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Science, New Series, Vol. 122, No. 3166, Sep. 2, 1955


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Front Matter (1 p.)
The High-School Science Teacher, p. 399
D.W.

Statistics--Servant of All Sciences, pp. 401-406
Jerzy Neyman

Wendell M. Latimer, Chemist, pp. 406-407
W. F. Giauque


News of Science
Sleep and Cerebral Oxygen Consumption, p. 408
Rubber Commission, p. 408
Science and Politics, pp. 408-409
Thermal Cross Sections of Fissionable Isotopes, p. 409
News Briefs, p. 409
Scientists in the News, pp. 409-411
Necrology, p. 411
Education, pp. 411-412
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards, p. 412
In the Laboratories, pp. 412-413
New Journals, pp. 413-414
Miscellaneous, p. 414


Reports and Letters
Improved Method for Isolation of Adenosine Di- and Triphosphates, p. 415
Robert G. Owens
Radiocarbon Concentration in Modern Wood, pp. 415-417
Hans E. Suess
Sharks in Fresh Water, p. 417
Albert W. C. T. Herre
Physiology of a Primary Chemoreceptor Unit, pp. 417-418
E. S. Hodgson; J. Y. Lettvin; K. D. Roeder
Geomorphic Evidences of Recent Climatic Fluctuation in the Peruvian Coastal Desert, pp. 418-419
H. T. U. Smith
Prenatal Oxygen Deprivation and Subsequent Specific Behavior Dysfunctions, pp. 419-420
Gilbert W. Meier; Emil W. Menzel
Synthalin A as Selective Mitotic Poison Acting on α-Cells of the Islets of Langerhans, p. 420
H. Ferner; W. Runge
Thermal Shock and Tooth Decay, pp. 420-421
Leon S. Vann
Light-Dependence of Fluorescence of Solutions of Cigarette Smoke, p. 421
Hermann Druckrey; Dietrich Schmähl


Book Reviews
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Molecular Vibrations. The Theory of Infrared and Raman Vibrational Spectra
E. Bright Wilson Jr.; J. C. Decius; Paul C. Cross
Review author[s]: G. Herzberg
----------------, p. 422
Numerical Methods
Andrew D. Booth
Review author[s]: Mina Rees
----------------, pp. 422-423
Electrons, Atoms, Metals and Alloys.
William Hume-Rothery
Review author[s]: J. S. Koehler
----------------, p. 423
Political Systems of Highland Burma. A Study of Kachin Social Structure
E. R. Leach
Review author[s]: Morton H. Fried
----------------, pp. 423-424
An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Special Reference to Methods and Applications
M. S. Bartlett
Review author[s]: Seymour Geisser
----------------, p. 424
The Lipids. Their Chemistry and Biochemistry. vol. II, Biochemistry. Digestion, Absorption, Transport and Storage
Harry J. Deuel Jr.
Review author[s]: J. B. Brown
----------------, p. 424
Theories Relativistes de la Gravitation et de l'Electromagnetisme. Relativite Generale et Theories Unitaires
A. Lichnerowicz
Review author[s]: P. Le Corbeiller
----------------, pp. 424-425
La Mécanique au XVIIe Siècle (des Antécédents Scolastiques à la Pensée Classique)
René Dugas
Review author[s]: I. Bernard Cohen
----------------, p. 425
Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. vol. XII, Vertébrés: Généralités, Embryologie, Topographique, Anatomie Comparée, Caractéristiques Biochimiques
Pierre P. Grassé
Review author[s]: Morris Foster
----------------, pp. 425-426
Geology in Engineering
John R. Schultz; Arthur B. Cleaves
Review author[s]: Robert H. Nesbitt
----------------, p. 426
Mathematics for the Chemist. Mathematical Analysis for Chemists, Physicists, and Chemical Engineers
G. J. Kynch
Review author[s]: John K. Taylor
----------------, p. 426
Transform Calculus with an Introduction to Complex Variables
E. J. Scott
Review author[s]: Alston S. Householder
----------------, pp. 426-427
Medical Uses of Cortisone. Including Hydrocortisone and Corticotropin
Francis D. W. Lukens
New Books, p. 427
Miscellaneous Publications, p. 427


Scientific Meetings, pp. 428-431
Back Matter (2 pp.)

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