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<h2>Acta Crystallographica Section A</h2><h3>Crystal Physics, Diffraction, Theoretical and General Crystallography</h3><h3>0567-7394</h3> <h2>books received</h2> Volume 35 Part 6 Page 1090 November 1979 <h2> Landolt-Börnstein. Numerical data and functional relationships in sciences and technology . Group III. Crystal and solid state physics . Vol. 11. Elastic, piezoetectric, pyroelectric, piezooptic, electrooptic constants and nonlinear dielectric susceptibilities of crystals by M. M. Choy, W. R. Cook, R. F. S. Hearmon, H. Jaffe, J. Jerphagnon, S. K. Kurtz, S. T. Liu and D. F. Nelson</h2> J. H. Robertson Acta Cryst. (1979). A35, 1090 Books Received The following books have been received by the Editor. Brief and generally uncritical notices are given of works of marginal crystallographic interest; occasionally a book of fundamental interest is included under this heading because of difficulty in finding a suitable reviewer without great delay. Scientific information transfer: the editor's role. Edited by MIRIAM BALABAN. Pp. xxxii + 686. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1978. Price Dfl 70.00, US $34.50. A review of this book, by A. J. C. Wilson, has been published in the September issue of Acta Crystallographica, Section B, pages 2285-2286. Space groups for solid state scientists. By G. BURNS and A. M. GLAZER. Pp. xii + 278. New York,