Abstract
MR. SULLIVAN might well have given a rather more comprehensive and ambitious title to his little book, for it tells us admirably much more than the “limitations” of science. It is really a commentary on his statement in the introduction, that “science has been steadily pursued for many centuries, it has attracted an ever wider extent of attention and is now the dominant intellectual interest of mankind”. How has this happened—What are the main branches and largest conclusions of science—How in recent years have these been modified and found not to be so final and all-embracing as they were formerly thought—These are the questions to which Mr. Sullivan's book supplies in small compass clear, well-balanced and well-informed answers. It will be seen that the “limitations”form a subordinate part of his theme; actually they are the subject of one out of the eight chapters into which the book is divided, and not the first.
Limitations of Science.
By J. W. N. Sullivan. Pp. v + 303. (London: Chatto and Windus, 1933.) 7s. 6d. net.
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MARVIN, F. Limitations of Science. Nature 132, 872–873 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132872a0
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