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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE Modern Biotechnology S B Penrose. Blackwell Scientific: September, 200 pp, $24.95. Provides detailed information on recombinant DNA technology, industrial microbiology, monoclonal antibodies, and plant and animal cell culture; includes a discussion of the legal, social and ethical issues surrounding biotechnology. EARTH SCIENCE Deformation of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (No. 28). M.E. Jones and R.M.F. Preston, eds. Blackwell Scientific: September, 360 pp, $90. Reports on theoretical and field studies from around the world, providing both a descriptive account and a discussion of the mechanisms of sedimentation deformation. Earthquakes (2nd edition). Bruce A. Bolt. Freeman: August, 304 pp, HB $25.95, PB $13.95. Discusses current technology in the study of earthquakes and forecasting, examining lessons learned from some of history’s most devastating quakes, such as the recent catastrophes in Mexico City and Guatemala. The Geology and Geochemistry of Abyssal Plains (No. 29). P.P.E. Weaver and J. Thomson, eds. Blackwell Scientific: September, 260 pp, $95. An account of 10 years of research on specialized marine environments, designed to determine the feasibility of burying radioactive wastes; this text is based on an international conference held in London in January 1986. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE The Toxicity of Methyl Mercury. Christine U. Eccles and Zoltan Annau, eds. Johns Hopkins University Press: September 4, 256 pp, $39.50. A collection of reports on the effects of methyl mercury on public health safety, focusing on the epidemics of mercury poisoning in Japan and Iraq. Beyond the Roaring Forties: New Zealand’s Subantarctic islands. Conon Fraser. University of Washington Press: September 26, 224 pp, $45. A comprehensive account of New Zealand’s five subantarctic island groups, discussing their ecological importance as breeding grounds for thousands of sea birdand marine mammals and the im- pact man has had on this environment. GENERAL AUDIENCE Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewliderments. Martin Gardner. Freeman: August 28, 320 pp, HB $17.95, PB $10.95. A collection of mathematical mysteries and coincidences that seem to violate the laws of time and space. A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation. Henry Stommel. Princeton University Press: August, 167 pp, $19.95. Clarifies the intricate details of ocean circulation in the form of a dialogue between the “mildly curious” chief engineer of a research vessel and an oceanographer on the same ship, written by a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. HISTORY OF SCIENCE From Mineralogy to Geology: The Foundations of a Science, 1650-1830. Rachel Laudan. University of Chicago Press: September, 288 pp, $27.50. Addresses the intellectual roots of geology, mineralogy and chemical cosmogony by examining earlier scientific traditions. The Beginnings of the Nobel institution: The Science Prizes 1901-1915 (PB edition of a 1984 release). Elisabeth Crawford. Cambridge University Press: August 30, 300 pp, $14.95. Describes the process by which Nobel prize winners are chosen and gives a history of the institution’s beginnings. Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Genome. Stephen S. Hail: Atlantic Monthly! Morgan Entrekin: August 26, $19.95. An account of the 1976-1978 efforts by Genentech, and Eli Lilly to synthesize insulin on an industrial scale using recombinant DNA technologies. The Preliminary Manuscripts for Isaac Newton’s 1687 Principia: 1684-1686. Isaac Newton. Cambridge University Press: August 30, 300 pp, $60. A facsimile of the manuscripts Newton wrote in preparation for Principia. Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War. Robin W Winks. Morrow: August 18,607 pp, $22.95. Examines the relationship between the academic elites at Yale University and U.S. military intelligence during World War II. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Earth and Other Ethics. Christopher, Stone, Harper & Row: September 2, 320 pp, $18.95. Addresses the philosophical and legal status of environmental objects, such as rivers, forest, animals, androids, etc. PSYCHOLOGY Physiological Psychology: An introduction. Simon Green. Routledge & Kegan Paul: September, 336 pp, HB $57.50, PB $16.95. An introduction to the many facets of physiological psychology, including brain chemistry, sensory systems, motivation, and emotion. Mindwaves: Thoughts on Intelligence, Identity and Consciousness. Cohn Blaikemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell: September, 496 pp, $24.95. Essays exploring consciousness and mindbody problems—from the mechanisms of perception and action to developments in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. SCIENCE POLICY Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in The 1930s America. Peter J. Kuznick. University of Chicago Press: September, 328 pp, $29.95. Discusses the debate of scientists’ social responsibility by looking at the relationship between science and politics from the 1930s to the present. Policy for Agricultural Research. Vernon W Ruttan and Carl Pray, eds. Westview Press: August, 300 pp, $35. Examines the influence of government, multinationals and the private sector on agricultural research policy, from the annual Agriculture Research Seminars of the University of Minnesota. SOCIAL SCIENCE The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology. Wiebe E. Bijker, Thomas P Hughes and Trevor Pinch, eds. MIT Press: August 24,405 pp, $35. A series of essays on the sociology of technology, discussing the importance of technical, social, economic and political perspectives. Annual Review of Sociology (Volume 13). W. Richard Scott, ed. Annual Reviews: August, 502 pp, $31.Scholarly articles on such topics as the degradation of skills, institutional theories of organization and the changing perspectives on the American family.

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