Book Reviews

Book Reviews --Beer, Stafford, Decision and Control. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967,. 556 pp., $13.50; --De Jong, Frits J., Dimensional Analysis for Economists. New York: Humanities Press, Inc., 1967, 223 pp., $11.25; --Rosen, Robert, Optimality Principles in Biology. New York: Plenum Press, 1967, 198 pp., $9.75; --Peller, Sigismund, Quantitative Research in Human Biology and Medicine. Bristol: John Wright & Sons, Ltd., 1967, 422 pp., $11.75; --Vistelius, Andrew B., Studies in Mathematical Geology. New York: Consultants Bureau, 1967, 294 pp., $37.50; --Kurtz, Albert K. and Harold A. Edgerton, Statistical Dictionary of Terms and Symbols. New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1967, 191 pp., $7.50; --James, Glenn and Robert C. James, Mathematics Dictionary. Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1968, 446 pp., $17.50; --Dubes, Richard C., The Theory of Applied Probability. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968, 506 pp., $12.95; --King, William R., Probability for Management Decisions. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1968, 372 pp., $9.95; --Sveshnikov, A. A. (editor), Problems in Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics and Theory of Random Functions. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1968, 481 pp., $14.50; --Wickert, Frederic R. and Dalton E. McFarland (editors), Measuring Executive Effectiveness. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1967, 242 pp., $5.95--reviewed by John O'Shaughnessy; --von Bertalanffy, Ludwig, Robots, Men and Minds. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1967, 150 pp., $5; --Naval Operations Analysis. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1968, 327 pp., paperbound $7.50; --Kaufmann, Arnold, The Science of Decision-Making: An Introduction to Praxeology. London: World University Library, 1968, 253 pp., 14 shillings; --Edwards, Ward and Amos Tversky (editors), Decision Making: Selected Readings. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967, 413 pp., paperbound $1; --Maloney, Clifford J., Tequilap: Ten Quantitative Illusions of Administrative Practice. New York: The William-Frederick Press; 1968; 76 pp.; paperbound $3.