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its. However, with a few exceptions to
be noted, this is a good hook for those
whose work consists of making repeat
measurements and studying their dis-
tributions. It is not a good book for
anyone who wishes to go further and
isolate sources of variation, estimate the
importance of extraneous variables, test
the significance of the difference between
two or several means, or predict a. result
based on a.least-squares line.
Students m.ho use this text uill be led
to expect much less of statistics than they
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the book is for students in experimental
science, in which "controlled" conditions
obtain, little space will be devoted to the
statistical treatments of extraneous fac-
tors. "If and mrhen the student needs
them, he e m find these treatments in the
literature" (itslics supplied). With this
st,roke of the m n the author dis~osesof
thelast thirty years!
At times it is quite evident that the
author is writing out of his field. The
treatment of correlation contains serious
mistakes. The interpretation of the F
one is not correot. The discussion of the
handling of data suspected of being had is
entirely out of date. Chauvenet's re-
jection criterion, the only one discussed,
rejects data a t the 50 per cent level of
significance for large sample sizes, and will
never reject any measurements, no matter
how had they are, for sarnplesizesless than
five! The author claims that the chi
square test requires mare than about five
degrees of freedom to be satisfactory;
yet he freely uses the normal approxima-
tion to the binomial distribution, and this
is algebraically identical to a chi square
test with one degree of freedom. There is
no need to limit the degrees of freedom of
chi square.
Throughout the book the author has
been careleas about distinguishing between
a statistic and a parameter, as on page
124 where both Student's t statistic and
the F-ratio statistic are called parameters,
and on page 179 where the same symbol
is used for both the theoretical and the
observed binomial probabilities. But per-
haps most serious of all is the way statisti-
cal design of experiments is undercut by
being described as referring only to how
large the experiment must be to give
s specified precision.
Science, ss is pointed out several times
in the book, is "open-ended," i.e., subject
to further improvement. So is the
applicstion of statiisties of experimental
science. Professor Parratt has missed an
opportunity to tell this to students.
LLOYD5. NELSON
General Electric Lamp Division
Cleveland. Ohio
Introduction lo Chemical Engineering
L. Bruce Andwsa, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, and L e a a d A.
Wend, Lehigh University, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. McGraw-Hill Book Co.,
Inc., New York, 1961. xii +
364 pp.
Figs. and tahles. 16 X 23.5 cm.
$9.50.
This book, designed to serve as an
introduction to chemical engineering,
enters a field which is crowded. How-
ever, though chemical engineering texts
are numerous, few are designed aa intrc-
durtions, the purpose outlined by the
authors of this volume.
The choice of text material is rather
interesting. A brief description of the
functions of a chemical engineer is followed
by s. section of useful mathematical
methods including a discussion of digital
computers. The presentation and corre-
lation of data are items which are not
normally given and the authors are to be
commended for doing this.
Enough physical and chemical prin-
ciples are given to serve the subsequent
sections on material and energy balances.
The section on balances is the best part of
the book. The last part is devoted to
procees industries of the inorganic and
organic type. Extensive use is made of
problems thus contributing to the quanti-
tative aspect of chemical engineering.
(Continued on page AS16)
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I t is doubtful wherc a course, using this

t,ext ns a basis, ran be fitted into an already
overcrowded mmirulum. The scope of
the book is not m r h that it may he suh-
stituted in t,he customary stoirhiometric
course.
Hence, it is recommended as a, supple
mentary text, not as a substitute for the
excellent lmoks in the stoichiometric field.

Selected Studies in Chemical Kinetics:

Thirty-Fifth Annual Priestley Lectures
Farrington Daniels, University of Wis-
consin, Madison. Published by Phi
Lambda Upsilon and the Department
of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State Uni-
versity, University Park, 1961. vi +
123 pp. Figs. 21.5 X 27.5 cm.
Paper bound. $2.75.

The Priestley lecturers are more than

recognized authorities; they are m m
known t o he able to make their subject
understood by undergraduates. Professor
Daniels has been well chosen on both
counts. As can be expected, this is
mainly a N-0 story, hut a story n.ell told,
excellent as supplemental reading for m y
physical chemistry course.
W.F.K.

Toxicology: Mechanisms and

Analytical Methods. Volume 2
Edited by C. P. Slmoa~t,University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, and A. Stolnmn,
Connecticut State Department of
Health, Hartford. Academic Press,
Inc., New York, 1961. rvi +
921 pp.
Figs. and tablea. 16.5 X 23.5 cm.
$2.5.
T h i s volume is sn extension of the
Volume 1 of this series produced by a team
who are experts in their field.
I n the second volume, the authors have
continued the same format as Volume 1.
The book contains adequate descriptions
of general procedures of analyses, along
with pertinent bihliography so that an
analyst, somewhat versed in technique,
may satisfactorily ohtain the desired
results.
The section which relates to enzymatic
activity is stimulating. Both t,he author
and the reviewers encourage pursuit of
such studies, since they should be valuahk
in understanding the basic mechanism of
toxicological activity. However, a r o r d
of caution is offered that such chanees

this respect over a proper period of time.

The reviewers were impressed wit,h
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