Book Reviews

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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.