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Previous Issue: New Series, Vol. 123, No. 3199, Apr. 20, 1956
Next Issue: New Series, Vol. 123, No. 3201, May 4, 1956
Front Matter (15 pp.)
Of Books and Reading, p. 703
- G. DuS
The Psychosemanticist Will See You Now, Mr. Thurber, pp. 705-707
- James Thurber
What's Right with Science News Reporting?, pp. 707-709
- Hillier Krieghbaum
The Educated Man in 1984, pp. 710-712
- J. Bronowski
English Style in Scientific Papers, pp. 713-714
- John R. Baker
Suggestions for Contributors to Science, pp. 714-716
News of Science
- Nuclear Tests, pp. 716-717
- Meteorological Buoy, p. 717
- U.N. Economic and Social Council Agenda, p. 717
- AAAS Theobald Smith Award, pp. 717-718
- Idaho Reactor Damaged, p. 718
- News Briefs, p. 718
- Scientists in the News, pp. 718-719
- Grants, Fellowships, and Awards, p. 719
- Miscellaneous, p. 719
Meeting Notes, p. 719
Reports and Letters
- Wisconsin's Science Writing Program, p. 720
- James A. Larsen
- Use and Abuse of English in Science, pp. 720-721
- New Look in Soviet Genetics, pp. 721-722
- G. Ledyard Stebbins
- International Geophysical Year Symbol, p. 722
- Hugh Odishaw
- Library Searches with Punched-Card Machines, pp. 722-723
- William Fuller Brown Jr.; Glen Oneal Jr.
- Dangerous Dagger, p. 723
- Charles F. Richter
- Subject Indexing in a Restricted Field, pp. 723-724
- Isaac D. Welt
- Age and Productivity among Scientists, pp. 724-725
- Wayne Dennis
- High-School Students as Laboratory Assistants, p. 725
- Arthur B. Pardee
- Verifying Useless Knowledge, p. 725
- Nicholas G. Demy
- Committee on Mathematical Biology, p. 725
- Warren S. McCulloch; Rudolph Carnap; Egon Brunswik; George H. Bishop; Russell Meyers; Gerhardt von Bonin; Karl Menger; Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Book Reviews
General
- ----------------, pp. 726-727
- The Development of Academic Freedom in the United States
- Richard Hofstadter; Walter Metzger
- Academic Freedom in Our Time
- Robert M. MacIver
- Review author[s]: Bentley Glass
- ----------------, pp. 727-728
- Review author[s]: Henry H. Armsby
- ----------------, p. 728
- The Soviet Academy of Sciences. Hoover Institute Stidies, Series E: Institutions, No. 3
- Alexander Vucinich
- Review author[s]: Conway Zirkle
- ----------------, pp. 728-729
- The Mighty Force of Research
- Editors of Fortune
- Review author[s]: G. DuS
- ----------------, p. 729
- What Is Science? Twelve Eminent Scientists and Philosophers Explain Their Various Fields to the Layman
- James R. Newman
- Review author[s]: Aaron Sayvetz
- ----------------, p. 729
- Atomic Power. 180 pp. Automatic Control. 148 pp. First Book of Animals. 240 pp. The New Astronomy. 243 pp. The Physics and Chemistry of Life. 270 pp
- Editors of Scientific American
- Review author[s]: J.T.
- ----------------, pp. 729-730
- The Biology of the Spirit
- Edmund W. Sinnott
- Review author[s]: C. A. Coulson
- ----------------, p. 730
- Review author[s]: G. DuS
- ----------------, p. 730
- Review author[s]: J.M.F.
- ----------------, pp. 730-731
- Review author[s]: Sol Saporta
- ----------------, p. 731
- Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors. A Study of Bibliography and the Book Trade in Relation to Science
- John L. Thornton; R. I. J. Tully
- Review author[s]: Morris C. Leikind
- ----------------, pp. 731-732
- Science and Christian Belief
- C. A. Coulson
- Review author[s]: Edmund W. Sinnott
- ----------------, p. 732
- Ludwig Boltzmann, Mensch, Physiker, Philosoph
- Engelbert Broda
- Review author[s]: K. Lark-Horovitz
Physical Sciences
- ----------------, pp. 732-733
- Relativity: The Special Theory
- J. L. Synge
- Review author[s]: Peter G. Bergmann
- ----------------, p. 733
- Electronic Transformers and Circuits
- Reuben Lee
- Review author[s]: Richard F. Shea
- ----------------, p. 733
- Principles and Problems in Energetics
- J. N. Brønsted; R. P. Bell
- Review author[s]: George M. Murphy
- ----------------, pp. 733-734
- Mesons and Fields. vol. I, Fields
- Silvan S. Schweber; Hans A. Bethe; Frederic de Hoffmann
- Review author[s]: D. C. Peaslee
- ----------------, p. 734
- An Introduction to Reactor Physics
- D. J. Littler; J. F. Raffle
- Review author[s]: Mathew M. Shapiro
- ----------------, pp. 734-735
- Principles of Guided Missile Design. Guidance
- Arthur S. Locke; Charles H. Dodge; Samuel F. George; Laurence F. Gilchrist; William C. Hodgson; John E. Meade; John A. Sanderson; Charles F. White
- Review author[s]: R. L. Garman
- ----------------, p. 735
- Astrophysical Quantities
- C. W. Allen
- Review author[s]: Lawrence H. Aller
- ----------------, p. 735
- Principles of Physical Metallurgy
- Morton C. Smith
- Review author[s]: J. C. Wilson
- ----------------, pp. 735-736
- Structural Geology for Petroleum Geologists
- William L. Russell
- Review author[s]: Philip B. King
- ----------------, pp. 736-737
- Review author[s]: E. Willard Berry
- ----------------, p. 737
- Physical Chemistry
- Farrington Daniels; Robert A. Alberty
- Review author[s]: Marcus E. Hobbs
- ----------------, p. 737
- Chemical Engineering. vol. 2, Unit Operations
- J. M. Coulson; J. F. Richardson
- Review author[s]: J. M. Dalla Valle
Biochemistry and Physiology
- ----------------, pp. 737-738
- Biochemistry and the Central Nervous System
- Henry McIlwain
- Review author[s]: Gordon M. Tomkins
- ----------------, p. 738
- Androgens. Biochemistry, Physiology, and Clinical Significance
- Ralph I. Dorfman; Reginald A. Shipley
- Review author[s]: Joseph T. Velardo
- ----------------, pp. 738-739
- Immunology and Serology
- Philip L. Carpenter
- Review author[s]: William C. Boyd
- ----------------, p. 739
- Methods in Enzymology. vols. I and II. Preparation and Assay of Enzymes
- Sidney P. Colowick; Nathan O. Kaplan
- Review author[s]: Richard S. Schweet
- ----------------, pp. 739-740
- Advances in Virus Research. vol. III
- Kenneth M. Smith; Max A. Lauffer
- Review author[s]: Mark H. Adams
- ----------------, p. 740
- A Symposium on Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism: Function of Metallo-Flavoproteins. Sponsored by the McColum-Pratt Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
- William D. McElroy; Bentley Glass
- Review author[s]: Sterling B. Hendricks
- ----------------, p. 740
- Review author[s]: J. R. Pappenheimer
- ----------------, pp. 740-741
- Bone, an Introduction to the Physiology of Skeletal Tissue
- Franklin C. McLean; Marshall R. Urist
Biology and Medicine
- ----------------, p. 741
- Physical Techniques in Biological Research. vol. I. Optical Techniques
- Gerald Oster; Arthur W. Pollister
- Review author[s]: Herman Yagoda
- ----------------, pp. 741-742
- Review author[s]: Paul Weiss
- ----------------, pp. 742-743
- Annual Review of Entomology. vol. I
- Edward A. Steinhaus; Ray F. Smith
- Review author[s]: J. S. Wade
- ----------------, p. 743
- Review author[s]: David H. Johnson
- ----------------, pp. 743-744
- Evolution, Genetics, and Man
- Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Review author[s]: Wilson S. Stone
- ----------------, p. 744
- The Recent Genera of the Caridean and Stenopodidean Shrimps (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda, Supersection Natantia) with Keys for Their Determination. (No. 26, Zoologische Verhandelingen)
- L. B. Holthuis; E. J. Brill
- Review author[s]: Waldo L. Schmitt
- ----------------, pp. 744-745
- Review author[s]: Windsor Cutting
- ----------------, p. 745
Social Sciences
- ----------------, pp. 745-746
- Research Frontiers in Politics and Government. Brookings Lectures, 1955
- Stephen K. Bailey; Herbert A. Simon; Robert A. Dahl; Richard C. Snyder; Alfred de Grazia; Malcolm Moos; Paul T. David; Donald B. Truman
- Review author[s]: Arthur E. Burns
- ----------------, pp. 746-747
- Review author[s]: Morton H. Fried
- ----------------, p. 747
- Information Theory in Psychology. Problems and Methods
- Henry Quastler
- Review author[s]: Frederick C. Frick
- ----------------, pp. 747-748
- Review author[s]: Carl L. Erhardt
- New Books, p. 748
Forthcoming Events, p. 762
Back Matter (1 p.)
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