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82:6354 Lepkowski, Wil, 1980. Science and the humanities:

bridging the gap. Chem. Engng News, 58(48):21- 26.

As trust in the beneficence of scientific and tech- nological progress diminishes, interest in achieving a new collaboration between C.P. Snow's 'two cul- tures' runs high. If nature is indeed determinate, and not a sheer work of art, the methods of statistical mechanics may lead to the development of a social thermodynamics and a practical theory of history. (dlf)

82:6355 Michaelis, A.R. (ed.), 1982. The risk of technology.

Interdiscipl. Sci. Rev., 7(2):85-86.

Progress toward the four freedoms--of expression, of worship, from want and from fear--does not seem very great since Franklin D. Roosevelt first defined them 40 years ago. Technology is supposed to be 'the answer,' and yet it is irrelevant to the second freedom, and has had a deleterious effect on the fourth. As to the first and the third, technology is no longer a limiting factor. Spectrum House, HiUview Gardens, London NW4 2JQ, UK. (fcs)

82:6356 Sterrett, F.S. and B.L. Rosenberg (eds.), 1982.

Science and public policy. II. Meetings 1979- 1980. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 387:130pp; 12 papers.

This is the New York Academy of Sciences' second volume of papers collected from the monthly meetings of the Section of Science and Public Policy. Six of the papers concern health services; the miscellaneous remaining papers cover environmental carcinogens, maintaining scientific integrity, profes- sionalism and freedom as a government employee, hazardous waste disposal, and the limits of scientific bases for decision-making. (fcs)

F320. Literature of science

82:6357 Conrad, G.W., 1982. Authorship and responsibility in

scientific publications and manuscript reviews. Opinion. Trends biochem. Sci., 7(5):167-168.

It is proposed that graduate students be solely accountable for their published work, that respon- sibility not be diluted through co-authorship with an advisor or chief investigator. The concept of ac- countability is then extended to manuscript re- viewers, who should be willing (required) to sign

reviews. Div. of Biol., Kansas State Univ., Man- hattan, Kan. 66506, USA. (fcs)

82:6358 Rowland, J.F.B., 1982. The scientist's view of his

information system. J. Docum., 38(1):38-42.

A questionnaire, part of a study by the Royal Society's Committee on Scientific Information, indicated that while, somewhat anomalously, there was considerable interest in the U.K. in on-line information retrieval, 'the overall impression given by these results is one of conservatism, with traditional attitudes and practice continuing to prevail.' Of five suggested cost-saving publishing innovations only the least radical--printing directly from typescript--met with approval. Whatever changes come about, maintenance of scholarly standards remains paramount. Royal Soc. of Chem., Univ. of Nottingham, Univ. Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. (fcs)

82:6359 Sandy, John, 1982. On-line databases vital for

scientific research. (Editorial.) Science, 216(4553):p.1367.

The versatility of on-line databases is briefly re- capped, as are the problems of cost and ready access. 'Scientists need to be trained to do their own on-line literature searches,' says the author. Gen. Libraries, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex. 78712, USA. (fcs)

82:6360 Sydenham, P.H., 1982. The literature of instrument

science and technology. J. Phys., scient. Instrums, E, 15(5):487-491.

Methods and techniques for the classification and location of various types of literature are considered, together with terminology and problems of retrieval. Examples of standard lists of terms, catalog num- bers, and related data bases, etc., are included in appendices. Sch. of Elect. Engrg., So. Australian Inst. of Tech., Pooraka, South Australia. (jch)

F370. Multidisciplinary scientific studies (general interest)

82:6361 Andrews, J.C. and Patrick Gentien, 1982. UpweHing

as a source of nutrients for the Great Barrier Reef ecosystems: a solution to Darwin's question? Mar. EcoL-Prog. Ser., 8(3)'257-269.

To address Darwin's question of how coral polyps could grow vigorously without decreasing their food