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THE PLANETS TODAY

A SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY SCIENCE

IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUINCENTENARY OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 1473 TO 1543

CONTENTS PREFACE

Sir Harrie Massey, Sec.R.S. and W. H. McCrea, F.R.S. NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (1473 to 1543)

J. R. Ravetz SOME ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICS OF THE MOON

S. K. Runcorn, F.R.S. MARS AND VENUS

R. M. Goody JUPITER AND SATURN

R. Hide, F.R.S. THE DYNAMICS OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES

G. A. Wilkins and A. T. Sinclair THE WORK OF NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Sir Fred Hoyle, F.R.S.

114 pages Frontispiece and 15 plates (cloth bound)

Price: ?4.50 (U.K. addresses) ?4.65 (Overseas)

First published in Proceedings Series A. Volume 336 (1974)

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

IN THE 1980s This Royal Society symposium on 'food technology in the 1 980s' recognized the important contribution food science and technology has made so far to the feeding of our ever growing urban population. A truly interdisciplinary scientific approach is needed encompassing among others nutrition, biochemistry, microbiology and physical chemistry to advance the multitude of processing and preservation tech- niques, satisfying at the same time the socio-economic, toxicological, and legal constraints placed on any completely new or improved technology today and more so in the future. The innovative culinary art and craft of great chefs of the 19th century has moved from the restaurant to the food factory. All the large-scale processing techniques discussed must therefore satisfy the. visual, olfactory, gustatory and tactile human senses to find consumer acceptability. Added to this must be suitable transport and storage conditions as a vital part in the chain linking food all the way from being grown on the farm via the processor and distributor to the household table.

Every aspect of this food chain is reviewed and discussed in this book.

198 pages (cloth bound)

Price: ?5.50 (U.K. addresses) ?5.70 (Overseas)

First published in Proceedings Series B. Volume 191 (1975)

ISBN: 0 85403 076 X

The Royal Society, 6 Cariton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

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HIGHLIGHTS OF BRITISH SCIENCE

Britain has a great tradition in natural science. From the time of the so-called scientific revolution of the mid-seventeenth century with the foundation of the Royal Society at the heart of it, British scientists have been in the forefront of advances not merely in fundamental science but also in its application to the practical problems of everyday life. Science, of course, knows no national boun- daries and it owes much of its progress and vitality to the free exchange of in- formation and ideas between scientists in all countries. It is nevertheless true that, for a variety of reasons, some countries, of which Britain is one, have made contri- butions out of all proportion to their physical size and population. Today we are in the midst of a worldwide economic recession which has indeed affected Britain more severely than some other highly industrialized nations. Since economic progress and with it our living standards depend nowadays almost entirely on advances in science and in technology based upon it, it is perhaps not surprising that some members of the public should wonder whether we have fallen behind other nations and whether our expenditure on science and scientific research is being misdirected. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our record during the past twenty-five years is an enviable one and our scientific research is vigorous as ever, flushed with success and full of promise. Britain has made and continues to make outstanding contributions in many and diverse fields of science. Some of these are set out in this book and it is my hope that its contents will not only stimulate appreciation of some highlights in British science but will indicate also its promise for the future.' Extract from Lord Todd's Preface

CONTENTS Discoveries about the universe Recent advances in weather forecasting Research in seas and oceans Contributions of scientific discoveries to increases in agricultural productivity Science and the development of nuclear energy The jubilant electron Developments in electron microscopy and microanalysis Chemistry in microtime The intracellular electrode: 25 years of research in cellular electro-physiology Molecules of life High blood pressure: the evolution of drug treatment: British contribution

240 pages 44 plates

ISBN 0854031049

Price including packing and postage

?8.00 (U.K. addresses) ?8.25 (overseas addresses)

The Royal Society 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

Printed in Great Britain for the Royal Society at the University Press, Cambridge

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