firtill c:ltiiptcr on wirtcr rt!lirtionshilis of I)iocolloids, t.o tht! s t d y of wliiclt tltc ituthor Itits Itintsclf contrihutctl so tiiitclt, is a uscfitl rind critic:il sitniiniiry of signifinnnt work in this field.
'l'ltc wliola trcittfnictit of tltc sithjcct of colloid clteinistry is front I I rntlier pcrsottnl nntl cl~tliuaiitstic point of vitw, hiit i n his Imf:t(:c tlic :iut,ltor liinisclf stmsscs tdtc nrcd for sricli i t II npproaclt. Tltroitgliout the book rcfcrcncc is ttiittlc to the iipplici~tion of colloid itrid surfiicc clti!ttiir:il ooncc!pt.s to pliysiologic:cil prolhns iind in this lies tltc iiitpnrtititci! of the hooli. '1'00 often tho cltcitiist is ititwilling t.0 follow tltc itpplichjtts of liis science into tltc Iiiologic:tl Iiihniiitorp, I i r t t Prof. Gortncr iitilicirtes clwrly rind iiscfiilly Itow I)liysico-GIiclttici~I priiwiplcs itre cqttitlly itpplicitldi! to clenr-cut itcritlcrtiic 1)roblcnis itnil to t h s c of the c*ontplcs colloitl Iitlinriitorics of living orgiinisiiis.
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1'IIYSII~AI.ISL'IIlS xIIs~rllolll.:s 1.v (:IIlzJIIsL'IIISs l , A l l o l ~' l - *roitiu~i. 2'1). 267.
1Jcrlin : Vitrlitg Cltcitiic, I his voluitic is n rcpriitt of 13 rtrticlcs wltidt itppc:trciI I)ctwci!it cind ID37 i n tlic Zeitsrltrift fiir :\tlgc\.iitttltc C!ltcinic*, c!:rcli tlviilirtg with the :tppliciitiotts of soinc i d c r t t l)ltysi(!iil itictltotl 1-0 clwtiiiriil IiroI)Ienis. 'I'ltc sul)jcct.s tliscnssctl iirc rijtitgctttugriiIi1Iy. sitpcrsoiiics, cltrotitrito~rrtpliy, t,lte l ~i t n t i t n clkct, dielectric losses, qu:ititit:itt ve spcctrii 111 i i tt;tlysis, l)olit rogrit iiliy, photoclw t r ic s pee t ro l i l t o t o I lie try i t I i t 1 t 11 e idori in(: t ry of colloitliil solutions. 'I'lic iirticlcs i t r c self-contitittcd nnil give i i n ittitltoritrit,ivt! review of t,ltc viirious fieltls cntitticrittcd. 'I'lic stil)jc.ot tiiitttcr is to i t c+onsitIeriil.de cst,c?iit, of tlircct tcc1titic:il int,erost. I ti t,lic first. contribution, for csitlttple, tltc iipplit:itt,ion of S-riiys to tltc st,irtly of clcctro-tlcl)ositt.tl nicltcl is clisrttssctl, wliile tlic iirtis:lcs on spwtxiini iiniilysis i i n i l t,ltc! poliirogrnplt give 11 wry good itlvcr o f t lie ttses of tlirsc! tiictltods in tecltliicitl iil1itlysis. Alorc: iiciitlcniio interests itrc, Iio\vcvcr, iilso cittcrctl for, its in t;ltc t'itsc of tltc contriI)utions on Iiittttnn S p t r i t , s ~t ~~~~r s o n i c s , ilt1(l, cItcttliltogril1)lty. ' I ' h Iiitter,