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Beginning science: biology B. S. Beckett. 156 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. £2.75. ISBN 0 19 914091 X Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Beginning biology R. Price. 198 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. £3.50. ISBN 0 521 28209 8 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Biology 11–13 M. B. V. Roberts and P. J. Mawby. 291 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1983. £3.95. ISBN 0 582 31037 7 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Biology for today (revised edition) E. G. Neal and K. R. C. Neal. 298 pp. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1983. £3.95. ISBN 0 7137 1248 1 Reviewed by Jackie Hardie

SISCON in schools Ways of living; How can we be sure?; Technology, invention, and industry; Evolution and the human population. Joan Solomon. 40/40/56/40. pp. £1.10 each. ISBNs 0 631 91960 0/91970 8/91980 5/91990 2 Teacher's Guide. Sue Addinell and Joan Solomon. 80 pp. £2.50. ISBN 0 902786 89 X. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific; Hatfield: Association for Science Education, 1983 Reviewed by Sally Bavage

Higher biology: a laboratory manual J. T. Torrance. 64 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1983. £2.25. ISBN 0 7131 0640 9 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Adventures with small plants Owen Bishop. 56 pp. London: John Murray, 1983. £4.95/£2.95. ISBNs 0 7195 3953 6/3967 6 Reviewed by Adam Cade

The growth of leaves Studies in Biology, no. 137. John E. Dale. 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1982. £2.25. ISBN 0 7131 2836 4 Reviewed by David Holdford

Introduction to plant population ecology J. W. Sihertown, 209 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1982. £7.95. ISBN 0 582 44265 6 Reviewed by B. S. Brookes

Environment and plant ecology 2nd edn. J. R. Etherington. 487 pp. Chichester: John Wiley, 1982. £12.00. ISBN 0 741 10146 X Reviewed by B. S. Brookes

Illustrated rural studies E. J. Dejardin. 128 pp. Slough: University Tutorial Press, 1982. £3.75. ISBN 0 7231 0846 3 Reviewed by John A. Storr

The fundamentals of nitrogen fixation J. R. Postgate. 252 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. £20.00/£7.95. ISBNs 0 521 24169 3/28494 5 Reviewed by H. W. Pearson

Fundamentals of the fungi 2nd edn. E. Moore-Landecke. 578 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/ Hall, 1983. £35.95. ISBN 0 13 339200 7 Reviewed by C. T. Ingold

Introduction to ecology M&E Handbooks. J. C. Emberlin. 308 pp. Plymouth: Macdonald and Evans, 1983. £3.95. ISBN 0 7121 0965 X Reviewed by Don Bennett

An introduction to marine ecology R. S. K. Barnes and R. N. Hughes. 339 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1982. £11.80. ISBN 0 632 00892 X Reviewed by John Crothers

British shallow-water crabs R. W. Ingle. 206 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. £20.00/£8.95. ISBNs 0 521 24963 5/27100 2 Reviewed by John Crothers

Optima for animals R. McNeill Alexander. 112pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1982. £5.25. ISBN 0 7131 28437 Reviewed by G. T. Wain

Animal behaviour, ecology and evolution C. J. Barnard. 339 pp. Beckenham, Kent: Croom Helm, 1983. £17.95/£8.95. ISBNs 0 7099 0636 0/0673 0 Reviewed by Stewart M. Evans

The discovery of animal behaviour J. Sparks. 288 pp. London: BBC Publications, 1983. £12.95. ISBN 0 563 20090 1 Reviewed by John A. Barker

Animal taxonomy Studies in Biology, no. 143. H. E. Goto. 58 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1982. £2.50. ISBN 0 7131 2847 X Reviewed by M. B. V. Roberts

A dictionary of ecology, evolution, and systematics R. J. Lincoln et al. 298 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. £25.00. ISBN 0 521 23957 5 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

More random walks in science R. L. Weber, 208 pp. Bristol: Institute of Physics, 1982. £9.95. ISBN 0 85498 040 7 Reviewed by John A. Barker

Physics for the biological sciences F. R. Hallett, P. A. Speight, and R. H. Stinson. 254 pp. London: Chapman and Hall, 1982. £9.95. ISBN 0 412 23750 X Reviewed by A. C. T. North

The cult of the expert Brian J. Ford. 194 pp. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. £5.95. ISBN 0 241 10476 9 Reviewed by John A. Barker

Careers in conservation J. McCormick. 133 pp. London: Kogan Page, 1982. £6.95/£2.50. ISBNs 0 85038 561 X/562 8 Reviewed by Clive Williams