with a series uf bibliographies and note*.

Several appendixes and a glwsary provided

addrtionsl ruppon data and an entr6 into
technical terms and government acronyms.
The index is annoyingly incomplete.
The hook concludes with two short chapters. The penultimate deals with the international efforts and frustrations to curb risks.
The last sums up where we are now and what
rational prospects are for the future. Not
unexpectedly, no quick fixes are offered for
certainly none exists.
People who have read Science, Chemical
and Engineering News, and agood newspaper
far the past thirty years will not find much
new information in "The Two Faces of
Chemistry." Persons who wish t o acquire
material to support their own views about
chemistry and the world situation will find i t
of valueas will younger membersof the professiun for whmn the dirillusionments of the
Vietnam Wnrnnd thedisenchantment d the
1973 oil crisis are items of history.

William B. Smith
Texas Christian University
F m Worth, TX 76129

(or excitations) to the more complex processes. I t is interesting to note that mass
spectrometry is not included as a spectroscopic technique. It is treated separately since
i t should be classified as a separation technique.
I t is understandable, considering the author's field of expertise, that the spectrmopy
chapters of this text are very comprehensive,
although brief, and are easily understood by
students a t the undergraduate level. The
applicability and limitations of each technique are pointed out. For example, quantitative analytical applications of infrared
spectroscopy are usually ignored or given a
one-page mention in most texts. This is a very
important technique in industrial and environmental analysis and is well covered in this
text.
There are, however, certain weaknesses in
this text. In general, the book is polarized
with respect to its coverage of spectroscopic
technique. Chromatographic techniques are
covered adequately, but electroanalytical
methods are discussed in one brief chapter.
This chapter is not only out-of-date in that
i t covers only the classical techniques such as
potentiometry, coulometry, amperometry,
and polarography, but also i t completely
omits the modern electroanalytical techniques used extensively now for trace analysis
and reaction mechanism and kinetic studies
(AC polarography, pulse polarography, anodic stripping analysis, cyclic voltammetry,
spectroelectroehemistry, etc.). In addition,
several other, important techniques in instrumental analysis are omitted completely.
A partial list of these are activation analysis,
radiochemical methods, M6sshauer spectroscopy, polymer analysis, kinetic methods,
and surface techniques. Clearly, if this hook
is to he used in a survey course covering all
aspects of modern instrumental analyses, the
instructor will need to suoolement
the text.
..
The blblwgraphv. s u g g ~ ~ kexperlmrnffi.
d
and prnhlemtg.ven at thrmdofeach rhnpter
are adequate except for rhe rhaptrr on QIPCtrochemistry.
Harry B. Mark Jr.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati. OH 45221

~ n d e r a r a d u a t eInstrumental Analvsls:
Third Edition, Revlsed a n d Expanded.
James W. Robinson, Marcel Dekker. Inc.,
550 pp. Figs.
New York. NY, 1982. iii
and tables. 15.5 X 23.5 cm. 528.75.

This textbook which is specifically aimed

for use in undergraduate level course in instrumqntal methods of analysis is very well
written and organized and is a good teaching
text. There are special features which set this
hook apart from other hookson this subject.
One is an introductory section which discusses "What is Analytid Chemistry?". This
reviewer disagrees slightly on the philosophy
of analvtical chemistrv,..eiven..hut I think that
the prerenmtm 19well thought.<~~t
and eacn
indiwduol mstructm can make use uf it to
give thew uwn varmtronr. I thinksucha drxcussion is important. Another special feature
is the author's presentation of spectroscopy
starting with long wavelength techniques and
~roceedine
the electromaenetic
" throueh
"
spectrum toshortrr na\plengrh techniques.
the
Initially, this seemed onnorurnl, hur
reading of the trut, i r lenda thpitudent in,m
the most simple photon matter interactions
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April 1984

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