Science in Ireland, 1800-1930. Tradition and Reform. John R. Nudds, Norman D. McMillan, Denis L. Weaire, and Susan M. P. McKenna Lawlor, Eds. Privately published, Dublin, 1988 (available from Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Trinity College, Dublin). 208 pp., illus. Paper, {pound}Ir10. Based on a symposium, DUblin, March 1986.