A comprehensive information resource for traditional complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM) is in the making, filling the needs of a broad base of audience for access to such materials.

Sponsored by WHO (World Health Organisation) and developed through the WGHO (Working Group for Humanitarian Organisations), WHO Global Atlas on Traditional and Complementary Medicine consists of two volumes of textual analysis of the global status of TCAM.

One volume reports the global, regional and national status of related policies and discusses country experiences; the other provides maps illustrating the distribution of TCAM graphically. These maps are derived from the global data sets generated by coordinators and research teams in each of the six WHO regions: Africa, The Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, South and East Asia and Western Pacific.

The volumes are edited by Gerard Bodeker and C K Ong (University of Oxford), C Grundy (London School of Hygience & Tropical Medicine), G Burford (GIFTS of Health, Oxford), and Y Kawaguchi and K Shein WHO Kobe Centre).

CANDID SCIENCE IV
Conversations with Famous Physicists
by Magdolna Hargittai (Eötvös University, Hungary) & István Hargittai (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)

Physics has been one of the determining fields of science in the past 100 years, playing a conspicuous role not only in science but also in world politics and economics. Candid Science IV contains 36 interviews with well-known physicists, including Nobel laureates, winners of Templeton Prize and Wolf Prize, as well as other luminaries. These in-depth conversations provide a glimpse into the greatest achievements of physics during the past few decades, featuring stories of the discoveries and the human drama behind them.

The volume features a wide range of scientists, from such early giants as Eugene Wigner and Mark Oliphant to members of the youngest generation such as the 2001 Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle. Other famous personalities include Steven Weinberg, Leon Lederman, Norman Ramsey, Edward Teller, John Wheeler, Mildred Dresselhaus, Maurice Goldhaber, Benoit Mandelbrot, John Polkinghorne, and Freeman Dyson.

NEUROLOGY OF THE ARTS
Painting, Music, Literature
edited by F Clifford Rose (London Neurological Centre, UK)

This book is the first attempt to provide a basis for the interaction of the brain and nervous system with painting, music and literature. The introduction deals with the problems of creativity and parts of the brain which are involved. This is followed by an overview of art which presents the multiple facets, such as anatomy, and the myths appearing in ancient descriptions of conditions such as polio and migraine. The neurological basis of painters like Goya and van Gogh is also analysed. Other chapters in the section on art cover da Vinci’s mechanics and the portrayal of epilepsy. The section on music concerns the parts of the brain linked to perception and memory, as well as people who cannot appreciate music, and the effect of music on intelligence and learning (the Mozart effect). The section on literature relates to Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Conan Doyle, James Joyce and the poetry of one of England’s most famous neurologists, Henry Head.

NANOSTRUCTURES AND NANOMATERIALS
Synthesis, Properties and Applications
by Guozhong Cao (University of Washington, USA)

This important book focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and nanomaterials, as well as their properties and applications. It provides a balanced and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and processing techniques with regard to synthesis, characterisation, properties, and applications of nanostructures and nanomaterials. Both chemical processing and lithographic techniques are presented in a systematic and coherent manner for the synthesis and fabrication of 0-D, 1-D, and 2-D nanostructures, as well as special nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and ordered mesoporous oxides. The book serves as a general introduction to nanomaterials and nanotechnology for teaching and self-study purposes.