Biochemistry. Perspectives in biochemistry. Thirty-one Essays Presented to sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins by Plast and Present Members of His Laboratory. Edited by Joseph Needham and david E. Green. Pp. x + 361. Cambridge: The University Press, 1937. 15s
- Book ID
- 102328031
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1938
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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CHEBIIS'PRY AND WDUS'l'JtY
:1011 systcriiiitic scpiiriLtioii is conil)resscd int,o 22 pp. 'J'his I:itter section is w r y unsntisfiictory, Iiiclts priicticnl dctnil, iind contains scvcriil oiiiissioiis ( t h e is no test givcii for nitriitcs in tlic prcscncc of broiiiidcs) and errors (we iirc instriwtcd to coiifirni cliroiiiiiiiii hy t.lic ntltlitioii of lend ncctiitc to iilkalinc clironiiitc solution). Thc book's luck of systcn~ iiiiikcs it rrtisriitnblc for thv iisc of tlic iivcrngc stitdent.
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.UotIi Prof. \Villnrd iiiid Prof. Fur~iiiiii Iiiivc coiit,ribittcd in coItsidcriililc Inciisurc t,o our knowlcdgc of annlytictil processes, itlitl this volunic bcnrs iiiucli cvidciicc not only of tlicir intiiiintc ncqu:iintnncc \vit,li the thcory iintl priicticc of iinnlysis hut iilso of tlicir skill in inculciiting tlic theoretied principlrs nntl tlctnortstrnting thc laborntory opcrntions.
'l'ltc first edition, whicli iv:is pul~lislietl in 1933, nict wit,li inirnctlintc siicccss ; so tiiucli so, indccd, that it ivns rcljriiitctl tltrcc tinics within ciglitccn tnontlis. 'J'lic popitliirity of thc book is obviously due to its lucid, concisc, rciitliiblc, :inti up-to-(Into iiccount,s of t l ~c niorc clcnicntiiry portkms of volunictric, griivinict~ric, :inti electrolytic nictliotls. Il'licory ant1 p c t i c c itre so closcly intcrwovcn tltroitglioitt t,ltc tcst tliiit no stutlcnt c:in IISC tlic h o k conscicntiously iit tltc bcncli witltont gaining iiii insight into tltc Iirinciplcs itntlcrlying tlica opcr il t' Ions.
I ti prcpiiring this sccontl cditioti tlic iiritliors 11:ivc tiikcn t,ltc opportunity of re-rirrringing iintl rcvisiug sonic oftlic ntnttcr, niitl iilso of introtlucing IIC\V liliitcriiil: 1 lie iiiorc significiint, c!liiiligcs iirc to bc found in the chiiptcr tlciiling with ncitt,r:ilizntion itnrl in tllc section on thc iise of ccric ~iilpliiitt! 11s ii \drttiictric ositlizing ngcnt. Jlotli l'rof. \'illiirtl i i n t l Prof. I ~u r ~i i i i n Iiitve tnntlc ii spcciiil study of oxitliit,ions with ccric sidpliiitc, ltencc this scction is :III oittsti~~~clit~g feature of ii 'cry siitisfiictory booli. Tltc rcfcrciiccs to original piipcrs, tlic l)ibliogriiplty, i i l l d tllc iiIttllor iilitl srtbjcct ~I I ~C S C S rirc iidccltltitc ; but i n prcpriritig t,lic ncst cdit,ion tlw authors will pcrlinps correct tlic sitriill slip on IJ. 12, ivlicrcfor i n " J. of tlic 8oc. for Clicliii. Iiid~tstry * ' sltortltl rcnd of.