A Sampling of Good Source Books
Kinney, William. Medical Science and Space Travel. Watts, 1959, $3.95. Ley, Willy. The Conquest of Space. Viking, 1949, $4.95.
Anthropology
Boyd, William C. Races and People. Abelard-Schuman, 1955, $2.75.
Astronomy
Freeman, Mae, and Ira Freeman. Fun with Astronomy. Ran¬dom House, 1953, $1.50. Schloat, G. Warren. Andy’s Wonderful Telescope. Scribner, 1958, $2.75.
Zim, Herbert S, and Robert H. Baker. Stars. Simon and Schuster, 1951, $1.95.
Biology
Cousteau, J. Y. The Silent World. Harper, 1953, $4.75. Johnson, Gaylord, and Maurice Bleifield. Hunting with the Microscope. Sentinel, 1956, 954.
Peattie, Donald Culross. The Rainbow Book of Nature. World, 1957, $4.95. Peterson, Roger Tory, and James Fisher. Wild America.
Houghton Mifflin, 1955, $5.
Botany
Dudley, Ruth H. Our American Trees. Crowell, 1956, $2.75. Fenton, Carroll Lane, and Dorothy C. Pallas. Trees and Their World. Day, 1957, $3.25.
Hutchins, Ross E. Strange Plants and Their Ways. Rand McNally, 1958, $2.95. Selsam, Millicent E. Play with Seeds. Morrow, 1957, $2.50. Sterling, Dorothy. Story of Mosses, Ferns and Mushrooms. Doubleday, 1955, $2.75. Zim, Herbert S. Plants: A Guide to Plant Hobbies. Harcourt, Brace, 1947, $3.50.
Chemistry
Freeman, Ira M. All about the Wonders of Chemistry. Ran¬dom House, 1954, $1.95. Irwin, Keith G. The Romance of Chemistry from Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fissions. Viking, 1959, $3.75. Seaborg, Glenn T., and Evans G. Valens. Elements of the Universe. Dutton, 1958, $3.95.
Electricity and Electronics
Bendick, Jeanne, and Robert Bendick. Television Works Like This. McGraw-Hill, 1959, $2.75. Freeman, Ira M. All about Electricity. Random House, 1957, $1.95.
Lewellen, John. Understanding Electronics: From Vacuum Tube to Thinking Machine. Crowell, 1957, $3. Morgan, Alfred. Boys’ Second Book of Radio and Electronics. Scribner, 1957, $3.
Engineering
Meyer, Jerome S. World Book of Great Inventions. World, 1956, $3.95.
Geology
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Pearl, Richard M. Rocks and Minerals. Barnes and Noble, 1955,$1.95. Shuttlesworth, Dorothy. The Story of Rocks. Doubleday, 1956, $2.95. Sterling, Dorothy. The Story of Caves. Doubleday, 1956, $3.
Mathematics
Adler, Irving. Magic House of Numbers. New American Library, 1958, 35¢. Hogben, Lancelot. The Wonderful World of Mathematics. Doubleday, 1955, $2.95. Sticker, Henry. How to Calculate Quickly. Dover, 1956, $1.
Medicine
Calder, Ritchie. The Wonderful World of Medicine. Double-day, 1958, $3.95. Cooley, Donald. Science Book of Wonder Drugs. Watts, 1954, $3.50 Reinfeld, Fred. Miracle Drugs and the New Age of Medicine. Sterling, 1957, $3.95. Schubert, Jack, and Ralph E. Lapp. Radiation: What It Is and How It Affects You. Compass, 1958, $1.25.
Meteorology
Laird, Charles, and Ruth Laird. Weather casting. Prentice-Hall, 1955, $3.95. Wyler, Rose. The First Book of Weather. Watts, 1956, $1.95.
Physics
Atkin, J. Myron, and R. Will Burnett. Electricity and Mag¬netism. Rinehart, 1958, $1. Boys, Charles V. Soap Bubbles. Dover, 1959, $1. Haber, Heinz. Our Friend the Atom. Dell, 1956, 354. Irving, Robert. Energy and Power. Knopf, 1958, $2.75. Irving, Robert. Sound and Ultrasonics. Knopf, 1959, $2.75.
Paschel, Herbert P. The First Book of Color. Watts, 1959, $1.95. Ruchlis, Hy. Orbit. Harper, 1958, $2.75.
Physiology
Glemser, Bernard. All about the Human Body. Random House, 1958, $1.95. Schneider, Leo. Lifeline: The Story of Your Circulatory System. Harcourt, Brace, 1958, $2.95.
Zoology
Berrill, N. J. The Living Tide. Premier, 1956, 35 Carson, Rachel. The Edge of the Sea. New American Library, 1959, 50¢.
Cruickshank, Allan, and Helen Cruickshank. 1001 Questions Answered about Birds. Dodd, Mead, 1958, $5. Lavine, Sigmund A. Wonders of the Hive. Dodd, Mead, 1958, $2.95. Scientific American, Editors of. Twentieth Century Bestiary. Simon and Schuster, 1955, $1.45. Zim, Herbert S., and Hurst H. Shoemaker. Fishes. Golden Press, 1957, $1.
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