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AGI member societies and to educational insti- 

 tutions and personnel, $45 to others. (9) Izves- 

 tiya of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 

 Geology Series, monthly, current volume : 58 

 (1958), $27 to members of AGI member soci- 

 eties and to educational institutions and person- 

 nel, $45 to others. (10) GeoScience Abstracts, 

 monthly, current volume: 2, $15 to members of 

 AGI member societies, $35 to educational insti- 

 tutions and personnel and public libraries, $65 

 to others. Editor: Miss Anne C. Sangree. (11) 

 GeoTimes, eight times a year, current volume : 

 5, free to members, $2 to non-members in North 

 America, $2.50 to non-members elsewhere. 

 Editor: Robert C. Stephenson. (12) Inter- 

 national Geology Review, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 2, $15 to members of AGI member 

 societies and to educational institutions and 

 personnel, $55 to others. 



The following serial publications are available 

 from the American Geophysical Union, 1515 

 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, 

 D. C.: (13) Izvestiya of the Academy of Sci- 

 ences of the USSR, Geophysics Series, monthly, 

 $25. Translation editor: W. S. Jardetzky. (14) 

 Journal of Geophysical Research, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 65, $20. Editors : Philip H. Abelson 

 and James A. Peoples, Jr. (15) Transactions 

 of the American Geophysical Union, quarterly, 

 current volume : 41, $4. Editor : Waldo E. Smith. 



The following serial publications are available 

 from the Highway Research Board, 2101 Con- 

 stitution Avenue, Washington 25, D. C.: (16) 

 Proceedings of the Highway Research Board, 

 annual, current volume: 38 (1959), $10. Editor: 

 Herbert P. Orland. (17) Highway Research 

 Abstracts, 11 issues a year, current volume: 

 30, $4. (18) Roadside Development, annual, 

 current volume: 1960, $1. Note: The Highway 

 Research Board also publishes the following 

 monographs in series : Bulletins, Special Re- 

 ports, Research Reports, Bibliographies, and 

 Current Road Problems. 



The following serial publications are available 

 from the individual offices indicated: (19) 

 Annual Report, National Academy of Sciences, 

 National Research Council, current volume : 

 1958-1959, $0.70, available from Superintendent 

 of Documents, U. S. Government Printing 

 Office, Washington 25, D. C. (20) Biographical 

 Memoirs, irregular, current volume : 34, $5, 

 available from Columbia University Press, 2960 

 Broadway, New York 27, N. Y. (21) Artificial 

 Limbs, semiannual, current volume : Spring 1958 

 (Autumn 1958 in press), free, available from 

 Committee on Prosthetics Research and Devel- 

 opment, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington 

 25, D. C. Editor: Bryson Fleer. (22) Informa- 

 tion on Laboratory Animals for Research, quar- 

 terly, current volume : 4, free. Editor : Berton 

 F. Hill. Available from Executive Secretary, 



Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, 2101 

 Constitution Avenue, Washington 25, D. C. (23) 

 Prevention of Deterioration Abstracts, monthly, 

 current volume: 18, $50. Editor: Mrs. Grace 

 Chapman. Available from Prevention of De- 

 terioration Center, 2101 Constitution Avenue 

 Washington 25, D. C. 



Library: Approximately 10,000 volumes. Sci- 

 entific serials and reference works ; publications 

 of the National Academy of Sciences-National 

 Research Council; selected journals of sister 

 academies and research councils in other coun- 

 tries. 



See also the following separate entries for 

 organizations established by the NAS-NRC and 

 operating within its structure: Nos. 17, 185, 186, 

 474, 555, 670, 730, 1206. 



976. National Association for Research in Sci- 

 ence Teaching. President: Clarence H. Boeck, 

 University High School, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Term expires February 1961. Executive Sec- 

 retary: Herman Branson, Howard University, 

 Washington, D. C. Term expires February 

 1961. 



History: Founded 1928. 



Purpose: Promotion of research in science 

 teaching at all levels. 



Membership: Requires published research 

 relative to teaching of science. Total member- 

 ship 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Science Education, five issues 

 annually, current volume : 44, $5. Editor : 

 Clarence M. Pruitt. 



977. National Association of Biology Teachers. 



President: Paul V. Webster, Bryan City 

 Schools, Bryan, Ohio. Term expires December 

 31, 1961. 



History: Organized in New York July 1938. 



Purpose: To improve teaching of biological 

 sciences on all levels. 



Membership: Members, 5,600, requires inter- 

 est in profession of biology teaching. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Active in American 

 Institute of Biological Sciences curriculum 

 study and film series ; cosponsor. National Sci- 

 ence F'oundation institutes in biology. 



Publications: American Biology Teacher, 

 eight annually, current volume: 22, $6. Editor: 

 Paul Klinge, Indiana University, Blooniington, 

 Ind. News and Views, semiannual, current vol- 

 ume : 2, free to members. Editor : Fran Gourley. 



