Biography in American Science

Abstract

THE fourth edition of this great work—great in two senses of the word—must not pass unnoticed in NATTTBE, and we congratulate the editors on the completion of their heavy task of revision. The number of individuals dealt with is about 13,500, which may be taken to be an approximately close measure of the number of professional men of science in America. We say, advisedly, professional men of science, for of the first ‘ starred’ 601 only a single individual is described as an ‘amateur.’ Roughly, 60 per cent of the leading American men of science are engaged in teaching, 16 per cent in research institutions, 12 per cent in government employ, 10 per cent in applied science, and 0.2 per cent is due to the single amateur. The remainder, 1.7 per cent, is accounted for by deaths.

American Men of Science: a Biographical Directory.

Edited by J. McKeen Cattell Jacques Cattell. Fourth edition. Pp. viii + 1132. (New York: The Science Press, 1927.) 10 dollars net.