at the base of the skull. first to operate successfully for goiter. 16. Wendell Meredith Stanley (b. 1904) 1946 Nobel Sir Hans Adolf Krebs (b. 1900) 1953 Nobel Lau- Laureate in Chemistry who crystallized tobacco reate in and Medicine who contrib- mosaic virus and found it was still infectious uted so fundamentally to the understanding of when liquefied. the citric acid cycle. Sarah Elizabeth Stewart (b. 1906) Isolated and Frederick Chapman Robbins (b. 1916) 1954 No- characterized polyoma virus. bel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine for Wilhelm Wundt (b. 1832) Father of experimental the tissue culture of polio virus, who studied psychology. the epidemiology of Q fever and the immunology 17. Fritz Frank (b. 1856) Introduced extraperitoneal of mumps. caesarean section (1906) -now called Frank's op- 26. Prince Albert (b. 1819) Married Queen Vic- eration. toria, siring textbook classic history of hemo- Charles Bernard Lipman (b. 1883) Discovered philia heredity. symbiosis between blue-green algae and nitro- Charles Robert Richet (b. 1850) 1913 Nobel gen-fixing bacteria; showed bacteria could sur- Laureate in Physiology and Medicine for work vive centuries of desiccation (in pre-Inca bricks). on anaphylaxis-hypersensitive reaction of body

18. Meriwethe.r Lewis (b. 1774) Explorer of Lewis to foreign substances. Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/31/5/337/25353/4442599.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021 and Clark fame. 1883-Island of Krakatao "blew up." 19. Robert Brainard Corey (b. 1897) With L. Paul- 27. Sir William Maddock Bayliss (d. 1924) Dis- ing, suggested helical alpha configuration of poly- covered hormone secretin and introduced saline peptides. injection in treatment of surgical shock. Roman Vishniac (b. 1897) Premier cinephotog- 28. Robert Day Allen (b. 1927) Postulated a fun- rapher of , in addition to studies of damental theory to explain amoeboid movement. physiology of and plasma circulation of George Hoyt Whipple (b. 1878) 1934 Nobel Lau- unicellular plants. reate in Physiology and Medicine found correla- 20.1912-Plant Quarantine Act became law. tion between liver and hemoglobin in dogs and 21. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (d. 1762) Before who studied protein metabolism with C14 lysines Jenner, had son inoculated to smallpox accord- as well as body use and distribution of vitamin ing to Turkish practice (c. 1717) and met op- B12 labelled with Co60. position when she introduced the practice in 29. Werner Forssmann (b. 1904) 1956 Nobel Laure- England. ate in Physiology and Medicine who performed 22. Gregory Goodwin Pincus (d. 1967) Developer a cardiac cathertization upon himself. of oral contraceptive pill, Enovid, and hormone 30. Maurice Ralph Hilleman (b. 1919) Has con- for treating breast cancer, Estrone. ducted fundamental work on mumps vaccine, 23. Georges L. C. F. D. Cuvier (b. 1769) Founder of interferon, and host resistance. comparative . Theodor Svedberg (b. 1884) 1926 Nobel Laureate 24. Donald Joyce Borror (b. 1907) Author of classic in Chemistry who developed the ultracentrifuge. text about insects and researcher in Odonata Curt Stern (b. 1902) Drosophila . and ornithology. 31. Herman Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz (b. 1821) 25. Emil Theodor Kocher (b. 1841) 1909 Nobel Lau- Invented the ophthalmoscope and was first to reate in Physiology and Medicine who was the measure the velocity of nerve impulses.

but there are interesting sections on the biological sciences. Papers were the place of science in the curriculum, presented in English, French, or Span- teaching and administrative personnel, ish. Those presented in French or facilities, evaluation, and especially the Spanish were summarized in English. section on the place of the science The two from the U. S. are the program in the community. thoughtful and detailed paper by Hulda Thus, this turns out to be a useful Grobman on the BSCS and the critical adjunct to the reading assignments of review of BSCS by David Ausubel the methods course and other educa- printed earlier in this journal. tion courses in the curriculum. For the The other papers cover a large range SCIENCETEACHING AIDS experienced teacher there is not much of topics including biophysics, ethology, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE TEACH- that is new, but it is a useful and historical method, school gardens, ING, Eugene C. Lee, 111 pp., Wads- succinct summary for the teacher in field trips, ecology, physical sciences worth Publishing Company, Belmont, the making. in , as well as specific national California, 1967. problems in Morocco, Tunisia, Rumania, A paperback in the Wadsworth NEW TRENDS IN BIOLOGY TEACHING, Vol. , U.S.S.R., England, and Guides to Science Teaching series and I, R. Heller, Ed., 298 pp., UNESCO, Israel. The papers are largely descrip- which reviews the various curriculum Paris, France, 1967. tive of present practices. revision efforts. Of course, there is no A paperback containing papers by There is little coherency to all this, in-depth treatment of any of them, European and American educators in but it is similar to conference pro-

BIOLOGYIN AUGUST 337 ceedings wherein each author has his he does, how he effects change, his few items noted. Otherwise it should point of view. While this volume does education, resources, and . be useful for the science librarian. not tell what the European state of With a host of authors, there is some biology education is, it is useful to unevenness, and a great deal of re- CONFERENCE ON TEACHER EDUCATION, read in order to appreciate what it is. dundancy. But there are important James A. Goldman, Ed., 92 pp., $2.00, chapters, and overall, the book is the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, only BIOLOGY TEACHER'S GUIDE, John H. Ro- publication of its kind. Its use- New York, 1968. sengren, 227 pp., $6.95, Parker Pub- fulness is therefore assured. A series of speeches and discussion lishing Co., West Nyack, New York, When one notes the growing num- transcriptions from a conference on the 1968. ber of these important people-the improvement of science teacher edu- This reviewer exhumed his 15 years supervisor-this book is a necessity cation. Participants included Fletcher of high school biology teaching and for each one, if only to assess his role Watson, Alexander Calandra, Mark was in almost 100% agreement with the and his effectiveness. Zemansky, Sam Shenberg, and Stan author in his advice to biology teachers. Weinberg. It is the estimation of this There can be no doubt that the author RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT reviewer that Weinberg's presentation has taught in the high school biology IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, Addison Lee, (at the last) was the most meaningful classroom. His language is terse, to the Ed., 145 pp., $2.50, Science Education and stimulating. He voiced the views of point, the text is well organized, and Center, Austin, Texas, 1968. many biology teachers and did it well. unusually useful to the teacher. In The first in a planned series of Many of the presentations said what fact, if this reviewer were to write a monographs edited by Addison E. Lee has been said many times before and book which he thought might be useful is devoted primarily to the new pro- one had the uncomfortable feeling that Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/31/5/337/25353/4442599.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021 to the biology teacher, much of what grams in high school biology. The editor old prejudices were being exposed once is included would be there. suggests that since many of these new more but little concrete to recommend The organization is simple: planning curriculum studies have now reached except the familiar trilogy; more the course, methods of presentation, a stage of reasonable maturity, and money, time, and education. teaching techniques, audio-visual ma- have been accepted and used by many However, it was Weinberg who of- terials, classroom management, field teachers who were not involved in fered some new ideas and who pointed trips, evaluation, special problems, their initial development, more needs out that skilled professional teachers facilities, and in-service education. The to be done with them in terms of are not rare and can be found. He reviewer recognized quite a few ideas analysis and evaluation with relation even proposes that such people be in he would have written in the chapter to their current use by teachers and charge of the pedagogical training of on teaching techniques. So if the adage students. teachers, or at least on an in-service that "great minds, etc." is true, this With the exception of two chapters, basis. Weinberg claims that "good" reviewer must be complimentary. It the book is work done by a number of teachers can be discovered and offers is a practical guide whose usefulness graduate students in partial fulfill- some methods to do so. should be primarily with the neophyte ment of the requirements leading to a The volume exposes the old dichot- teacher, or the one in business for doctorate at the University of Texas omies of content vs. method, research about three years. at Austin. However, the caliber of the vs. teaching, college vs. high school, This reviewer is impressed with the work reported is great enough that curriculum studies vs. independence, practicality of the author's approach. this book warrants the attention of and administrators vs. everyone. It does There is little philosophy or platitudes. all those interested in the use of it well. Some items need to be expanded and new curriculum materials and in the elaborated, e.g., class organization. development of communication among THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL His- Others, seem to be self-evident, e.g., educators concerned with the evalua- TORY SPECIMENS, Vol. 2, Reginald use of , etc. The comparison tion and techniques of dissemination Wagstaffe and J. Havelock Fidler, of texts usually revolves around the of new developments in biology. Some 404 pp., $17.50, Philosophical Li- BSCS versions and the Otto and Towle of these findings have been reported in brary, New York, 1968. text. While some critics may feel that other channels, but it is convenient to Printed on high quality paper and the inquiry approach is not enough find them all together in one volume. illustrated, this book details the formu- stressed, what the author has done is Perhaps one of the strongest contri- lae and techniques necessary to pre- to stress the practical teaching situation butions of this issue is the fact that serve specimens of vertebrates and and he lays the ground-work for the many of the authors have attempted botanical and geological items. The inquiry approach by his technique tips. to bridge a communication gap that authors are English but the directions Although the author indicates some exists between the educational psy- are applicable in the U. S. without the preference as to journals of usefulness chologists and those individuals con- usual transliteration of terms, etc. to the teacher (this journal comes off cerned with the preparation of new It is a handy volume for these with faint praise) his over-all approach curriculum materials. biology teachers who are asked or to the problems of teaching is practical D.W. who want to preserve some of the and real and deserves a careful reading, specimens brought in. It is a unique especially among all new biology teach- volume which brings together assorted ers. BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL RESOURCE LITERATURE,Ann E. Kerker and Harry information on the necessary tech- T. Murphy, 226 pp., Free, Purdue niques. A SOURCEBOOKFOR SCIENCE SUPERVISORS, University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Mary Blatt Harbeck, Ed., 144 pp., 1968. MUSEUMS AND EDUCATION,Eric Larrabee, $3.00, National Science Teachers As- A bibliography of various types of Ed., 255 pp., $6.50, Smithsonian Insti- sociation, Washington, D.C., 1967. literature useful for the . The tution Press, Washington, D. C., 1968. A collection of essays around the groupings seem appropriate, but the The papers from a symposium held topic of the book and written by a items included under "Study and Teach- in 1966 and focused on organizational, group of knowledgeable people in this ing of Biology" are very few and education, and financial implications business. Not much is made of the mysteriously selected. This item indi- of expanded roles for museums. Ex- term "supervisors,"but one author does cates very little knowledge of the field perts from the fields of history, art, list a series of synonyms. The chief and should have been omitted if it science, and museum administration sections are the supervisor's role, what were necessary to reduce it to the are the authors of the individual pa-

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