BOOKS RECEIVED
- The "Practising Chemists". A History of the Society for Analytical Chemistry, 1874–1974. By R. C. CHIRNSIDE and J. H. HAMENCE. Pp. xxv 223, IBMS. London: Society for Analytical Chemistry. 1974. £3.00.
- The Physician, Therapist and Surgeon Ibn Al-Quff (1233–1286). By SAMI KHALAF HAMARNEH. Pp. viii199[27]. Cairo: Atlas Press. 1974. $6.50.
- Pneuma, Spiritus, Geist. Vorstellungen vom Lebensantrieb in ihren geschichtlichen Wandlungen. By M. PUTSCHER. Pp. xi + 278. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag. 1973. DM.52.
- A History of Biochemistry. Part III. (Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 31). By M. FLORKIN. PP. XXi + 475, illus. Amsterdam, Oxford, New York: Elsevier. 1975. Dfl.I30 ($54.25).
- Radioactivity and Atomic Theory. Facsimiles of the Annual Reports on Radio-activity 1904–1920 to the Chemical Society by F. SODDY, Ed. with Introduction by T. J. TRENN. Pp. xvii + 517, portrait. London, Taylor & Francis. 1975. £i2.00.
- Sources for the History of Science 1660–1914. By D. KNIGHT. Pp. 223. London: The Sources of History (Hodder & Stoughton). 1975. £4.25 (cloth); £2.75 (paper).
- Quantum Physics and Ordinary Language. By T. BERGSTEIN. Pp. xii 61. (Reissue of 1972 hardcover ed.) London: Macmillan. 1974. .1.95 (paper).
- Chemiegeschichtsschreibung von Wiegleb (1790) bis Partington (1970): eine lintersuchung tiber ihre Methoden, Prinzipien und Ziele. By J. WEYER. Pp. xiii 282. Hildesheim: Verlag Dr. H. A. Gerstenberg. 1974. DM.96.
- Le Probleme des métaux dans la science antique. By R. HALLEUX. Pp. 237. Paris: Societe d'Eclition "Les Belles Lettres". 1974. F.40.
- Archaeological Chemistry. A Symposium sponsored by the Division of History of Chemistry, American Chemical Society. (Advances in Chemistry, No. 138). Ed. by C. W. BECK. Pp. ix + 254, illus. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. 1974. $22.50.
- Woman in Science. By H. J. MOZANS. Facsimile of the 1913 ed., with Introduction by M. S. DRESSELHAUS. Pp. xx + 452. Cambridge, Mass. & London: M.I.T. Press. 1974. $4.95; £2.50 (paperback).