  The Cell, Carl P. Swanson, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964, 114 pp., $1.75. Inside the Living Cell, J. A. V. Butler, Basic Books, Inc., New York, 1959, 174 pp., $3.95. Life and Energy, Isaac Asimov, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962, 380 pp., $4.95. Applied Nuclear Physics, Ernest C. Pollard and William L. Davidson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1956, 352 pp., $6.00. Adventures in Radioisotope Research, the collected works, with recent annotations, of George de Hevesy, Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1961, 1047 pp. (2 volumes), $30.00. The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids, J. N. Davidson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 4th edition, 1960, 287 pp., $4.25. The Machinery of the Body, A. J. Carlson and C. Johnson, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1961, 752 pp., $6.50. Life: An Introduction to Biology, George G. Simpson and William S. Beck, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 2nd edition, 1965, 869 pp., $8.95. From Cell to Test Tube, Robert W. Chambers and Alma Payne, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1962, 216 pp., $1.45. Isotopic Tracers in Biology, M. D. Kamen, Academic Press Inc., New York, 3rd edition, 1957, 474 pp., $9.50. Autoradiography in Biology and Medicine, G. A. Boyd, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1955, 399 pp., $10.00. A Tracer Experiment: Tracing Biochemical Reactions with Radioisotopes, Martin D. Kamen, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., New York, 1964, 127 pp., $1.28. Molecular Biology: Genes and the Chemical Control of Living Cells, J. M. Barry, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964, 139 pp., $3.35. Elementary Biophysics: Selected Topics, Herman T. Epstein, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Reading, Massachusetts, 1963, 122 pp., $2.95 (hardback), $1.75 (paperback). ArticlesAutobiographies of Cells, R. Baserga and W. Kisieleski, Scientific American, 209: 103 (August 1963). Electrons, Enzymes, and Energy, Michael G. Del Duca and John M. Fuscoe, International Science and Technology, 39: 56 (March 1965). Scientific American, 205 (September 1961). This is a special issue on the living cell. The two articles cited below are of particular interest:
ReportsLiquid Scintillation Counting: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Northwestern University, August 20-22, 1957, C. G. Bell, Jr. and F. N. Hayes (Eds.), Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1957, 292 pp., $10.00. Atomic Energy Research: Life and Physical Sciences; Reactor Development; and Waste Management, A Special Report of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (December 1961), Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402, 333 pp., $2.25. BookletsRadioisotopes in the Service of Man, Fernand Lot, National Agency for International Publications, 317 East 34th Street, New York 10016, 1958, 82 pp., $1.00. Science and Cancer, M. B. Shimkin, Public Health Service Publication No. 1162, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402, 1964, 137 pp., $0.60. Motion PicturesThe Cell: Structural Unit of Life, 10 minutes, sound, color or black and white, 1949, Coronet Films, Inc., 65 E. South Water Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. Continuity of Life: Characteristics of Plants and Animals, 11 minutes, sound, color or black and white, 1954, Audio-Visual Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405. DNA: Molecule of Heredity, 16 minutes, sound, color (No. 1825), black and white (No. 1826). 1960, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois 60091. The Science of Genetics, AIBS Secondary School Film Series, No. 13280, 25 minutes, sound, color, 1962, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street, New York 10036. Available for loan without charge from the AEC Headquarters Film Library, Division of Public Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545, and other AEC film libraries: Tracing Living Cells, Challenge Film No. 11, 29 minutes, sound, black and white, 1962. Produced by Ross-McElroy Productions The Eternal Cycle, 12½ minutes, sound, black and white, 1954. Produced by the Handel Film Corporation. This nontechnical film illustrates the use of radioisotope tracers in biological research and is suitable for intermediate- through college-level audiences. Chromosome Labeling by Tritium, 15 minutes, sound, color, 1958. Produced by the Jam Handy Organization for the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. This technical film discusses the advantages of tritium over other radioisotopes as labeling material in autoradiography. A is for Atom, 15 minutes, sound, color, 1953. Produced by the General Electric Company. This nontechnical film explains the structure of the atom, natural and artificially produced elements, stable and unstable atoms, principles and applications of nuclear reactors, and the benefits of atomic radiation to biology, medicine, industry, and agriculture. It is suitable for elementary- through high-school audiences. |
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