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THERE are almost numberless little books written to help the layman to understand modern physics. At first sight this modest volume is yet another. But not quite. It deals, as they all do, with the rapid development of physics, indicating how it is that our concepts have become less and less mechanical. But here the similarity ends. The usual course is to make up for so much hard going by generous quantities of applied science, wireless, television, and other ‘benefits’. In this book the author, however, decides otherwise. He makes a moving, almost passionate, appeal for pure knowledge, without thought of application, still less of reward. The whole outlook is remarkably unselfconscious, and, for that reason alone, most refreshing. Prof. Max Planck's short introduction is characteristic and charming.
The Revolution in Physics
Ernst Zimmer. Translated, and with a Preface, by H. Stafford Hatfield. Pp. xv + 240. (London: The Scientific Book Club, 1941.) 2s. 6d.
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R., F. The Revolution in Physics. Nature 148, 771 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148771a0
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