Book Reviews

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.