Book Reviews

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Book Reviews —Korn, Granino A., and Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 2nd edition, enlarged and revised, 1968, 1130 pp., $25; —Haight, Frank A., Handbook of the Poisson Distribution. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967, 168 pp., $9.50; —Chakravarti, I. M., R. G. Laha, and J. Roy, Handbook of Methods of Applied Statistics, Vol. 1: Techniques of Computation, Descriptive Methods, and Statistical Inference; Vol. 2: Planning of Surveys and Experiments. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967,460 pp. and 160 pp., $12.95 and $9.00; —Kelly, Louis G., Handbook of Numerical Methods and Applications. Reading Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1967, 354 pp., $14.50; —Abramowitz, M., and I. A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1965, 1046 pp., $4.50 (paperback); —Lyusternik, L. A., O. A. Chervonenkis, and A. R. Yanpol'skii, Handbook for Computing Elementary Functions. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1965, 251 pp., $10—reviewed by David W. Miller; —Klerer, Melvin, and Granino A. Korn (eds.). Digital Computer User's Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1967, 922 pp., $27.50—reviewed by John Stewart; —Queueing Theory: Recent Developments and Applications, A NATO Conference. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co. Inc., 1967 (Proceedings of a NATO Conference held in Lisbon, Sept. 27–Oct. 1, 1965), 223 pp., $13.50—reviewed by Wayne Marshall; —Ruiz-Pala, Ernesto, Carlos Avila-Beloso, and William W. Hines, Waiting-Line Models: An introduction to Their Theory and Application. New York: Reinhold Publishing Co., 1967, 180 pp., $9—reviewed by Wayne Marshall; —Almon, Clopper, Matrix Methods in Economics. Reading Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1967, 164 pp., $6.95—reviewed by David W. Miller. Short Reviews —Boot, John, C. G., Mathematical Reasoning in Economics and Management Science: twelve Topics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 178 pp., $7.95; —Rahman, N. A., Exercises in Probability and Statistics. New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1967, 307 pp., $10.50; —MacBride, Robert O., The Automated State. Computer Systems as a New Force in Society. Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Co., 1967, 407 pp., $12.50; —Bernd, Joseph L. (ed.). Mathematical Applications in Political Science, II. Dallas, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1966, 208 pp., $4.95; —Programmed Learning: A Bibliography of Programs and Presentation Devices, 4th edition, 1967–68, compiled by Carl Hendershot with the assistance of publishers, writers, and the National Society for Programmed Instruction. Available from Dr. Carl Hendershot, 4114 Ridgewood Drive, Bay City, Michigan 48707. $11.50; with 1967 Supplements, $16.50; with 1968 Supplements, $21.50; 261 pp., vinyl binder; —Kahn, David, The Code-Breakers: The Story of Secret Writing. New York: Macmillan, 1967, 1164 pp., $14.95.