Life and Work of Sir Norman Lockyer

Abstract

THIS book is essentially for those who know and use NATURE and knowing it wish to understand the man who brought it into being—as a child of quite unusual vigour and distinctiongiving to it, almost from its birth, the individuality and strength of character which have long made it everywhere the recognised organ of scientific opinion: the Times of science. The achievement was his great contribution to scientific advance, of far greater value, I venture to say, because of the effect it has had in promoting the appreciation of scientific endeavour, than his work as an inquirer—which was largely that of a seer, in advance of his time, needing interpretations that only later additions to knowledge were to make possible. Still, the spirit of discovery was at the root of his being: from it he derived his force and it gave to him his success. Wise men like Huxley, seeing this in him, became his willing slaves.

Life and Work of Sir Norman Lockyer.

By T. Mary Lockyer Winifred L. Lockyer, with the assistance of Prof. H. Dingle, and contributions by Dr. Charles E. St. John, Prof. Megh Nad Saha, Sir Napier Shaw, Prof. H. N. Russell, the Rev. J. Griffith, Sir Richard Gregory, and Prof. A. Fowler. Pp. xii + 474 + 17 plates. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1928.) 18s. net.