BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: PHYSICS, A BASIC SCIENCE, by Elmer E. Burns, Teacher of Physics (Emeritus), Austin High School, Chicago; Frank L. Verwiebe, Research Physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University; and Herbert C. Hazel. TELEVISION: How IT WORKS, by John F. Rider and others. Paper. 203 pages. 20.5+28 cm. 1948. John F. Rider. A MODERN COURSE IN TRIGONOMETRY, by Alfred Hooper, formerly Headmaster of Hillstone Preparatory School, Malvern, England , and Alice L. Griswold, Garden City High School, New York . MODERN‐SCHOOL GEOMETRY, by John R. dark, Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; and Rolland R. Smith. CHEMISTRY AT WORK, Revised Edition, by William McPherson and William Edwards, both Professors of Chemistry in the Ohio State University , and George Winegar Fowler, Supervisor of Science, City Schools, Syracuse, New York . TEXTBOOK OF CHEMISTRY, Revised Edition, by Albert L. Elder, Director of Research, Corn Products Refining Company, Ewing C. Scott, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University , and Frank A. Kanda, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University . CHEMISTRY IN ACTION, by George M. Rawlins, Professor of Chemistry, Austin Peay State College, Clarksville, Tennessee, and Formerly Head of the Department of Science, Public Schools of the District of Columbia, Divisions I‐IX; Alden H. Struble, Teacher of Chemistry, Western High School, Washington , D. C. Cloth. MANUAL OF ASTRONOMY, A GUIDE TO OBSERVATION AND LABORATORY INTERPRETATION IN ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY, by William Shaw, and Samuel L. Boothroyd, Cornell University . SPROUTING YOUR WINGS, Prepared by Bruce H. Guild, Iron Mountain High School, Iron Mountain, Michigan , for the Committee on Experimental Units of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. ANIMAL BIOLOGY, by Michael F. Guyer, Professor of Zoology, University of Wisconsin . Fourth Edition. THE STATUS OF THE BEGINNING CALCULUS STUDENTS IN PRE‐CALCULUS COLLEGE MATHEMATICS, A Study Carried Out with Students in Brooklyn College and City College of New York, by Mary Draper Boeker, Ph.D., Instructor in Mathematics, Brooklyn College . INTEGRATION IN FINITE TERMS. Liouville's Theory of Elementary Methods, by Joseph Fels Ritt, Davies Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University . HIGHER ALGEBRA, A Sequel to Higher Algebra for Schools, by W. L. Fcrrar, M.A., D.Sc., Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford . INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA, by Jack R. Britton Ph.D. and L. Clifton Snively, M.S. (E.E.) University of Colorado . ELEMENTARY CONCEPTS OF MATHEMATICS, by Burton W. Jones, Cornell University .