A Symposium on the Use of Isotopes in Biology and Medicine Advances in Biological and Medical Physics Radioactive Indicators

Abstract

THESE three comprehensive volumes dealing with biological and medical applications of isotopes appear within a few months of each other, and mark a milestone in the subject. The rate of development in this field has been so rapid that the opportunity has scarcely arisen to take stock of progress. With their appearance a panoramic view of the literature is provided, with the help of which it becomes possible to assess what has been achieved and to speculate on future developments.

A Symposium on the Use of Isotopes in Biology and Medicine

Contributors : Hans T Marke, Harold C. Urey, Glenn T. Seaborg, Paul C. Aebersold, Alfred O. Nier, Charles D. Coryell, Martin D. Kamen, Donald B. Melville, David B. Sprinson, Harland G. Wood, Konrad Block, David M. Greenberg, I. L. Chaikoff, Joseph C. Hamilton, Byron E. Hall, Saul Hertz, William F. Bale, James J. Nickson, Farrington Danins. Pp. xiv+445. (Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1948.) 5 dollars.

Advances in Biological and Medical Physics

Edited by John H. Lawrence Joseph G. Hamilton. Vol. 1. Pp. xi+484. (New York: Academic Press, Inc.; London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1948.) 8.60 dollars.

Radioactive Indicators

Their Application in Biochemistry, Animal Physiology, and Pathology. By George Hevesy. Pp. xvi+556. (New York and London : Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1948.) 60s.