck, A. Jane Warren, Rashid A. Shaikh, eds Johns Hopkins University Press: January, 528 pp, $65. Discusses the significance of variations in susceptibility to toxins in the environment. Also reviews screening and monitoring methods for identifying susceptible individuals and groups, as well as the legal and social-issues. Current Research on Calcium-Regulating. Hormones. Cary W. Cooper, ed. University of Texas Press: December, 259 pp, $27.50. Twenty-two articles on state-of-the-art research reports on parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and hormonal metabolites of Vitamin D, discussing the chemical properties and the mechanisms that trigger these hormones to act on target cells. NEUROLOGY Methods In Clinical Trials in Neurology: Vascular and Degenerative Brain Diseases. R. Capildeo, J.M. Orgogozo, eds. Stockton Press: December 240 pp, $90. Examines the methodology and makes recommendations for trials in neurological disorders, such as migraines, parkinsonism, strokes and dementia. Remembering and Forgetting An Inquiry into the Nature of Memory. Edmund Blair Bolles. Walker & Co.: December, 320 pp, $22.95. Recent research by neurologists, physicians and biologists showing that memory does not work like a computer, but is a creative, constructive process. Surveys research done by Freud, Piaget, Skinner, Bartlett and Ebbiaghaus and progresses to recent research on amnesia, concentration and Alzheimer’s disease. NUCLEAR SCIENCE Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. Volume 37. J.D. Jackson, ed. Annual Reviews: December, 576 pp, $34. Includes “Computer Simulations of Nuclear Dynamics,” “A Cosmic-Ray Experiment on Very High Energy Nuclear Collisions,” “Use of New Computer Technologies - in Elementary Particle Physics” and “Electron Scattering and Nuclear Structure.” OCEANOGRAPHY Georges Bank. The Coastal Research Center—Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Richard H. Backus, ed. M.I.T. Press: January, 632 pp, $225. Fifty-seven interdisciplinary articles on Georges Bank, the marine plateau off the coast of New England. Discusses all aspects of this ecosystem—geology, chemistry, zoology, primary and secondary production, phytoplankton, physical oceanog raphy and what the future uses of this area should be. SOCIAL SCIENCE Paths Into American Culture: Psychology, Medicine, and Morals. John C. Burnham. Temple University Press: December, 384 pp, $34.95. Collection of Burnham’s essays on such topics as morals, behaviorism, psychoanalysis and popular psychology, providing an overall cultural interpretation of American society.

Forthcoming Books

The Scientist Staff

ANIMAL SCIENCE

The Natural History Reader in Animal Behavior.

ASTRONOMY

New Ideas in Astronomy: A Symposium Celebrating the Sixtieth Birthday of Halton C. Arp.

GENETICS

Annual Review of Genetics.

Mammalian Dispersal Patterns: The Effects of Social Structure on Population Genetics

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