Herbs in History

I. L. Wiggins
1966 Science  
Museum. The series has been out of print for many years. Since his retirement from the Museum, Schmitt has revised his 1931 contribution, and we are fortunate to have available his outstanding general book, Crustaceans (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1965. 204 pp., $1.95), this time published in the Ann Arbor Science Paperback Series. The book is written in a style particularly suitable for the layman who is interested in biology; it has only a minimal amount of scientific jargon and
more » ... echnical terminology. The biologist will find that the book has a special appeal because it provides a myriad of personal observations by Schmitt, who has spent his life studying crustaceans. Museum. The series has been out of print for many years. Since his retirement from the Museum, Schmitt has revised his 1931 contribution, and we are fortunate to have available his outstanding general book, Crustaceans (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1965. 204 pp., $1.95), this time published in the Ann Arbor Science Paperback Series. The book is written in a style particularly suitable for the layman who is interested in biology; it has only a minimal amount of scientific jargon and technical terminology. The biologist will find that the book has a special appeal because it provides a myriad of personal observations by Schmitt, who has spent his life studying crustaceans. Museum. The series has been out of print for many years. Since his retirement from the Museum, Schmitt has revised his 1931 contribution, and we are fortunate to have available his outstanding general book, Crustaceans (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1965. 204 pp., $1.95), this time published in the Ann Arbor Science Paperback Series. The book is written in a style particularly suitable for the layman who is interested in biology; it has only a minimal amount of scientific jargon and technical terminology. The biologist will find that the book has a special appeal because it provides a myriad of personal observations by Schmitt, who has spent his life studying crustaceans. In revising the book, Schmitt deleted certain sections and added others; however, the total effect is not particularly noticeable, except in the two chapters that deal with classification. Rather recent discoveries of new forms of crustaceans have led to the establishment of several new subclasses and the rearrangement of some orders. My only criticism of this excellent book is that the reprinting of the halftones has not been uniformly successful. In a few instances, reducing the size of the illustrations used in the 1931 book has produced a halftone in which the crustaceans are difficult to see.
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