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A NEW German periodical, edited by A. Benning-hoff, K. Beurlen, K. Hildebrandt and K. L. Wolf, offering a variety and standard of contributions which ought to commend it to many readers, has recently appeared. The title, Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Naturwissenschaft, suggests the breadth of its objective, the scope of which is extended by the inclusion of Nature philosophy and the history of Nature knowledge and medicine. The articles of the first issue (April) are not over-long—about fifteen pages—a short summary precedes each, and the matter, while avoiding too technical treatment, makes a serious contribution to the subjects discussed. K. Hildebrandt writes upon “Positivismus und Natur”, and other major articles deal with “Morpho-logie und Erdgeschichte”, “Bedeutung und Aufgabe geologischer Forschung”, “Subjektbezogenen Nomen-klatur in der Biologie”, “Warum studieren wir Biologie ?”, to which the final answer is “Wir studieren Biologie, weil wir mussen”. A variety of subjects are discussed in short contributions, and there are seven signed reviews of books.
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A New Natural History Magazine. Nature 136, 1023 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1361023c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1361023c0