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Front MatterSource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Feb., 1943), pp. i-ivPublished by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/17780 .
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RECENT ADVANCES IN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE VITAMINS. PROpESSOR C. A. ELVEHJEM .................. ......................................... 99
STRITCTURE, FUNCTION AND PATTERN IN BIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. PROFESSOR A. L. KROEBER ................................................ 105
THEY GAVE LIFE TO BONES. CLAYTON HOAGLAND ..................................1..... 14
SOIL AND WATER ECONOMY IN THE PUEBLO SOUTHWEST. II. DR. Guy R. STEWART and DR. MAURICE DONNELLY .............................. 134
SIRENS AND BELS. DR. J. 0. PERRINE ................................................ 145
FLIGT'r IN THE DARK: A STUDY OF BATS. ROBERT GALAMBOS 155
CALMWNDARS AND CALENDAR REFORM. PROFESSOR W. E. CASTLE 163
MYSTICISM IN SCIENCE. PROFESSOR R. S. UNDERWOOD .............................. 168
HUXLEY'S "EVIL" INFLLUENCE. JAMES D. TELLER .................................. 173
BOOKS ON SCIENCE FOR LAYMEN: Medical Research; Information for the Air Navigator; Strategic Materials and National Strength; Turtles of the United States and Canada .................................................. 179
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Creative Chemistry. The Late E. E. SLOSSON. Rev. ed. Illustrated. xx + 341 pp. $1.30. 1942. Grosset and Dunlap.
The story of modern creative chemistry is told in a non-technical language which presupposes no previous knowledge of the subject. This volume, first published in 1930, has been revised by the late Dr. H-arrison E. Howe.
4000 Years of Television. R. W. HUBBELL. IllUS- trated. xvi + 256 pp. $2.25. 1942. Putnam.
The author tells the history of television from the time the rock crystal lens was discovered in 2000 B.C. in Assyria downl to the latest developments in the field made within the last decade. Along with its history, the fundamental principles behind television are ex- plained.
Hurricanes. I. R. TANNEHILL. Illustrated. 2nd ed. x+265 pp. $3.50. 1942. Princeton.
The aim of the author of this book is to tell in popu- lar language the nature and history of hurricanes, par- ticularly those of the West Indies and the southern coasts of the United States. The book contains records of 978 tropical storms covering 450 years. The New England storm of 1938 is included.
Ways of the Weather. W. J. HUMPHREYS. Illus- trated. 400 pp. $4.00. November, 1942. Jaques Cattell.
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The Earth and Man. D. H. DAVIS. Illustrated. xxiii + 675 pp. $4.25. 1942. Macmillan.
This book is intended as a textbook for beginnilng geography classes in American colleges and universi- ties. Most of the material is included under the fol- lowing three main headinigs: Man and Environment; Limiting Effects of Environmental Factors; How Mall Obtains His Living.
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This little volume contains four chapters: Is All Thinking Organic Behavior?; Autonomous or Postula- tional Thinking; The Importance and Availability of Autonomous Thinking; Detection of Postulates. The author, Dr. Cassius J. Keyser, is Adrian Professor of Mathematics at Colunmbia University.
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Dean Seashore gives a portrayal of certaini psyclho- logical frontiers in -which the University of Iowa has pioneered under his personal leadership during the years 1897-1937. Included are discussions of psy- chology in ulusic, speech, education and the fine arts. It is limited to the author's personal memories.
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