Abstract
AMONG the articles in the current issue of Science Progress (36, No. 144 ; October 1948) is one which has not only the appeal of a biography of a Well-known man of science but also the charm of writing which reminds one of Maurois. This is "Augustin Fresnel : His Time, Life and Work, 1788-1827", by G. A. Boutry, director of the Laboratoire d‘Essais, Paris. In the same volume Prof. H. P. Himsworth contributes a masterly survey of recent developments in the researches into liver disease, while E. E. Schneider‘s review of contemporary knowledge of the electronic structure of solids and H. H. Macey‘s consideration of the theoretical aspects of clay consolidation are supported by an article on the relationship between "Indeterminism and the Wish"by J. 0. Gregory. The volume also contains the usual summary of recent advances in various aspects of science and a considerable number of reviews.
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Science Progress. Nature 162, 843 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162843d0
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