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BIOCHEMISTRY Physiology of Metabolism. David D. Davies, ed. Academic Press: December, 318 pp, $85. Volume 12 of The Biochemistry of Plants: A Comprehensive Treatise. Discusses physiological structure and the role it plays in metabolic pathways in plants. Methodology. David D. Davies. Academic Press: December, 257 pp, $65. Volume 13 of The Biochemistry of Plants: A Comprehensive Treatise. Discusses the application of recent chemical techniques to biochemical problems in plants. BIOLOGY Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates: General Aspects: Seeking Unity in Diversity, Volume IX. A.C. Giese and J.S. Pearse, eds. Blackwell Scientific: December, 1,000 pp, $45. Discusses sexual and asexual reproduction of marine animals, bringing together emerging patterns and principles of reproduction. Includes such topics as oogenesis, the chronobiology of marine invertebrates, larval feeding and the evolutionary aspects of marine invertebrate reproduction. COGNITIVE SCIENCE Advances In Cognitive Science: Steps Toward Convergence. Manfred Kochen and Harold M. Hastings, eds. Westview Press: December, 258 pp, $45. Looks at the growing role computers are playing in the cognitive sciences, focusing on the evolution of learning, including memory, adaptation, generalization and other cognitive functions. COMPUTER SCIENCE Annual Review of Computer Science. Joseph F. Traub, ed. Annual Reviews: November, 565 pp, $39. Review articles cover nonmonotonic reasoning, logic, problem solving and deduction, as well as reviews on computer hardware, software, theory and applications. EVOLUTION The Evolution of Vertebrate Design. Leonard B. Radinsky. University of Chicago Press: December, 200 pp, $12.95 PB, $35 PB. An introduction to vertebrate evolution as well as vertebrate paleontology, biology and functional comparative anatomy. Also discusses new ideas about behavior, habitat and functional anatomy of vertebrate animals that are now extinct. HISTORY OF SCIENCE Kepler’s Geometrical Cosmology. BR> J.V. Field. University of Chicago Press: December, 256 pp, $37.50. Traces the influences of Plato, Euclid and Proclus on Kepler’s thinking. Also looks at Kepler’s contemporaries, Galileo and Robert Fludd, and the influence they had on Kepler’s thought. First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe. Richard Preston. Atlantic Monthly Press: November, 263 pp, $18.95. A history of some of the renowned scientists who worked at the Palomar Observatory, such as Maarten Schmidt, Jim Gunn and Don Schneider. Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior. Robert J. Richards. University of Chicago Press: December, 624 pp, $37.50. Discusses the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from the 18th century to the present day, focusing on the 19th century and Darwin’s ideas about instinct, reason and morality. MATHEMATICS Generalized Concavity. Mordecai Avriel, Walter E. Diewert, Sigfried Shaible, Israel Zang, eds. Plenum Publishing: December, 343 pp, $49.50. Presents the complete theory of generalized concavity, from management science to engineering including all the concave functions. MEDICINE Migraine: Clinical and Research Aspects. J.N. Blau, ed. Johns Hopkins University Press: December,680 pp, $79.50. A comprehensive review from over forty research scientists on migraines. Examines treatment techniques, past and present theories of the origin of the disease and new areas of research. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science. S. Chandrasekhar. University of Chicago Press: December, 208 pp. $23.95. Seven lectures by astrophysicist S. Chandrasekhar that discuss aesthetics and motivations in the pursuit of science as well as patte rns of scientific creativity. The Genesis of the Copernican World. Hans Blumenberg. M.I.T. Press: November, 848 pp, $40. A new look at the Copernican revolution as the result of systematic changes in philosophy, religion and metaphor, discussing it not only as a contributor to modern science, but also as the way in which people view themselves and their relation to reality. PHYSICS Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures. Richard P. Feynman and Steven Weinberg. Cambridge University Press: November, 110 pp, $12.95. Two lectures given by Nobel Laureates Richard Feynman and Steven Weinberg, in commemoration of Paul Dirac, that focus on some fundamental problems of physics and the present state of knowledge. Expanding Protons: Scattering at High Energy. Hung Cheng and Tai Tsun Wu. M.I.T. Press: December, 285 pp, $40. Discusses a new theory that protons “expand” as their energy increases, by looking at experiments done over the past decade including high-energy scattering models, multiparticle production, elastic amplitude, the rising total cross section, tower diagrams and quark-quark scattering in non-Abelian. field theories. PSYCHOLOGY Reclaimed Powers: Toward a New Psychology of Men and Women In Later Life. David Gutmann. Basic Books: November, 352 pp, $24.95. A psychology of aging that sees men and women exchanging roles after their child-rearing years and looking forward to new pleasures and capacities, allowing them to realize their full potentials rather than looking forward to the prospect of loss. Also looks at how this role-reversal can change and potentially benefit our culture. GENERAL INTEREST Time, the Familiar Stranger. J.T. Fraser. University of Massachusetts Press: November, 408 pp, $24.95. Discusses our understanding of the nature of time from the point of view of science and humanities, as well as from an everyday perspective. Looks at such topics as the origins of the universe, relativity and quantum theories, the different natures of inanimate and living matter, the biology of aging and death, issues of brain and mind, the history of timekeepers, and the influence of technology and science on time.

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