through all the steps described above if they of the first edition (THIS JOURNAL 1982,59, requested help. In some eases they simply needed to find the charge on one of the ions. Theoreticallvthev should have called up the data sheet, but most did not.

Slower students who used the program did much better on their quizzes than those students who did not use it. I would recom- mend i t highly for a low level chemistry class. I t is not intimidating because the questions are simple and the explanations are clear. A confused hut motivated student would find the program useful.

Kathleen Sweeney-Hammond me Mare1 School

3000 Cathedral Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20008

Winning the Games scientists Play Carl J. Sinderrnann. Plenum Press, New York, NY. 1982. xii + 290 pp. 13.5 X 20.7 cm. $15.95. This practical and insightful guide to

"gamesmanship" in science by an oceanog- rapher who is Director of the Sandy Hook Marine Laboratorv in New Jersey was cho- sen by L~brory ~ o u r n n l as one of the best scilteeh books of the year. Written specifi- cally far the scientist or nonscientist of the '80s, a time of "prolonged drought.. .and stringency.. .[when] science will adapt, and scientific game playing may achieve new heights of precisian and worth," i t deals with interpersonal strategies in science, much of which could he described as "com- mon sense" yet which is not a t all "com- mon", especially to scientific beginners.

Part I, "A Primer for Scientific Strate- gists" (6 chaps, 120 pp) answers in great detail questions that are crucial for success in seienee-how to write, publish, and present papers; how to attend, chair, and organize meetings; and how to participate in committee meetings. Part 11, "Critical Is- sues for Scientific Strategists" (3 chaps, 72 pp), describes how to get an the "fast track" and how to get and use power. I t even de- votes an entire 18-page chapter to ethics in science. Part 111, "Special Interest Areas for ScientificStrategists" (4chaps, 74pp),eval- uates the roles of men and women (it in- eludes a 6-page section on "sen in the labor- atory"); describes how to cope with hureau- cracy and bureaucrats, the news media, lawyers, politicians, and the public; and con- siders the role of the scientist in industry. All hut two of the 13 chapters are provided with "Summary" sections, and the book concludes with a 6-page Epilogue driving home the lessons and sound advice given earlier. This delightful and witty guide to the strategies of "real 1ife"seienee makes an appropriate gift for those about to enter upon a scientific career as well as for experi- enced scientists and citizens interested in the nontechnical aspects of modern scientif- ic life.

Georae B. Kauffman - California State University, Fresna

Fresno. CA 93740

Physical Chemistry, Second Edition Ira N. Levine, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1985. xix-980. 21.5 X 24 cm. One expects from Levine an exceptional

level of care in exposition, and the new edi- tion of this excellent introductory physical chemistry text maintains that level which was noted by D. K. Carpenter in his review

A370). The second edition differs from the first

edition in several minor but notable aspects which enhance the effectiveness of this text. In rough order of decreasing importance these changes are

1. The addition of more problems includ- ing summary qualitative problems well chosen for self-evaluation of basic un- derstanding of the subject matter.

2. An increased number of worked exam- ple problems in the body of the text.

3. Linkage of problems to specified chap- ter sections.

4. Additional points in the text where the student is steered around typical pit- falls to understanding. Levine's texts have always been notable for these helpful admonishments.

5. Equations of the most fundamental importance are now signified as such.

6. Expansion of the Spectroscopy and Photochemistry Chapter to include brief but informative descriptions of several additional spectroscopic meth- ods (PAS, ORD, CD, PES, and ESCA).

7. Additionof somequalitativemolecular interpretations of thermodynamic concepts.

8. The cross-sectional area increment of the text is primarily taken up by ea- panded margins. The current outer

p.lyr n l ~ r g i n is 3.5 rm, which may en- tirr rhr rrdderrumakemar~mnl norrs.

T h n 1~x1 wnndina well ~ u m v l III B two- semester introductory survey course in physical chemistry and should he given seri- ous consideration for such a course. I t is less likely to he the one book of choice for a three-semester course sequence of physical chemistry (e.g., courses in thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, and statistical mechan- icslchemical dynamics). However, because of its extensive treatment of thermodynam- ics this text would be an excellent choice of the primary thermodynamics text in such a sequence (we have used it for this purpose with good results), and i t would he a valu- able supplementary text (e.g., to Levine's "Quantum Chemistry") to primary texts in the other courses.

As expected for a book by Levine this text is notably free of errors. I have only been able to find one small, obvious one (on p 392) in the main body of the text.

If you choose this text you might be well advised to discuss some of this text's exam- ples chosen from biochemistry with your resident biochemists to determine whether the interpretations of these examples are still up-to-date in this rapidly changing field.

Thomas G. Dunne Reed College

Portland, OR 97202

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