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PROF. JOHN READ, president of Section B (Chemistry), deals with some of the problems of increasing specialization in chemistry. The growing burden of new knowledge in chemistry, as in science generally, has created many new problems for the student, teacher and research worker. These problems are largely bound up with the growth of specialization. A fundamental problem confronting the chemist is that of acquiring a proper education leading to a cultured outlook and fitting him to take his place in the World of men and affairs. What steps can be taken to combat the narrowing outlook which threatens to affect science students at all levels, and to provide for their social, cultural and spiritual needs ?
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Specialization and Culture in Chemistry. Nature 162, 399–400 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162399b0
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