Forthcoming Books

This list of forthcoming books has been compiled from the latest information available from publishers. Dates of publication, prices and numbers of pages are tentative, however, and are subject to change. Astronomy The Classification of Stars. Carlos Jaschek and Mercedes Jaschek. Cambridge University Press: July, 432 pp, $79.50. A comprehensive handbook on the tools and results of stellar taxonomy, describing modern methods of spectroscopic and photometric classification. The Cosmos from Space. David H. Clark. Crown: July 7, 176 pp, $14.95. An overview of the recent advances in astronomy made possible by a new generation of telescopes and space observatories, written by the head of the British Space Astrophysics Group. Biological Science Gene Structure in Eukaryotic Microbes (Volume 22 in the Society for General Microbiology Series). J.R. Kinghorn, ed. IRL Press: June, 272 pp. HB $80, PB $50. Discusses the gene structure of microbial eukaryotes at the nucleotide level and covers major topics such as control regions, codon usage, introns and mRNA splicing. Biotechnology Information '86. R. Wakeford, ed. IRL Press: June, 270 pp, $58. Selected papers and transcripts from the biotechnology conference held September 1986 in Brighton, U.K. Biological Membranes. J.B.C. Findlay and WH. Evans, eds. IRL Press: June, 312 pp, HB $49, PB $31. Offers guidelines and detailed instructions for the many procedures used in membrane research. Papiilomaviruses (Cancer Cells 5). Bettie Steinberg, Janet Brandsma and Lorne Taicbman, eds. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: July, 480 pp, $80. Describes the replication and transformation of the papillomavirus and discusses the molecular epidemiology of the human papillomavirus. Phage Mu. N. Symonds, A. Tons-saint, P. van de Putte and M.M. Howe, eds. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: July, $75. Describes how bacteriophage Mu and its deri atives can be used as genetic in gene manipulation experiments—also discusses the advances made by research with Mu to understanding site-specific recombination and DNA modification. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Theodore W Pietsch and David B. Grobecker. Stanford University Press: June, 646 pp, $67.50. Presents the results of 15 years of original research on the ecology, behavior, distribution and general biosystematics of Antennariidae, or frogfishes. Computer Science An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Legal Reasoning. Anne von der Lieth Gardner. MIT Press: July, 192 pp, $22.50. Develops a computational model for analyzing legal problems, identifying aspects of legal reasoning that must be incorporated into an expert system on law. Traffic Processing in Queueing Networks: A Markov Renewal Approach. Ralph L. Disney and Petaer C. Kiessler. Johns Hopkins University Press: July 29, 272 pp, $49.50. Discusses the stochastic properties of queueing networks and develops a framework through which to examine queuing problems encountered in such applications as road traffic studies, biological, medical and sociological models. Evolution The Origin of Angiosperms and Their Biological Consequences. E.M. Friis, WG. Chaloner and P.R. Crane. Cambridge University Press: July, 300 pp, HB $59.50, PB $22.50. An interdisciplinary perspective on the proliferation and radiation of angiosperms toward the end of the early Cretaceous period, reviewing alternative hypotheses on angiosperm origins. Molecules and Morphology in Evolution: Conflict or Compromise? C. Patterson, ed. Cambridge University Press: June, 250 pp, HB $49.50, PB $17.50. Reviews the phylogenetic data derived from molecular methods and from classical morphology, and analyzes the important contribution each can make to the study of evolution. General Audience Made in America: Science, Technology, and American Modernist Poets. Lisa M. Steinman. Yale University Press: July 15, 256 pp, $20. Focuses on the developing poetry and poetics of American modernists—such as William Carlos Williams and Marianne Moore— and the profound influence early twentieth century science and technology had on their thinking and style. History of Science Freud as a Writer (expanded PB edition of a 1983 release). Patrick J. Mahoney. Yale University Press: July 15, 192 pp, $9.95. Examines the contribution of Freud's literary style to the development and content of his theory, exploring his tolerance for ambiguity and the images and multiple perspectives he often employed in his writing. Men Who Made A New Physics: Physicists and the Quantum Theory (PB edition of a 1965 release). Barbara Lovett Chine. University of Chicago Press: June, 282 pp, $11.95. Recounts the development of quantum theory and explores the backgrounds of such major figures as Rutherford, Bohr, Planck and Einstein. Medicine and Society In Wakefield and Huddersfield 1780-1870. Hilary Marland. Oxford University Press: July, 250 pp, $39.50. Places the development of medical services against the backdrop of the communities in which they evolved, their class structure and their civic and economic development. Mathematics Geometry of Numbers (2nd edition). P.M. Gruber and C.G. Lekkerkerker. Elsevier: June, 724 pp, $99.50. Describes methods in the geometry of numbers, showing areas where recent progress has occurred and forecasting interesting results that may be expected in the future. Neurobiology The Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (2-volume set). George Adelman, ed. Birkhäuser Boston: July, 1400 pp, $125. A compendium of 700 entries—ranging from expanded definitions to essay-like reviews— written by 600 internationally recognized neuroscientists. Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Spatial Neglect. M. Jeannerod, ed. Elsevier June 30, 346 pp, $78. Presents recent advances in neuropsychology that have resulted from clinical, psychological and animal studies in the field of spatial neglect. Neurochemistry. A.J. Turner and H.S. Bachelard, eds. IRL Press: July, 280 pp, HB $47, PB $29. A guide to investigating the cellular and molecular events that control the development and function of the central nervous system—including descriptions of the latest research methods used in all areas of neuroscience. Science Policy U.S.-Mexico Relations: Agricultural and Rural Development. Bruce F. Johnston, Cassio Luiselli, Celso Cartas Contreras and Roger D. Norton, eds. Stanford University Press: June, 416 pp, $42.50. Presents 18 papers providing a bi-national perspective on the structure and growth of the U.S. and Mexican farm systems and their trade relations. Environmental Management in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia: Structure and Regulation in Federal Communist States. Barbara Jancar. Duke University Press: July, 415 pp, $55. Presents empirical data on the environmental problems of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, examining responses from legislative, administrative and research-oriented systems; a final chapter studies the relevance of such themes to the disaster at Chernobyb. Toxic Chemicals, Health, and the Environment. Lester B. Lave and Arthur C. Upton, eds. Johns Hopkins University Press: June 22, 336 pp, HB $39.50, PB $16.50. Examines the means by which toxic substances enter the environment, methods for controlling their emissions, sources and consequences of human exposure and other policy issues. Social Science Psycho/History: Readings in the Method of Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and History. Geoffrey Cocks and Travis Crosby, eds. Yale University Press: June 17, 356 pp, HB $35, PB $14.95. Essays on the applications of psychology to history, and articles that focus on the methods used to study individual and group behavior.

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