Now Chapter I on Treatment of Engi-
neering Data and Chapter I1 an Interpre-
General Motors of Knowledge. ... There
will be so many physicists that the
research centers will advertise for philoso-
phers." The Journal is so spiced with
his personal opinions or private philoso-
phy that the reader will absorb many of
them for himself.
APPLIFD MATHEMATICS IN CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
H a m l d S. Mickley, Associate Professor
of Chemical Engineering, and Thomas K.
Sherwood, Professor of Chemical Engi-
neering, Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy; Charles E. Reed, Engineering
Manager, Chemical Department, General
Electric Ca. Second edition. McGraw.
Hill Book Co.. New York, 1957. xii +
413 pp. 9 9 figs. 16 X 23.5 cm. $9.
THE first edition of "Sherwood and
Reed" which appeared in 1939 has been
entirely rearranged and rewritten by Prc-
fessor Mickley. Experience in using the
text with students, and the many new
mathematical techniques which are being
used in chemical engineering, have called
for new treatment of old material and the
addition of new topics in the second
edition.
its "purpose of this hook is to consolidate
the advanced methods of mathematics
tation of Engineering Data deal withmate
rial previously in Chapters I , VII, VIII,
and I X on graphical representation, differ-
entiation and integration, interpolation,
and theory of errors. Chapter I1 now dis-
cusses variance and design of experiments.
Chapter I11 on the Mathematical
Formulation of the Physioal Problem
discusses the method of setting up the
differential equation for a procesp. This
naturally is followed by Chapter IV on the
Solution of Ordinary Differential Equa-
tions in which the usual methods of solu-
tion are given. Because the usual meth-
ods are not always applicable, Chapter V
discusses Series and Numerical Solutions
of Ordinary Differential Equations.
Chemical and physical prooesses f r e
quently involve more than two variables,
so Chapter VI deals with the Formulation
of Partial Differential Equations and
Chapter VII with the Solution of Partial
Differential Equations. Vector notation
is introduced in the formulation of partial
differential equations and used for flaw
equations.
A completely new section contains
Chapter VIII on the Laplace Transform,
Chapter I X on Analysis of Stagewise
Processes by the Calculus of Finite
Differences, and Chapter X an the
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential
Equations.
The second edition appears to have a
more uniform level of treatment of all
subjects than did the first edition. I t has
much excellent material and has fulfilled
into a form that can be applied readily by
both the student and the professional
engineer." The man who desires to use
advanced mathematics must know and be
able to use his basic mathematics. He
may need to review some of it before he
can apply the advanced methods of
mathematics given here.
KENNETH A. KOBE
THEUNIVEBBLTT
OI. TEXAS
an an^. TEXAS
ADVANCES IN CARBOHYDRATE
CHEMISTRY. VOLUME 11
Edited by Melville L. Wolfrom and R.
Stuart Tipson. Academic Press Inc.,
New York, 1956. viii +
464 pp. 12
tables. 16 X 23.5 om. $11.
THElatest volume of "Advances in Car-
bohydrate Chemistry," published in 1956,
maintains the same able and comprehen-
sive treatment of subject matter and in-
ternational scope of authorship that dis-
tinguished the preceding volumes of this
series.
The topics presented are: Periodate
Oxidation of Cmhohydrates, which is dis-
cussed by J. M. Bohbitt; The Osones, by
S. Bayne and J. A. Fewster; Reactions af
the Monosaccharides, with beta-Ketonic
Esters and Related Substances, by F. Gar-
cia Gonzilez; Kojic Acid, by Andrew
Bedik; The Biosyntheeis of the Mono-
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION.