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For the Writing Man The Language of Science. A Guide to

Effective Writing. WILLIAM G I L -MAN, vii + 248 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 750 Third Ave., New York 17, N.Y. 1961. $4.95. Reviewed by Dr. Milton Silverman.

Dr. Silverman is a science writer for the Saturday Evening Post, director of medical research for the California State Wine Advisory Board, science editor of the San Francisco Chronicle from 1933 to 1959, a past president of the National Association of Science Writers, and winner of the Lasker Award for science writing.

Thirty years ago, when I was a new and exceptionally nervous science writer, I occasionally met scientists who disdainfully informed me that they preferred to have their research unmentioned. They published no papers in the journals, they gave no speeches, and they granted no inter­views.

"I am working purely for the joy of the work," one memorable character told me. "I feel no obligation to ex­ploit my findings."

At the time, I was impressed. I looked upon these silent men as high-principled, modest, and dedicated. Now I realize most of them were merely illiterate. They didn't write because they didn't know how to write.

Such men are still with us. They need help. So do scientists who want to write, or think they are able to write, but find to their distress that their manuscripts are boring to readers, misunderstood by their col­leagues, or flatly rejected by editors.

One of the best forms of this needed help is the new volume by William Gilman, who not only is a chemist and writer but also has won the respect of chemists and writers.

His book is no dictionary or text­book on grammar. Instead, it is a terse, clear, witty, and immensely practical map of the booby traps which lie in the path of the would-be successful science writer. He has charted most of the ambiguous terms, clumsy sentence structures, "hyphen horrors," confusing jargon, lazy verbs, wordy phrases, and uninviting leads which can be guaranteed to drive edi­tors and readers to madness.

Few of even the finest writers among scientists, and few of even the best science writers, will be able to read his book without pleasure and without profit. And few of us will be able to read it without recognizing some of our own sins.

Gilman has not written a six-lessons-to-gorgeous-prose handbook. His ad­vice is easy to read, not so easy to apply. But successful writing is no more difficult than successful research. Successful writing, he emphasizes, re­quires clear thinking-^-the initial hurdle which stops many a potential writer— and then knowledge of the language, moderate skill, a willingness to experi­ment and reject, a feeling of empathy toward the reader, and a lot of hard work. Some scientists may rebel at the work involved, but the results should justify it.

In short, if youïe writing more but telling less . . .

Aid to Reading German

Concise German-English Chemical Dictionary. RICHARD ERNST, INGE-

BORG ERNST VON MORGENSTERN,

editors. 727 pages. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 432 Park Ave. South, New York 16, N.Y. 1962. $7.95. Reviewed by Dr. Julian F. Smith.

Dr. Smith is professor of chemistry at l&noir Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C., and a technical information consultant.

As the American edition of "Fachwort-erbuch der Ghemie" by the same com­pilers ( Brandstetter Verlag, Wies-baden), this dictionary differs from the German printing only in the title page and publisher's imprint. It is concise, as the English title says, and broad in subject range, as the foreword states^ Both are laudable objectives, but im­possible of simultaneous achievement without substantial sacrifices on at least onet side. In this book the sacri­fices are mainly in thoroughness of vocabulary in the finer details of special areas in chemistry and in the chemical process industries. Limits had to be imposed, so that injudicious inclusions meant exclusion of more useful terms. Most of the bilingual identities could have been exempted by a note in the foreword; at least one, "sophorin," could well have been omitted anyway because it is a rela-

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tively uncommon name for rutin. There are some rather pedestrian defi­nitions, such as "in the form of steps" for stufenformig. Some are unknown to Webster's heirs, e.g., "choju" for Sojasauce. Others are questionable, e.g., "chloric, chlorous" for chlorhaltig. Misprints seem rare; only one was noted, namely "fur(fu)ral." As a con­cession to differences between British and American usage, many variant spellings are shown, and Americanisms are often so indicated. As an aid in reading German chemical literature this dictionary will serve excellently. Used with a wary eye on adequacy and accuracy of the necessary brief definitions, it will be a convenient and useful companion for professional translators.

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Evaporation Loss from Fixed-Roof Tanks is the topic of a 40-page booklet released by American Petroleum In­stitute as API Bulletin 2518. It con­tains correlation and evaluation of test data. Copies may be ordered at $1.00 each from API Publications Section, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York 20, N.Y.

Columbia University Press, 2960 Broadway, New York 27, N.Y., has issued a 36-page booklet containing announcement of its fall 1962 books.

Elastomeric and Plastomeric Sealing Materials for Fluid Power Systems is

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A new foreign language technical translation service is being offered to industrial and government organiza­tions by the language translation de­partment of Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., 125 North Vinedo Ave., Pasa­dena, Calif. The department will tailor a foreign language technical translation program to fit the particu­lar needs of a customer.

An international journal called Photo­chemistry and Photobiology began publication in January and will be issued quarterly by Pergamon Press, Inc., 122 East 55th St., New York 22, N.Y. Subscription rate for libraries, government establishments, and re­search laboratories is $20 a year; for individuals, $10.

Fuel to the Fire is the title of a half-hour film produced by the Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Founda­tion of George Washington University, Washington, D.C. It is available for a nominal rental to educational institu­tions, TV stations, businesses, and other organizations. It is designed to provide a clear impression of what the U.S. patent system is, how it came to be, why it is important, and what it means to the individual citizen.

The World of Sevin is the name of a 16-mm., 22-minute, full-color, sound film which tells the story of better crop production in 10 different coun­tries through use of agricultural chemi­cals. Groups can arrange for loan by contacting D. R. Ackerson, Union Carbide International Co., 270 Park Ave., New York 17, N.Y. English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Arabic versions are available.

Vegetable Insect Control is the subject of a 10-minute film produced for the Ortho Division of California Chemical by Ingraham Productions, San Fran­cisco. It is available on loan to grower groups and other interested organizations by writing to L. F. Czufin, Manager, Advertising and Pub­lic Relations, 200 Bush St., San Fran­cisco 20, Calif.

A Light in Nature is the name of a 33-minute, 16-mm. color-and-sound

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film which is offered on loan, free, to schools, clubs, and other interested groups. It depicts scientists at work on the frontiers of knowledge. It shows how science has evolved from the experimental philosophy of the 17th century to the disciplines of today. Write to Shell Oil Co., Public Relations Department, 50 West 50th S t , N e w York 20, N.Y.

NEW BOOKS

Electrolytes. B. PESCE, editor, viii + 360 pages. Pergamon Press, 122 East 55th St., New York 22, N.Y. 1962. $15.

Proceedings of an International Sympo­sium at Trieste, June 1959.

Invitation to Chemical Research. E. EMMET REID. xviii -|- 366 pages. Franklin Publishing Co., Inc., Box 65, Dept. 117, Palisade, N.J. 1961. $10.60.

How-to-do-it book said to enable be­ginners and students to carry out research in any branch of chemistry. Steps de­scribed in great detail.

Ion Production by Electron Impact. R. I. REED, xii -f 242 pages. Academic Press, Inc., I l l Fifth Ave., New York 3, N.Y. 1962. $7.00.

Said to meet the need for a general survey in the field of electron impact phenomena.

Introduction to Hydraulic Fluids. ROGER E. HATTON. ν + 363 pages. Reinhold Publishing Corp., 430 Park Ave., New York 22, N.Y. 1962. $12.95.

Presents common ground for understand­ing the relationship between the chemical and physical properties and the mechani­cal aspects o f the hydraulic system.

An Introduction to Infrared Spectroscopy. WERNER BRUGEL, translated by A. R. and A. J. D. Katritzky. xv + 419 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York 16, N.Y. 1962. $9.00.

Introduces students to all aspects of prac­tical infrared spectroscopy.

Introduction to Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. P. J. DURRANT, B. DUR-RANT. xv -f- 1171 pages. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Park Ave. South, New York 16, N.Y. 1962. $15.50.

Said to cover the whole range of the sub­ject up to the point beyond which its study is best followed in monographs and re-

Introduction to Nuclear Physics and Chemistry. BERNARD G. HARVEY, Χ -f-370 pages. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Engle-wood Cliffs, N.J. 1962. $12.

A description of the atomic nucleus and its properties, and the theories and models which have been postulated to account for the experimental observations of nu­clear behavior.

Molecular Biochemistry. EDWARD M. KOSOWER. xii + 304 pages. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York 36, N.Y. 1962. $12.50.

Applies principles of physical-organic chemistry to the molecular transforma­tions of biochemistry.

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