Table of contents

Volume 160 Number 4070 pp587-620


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News

Incentives in Industry p587

doi:10.1038/160587a0



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Book Reviews

Newton at the Mint p589

doi:10.1038/160589a0


Genetics, Medicine and Man p590

doi:10.1038/160590a0


Adolescent Sterility p591

doi:10.1038/160591a0


British Sea Birds p591

doi:10.1038/160591b0


The Cult of the Superman p592

doi:10.1038/160592a0


Précis de dermatologie p592

doi:10.1038/160592b0


The Theory of Functions of Real Variables p592

doi:10.1038/160592c0


Physical Chemistry for Colleges Fundamental Principles of Physical Chemistry p592

doi:10.1038/160592d0



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News

Geology and the Future of Coal Supplies p593

doi:10.1038/160593a0


British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association p595

doi:10.1038/160595a0


Fourth International Congress for Microbiology p596

doi:10.1038/160596a0



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Obituaries

Dr. H. T. Calvert, M.B.E p597

doi:10.1038/160597a0


Surgeon Rear-Admiral C. M. Beadnell, C.B p598

doi:10.1038/160598a0


Prof. Paul Guthnick p598

doi:10.1038/160598b0


[Obituaries] p599

doi:10.1038/160599a0



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News

Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, 1947: Prof. Bernardo A. Houssay, For.Mem.R.S p599

doi:10.1038/160599b0


Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, 1947: Prof. Carl F. Cori and Mrs. Cori p599

doi:10.1038/160599c0


Physiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College: Prof. K. J. Franklin p599

doi:10.1038/160599d0


Botany at McGill University: Prof. Nicholas Polunin p600

doi:10.1038/160600a0


Brigadier D. P. J. Kelly p600

doi:10.1038/160600b0


Scientific Development in China p600

doi:10.1038/160600c0


Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science p600

doi:10.1038/160600d0


Home and Factory Power Exhibition p600

doi:10.1038/160600e0


American Institute of Physics p601

doi:10.1038/160601a0


International Scientific Film Association p601

doi:10.1038/160601b0


Archæological Work in Greece p601

doi:10.1038/160601c0


University of London: Appointments p601

doi:10.1038/160601d0


Announcements p601

doi:10.1038/160601e0



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Letters to Editor

A New Adsorption Apparatus and the Separation of Aspartic and Glutamic Acid p602

BIRGER DRAKE

doi:10.1038/160602a0


Antagonism Between Curare and the Potassium Ion p603

J. P. QUILLIAM & D. B. TAYLOR

doi:10.1038/160603a0


Hippuric Acid Formation from Glycine and Dibenzoylphosphate p603

H. CHANTRENNE

doi:10.1038/160603b0


Methionine in Urine p604

EDWARD G. TOMICH

doi:10.1038/160604a0


Optical Isomers of Amidone, with a Note on isoAmidone p605

R. H. THORP,  E. WALTON & P. OFNER

doi:10.1038/160605a0


Acquired Resistance (Twofold) to Quinine in Plasmodium gallinaceum p606

A. TH. KNOPPERS

doi:10.1038/160606a0


Freezing as an Aid in the Drying and Purification of Humus and Allied Materials p607

W. G. C. FORSYTH & G. K. FRASER

doi:10.1038/160607a0


Effect of Oxygen on the Frequency of Chromosome Aberrations Produced by X-Rays p608

J. M. THODAY & JOHN READ

doi:10.1038/160608a0


Initial Parenchyma Cells in Dicotyledonous Woods p609

K. A. CHOWDHURY

doi:10.1038/160609a0


Willow as Host-Plant of Crioceris merdigera p609

S. MAULIK

doi:10.1038/160609b0


Preparation and Properties of 3-Ethyl-5:5-dimethyloxazolidine-2:4-dione p610

W. H. HOOK

doi:10.1038/160610a0


A Thermodynamic Test for the Internal Consistency of Experimental Data on Volatility Ratios p610

E. F. G. HEBINGTON

doi:10.1038/160610b0


Hydrodynamics of Non-Newtonian Fluids p611

R. S. RIVLIN

doi:10.1038/160611a0


A Long-Term Plan for the Nile Basin p611

H. E. HURST,  R. P. BLACK & Y. M. SIMAIKA

doi:10.1038/160611b0


The Missing Factor in Science p612

J. D. BERNAL

doi:10.1038/160612a0


[Letters to Editor] p613

HERBERT DINGLE

doi:10.1038/160613a0



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News

Valve with Trochoidal Electronic Motion p614

H. ALFVÉN & H. ROMANUS

doi:10.1038/160614a0


Indexing Practice: Trends in German, American and British Chemical Societies' Practice p615

R. BRIGHTMAN

doi:10.1038/160615a0


Royal Photographic Society's Exhibition p618

doi:10.1038/160618a0


Standardization in Industry p618

doi:10.1038/160618b0



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Miscellany

Forthcoming Events p619

doi:10.1038/160619a0


Appointments Vacant p620

doi:10.1038/160620a0