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EXCEPT in so far as Section A may regard all other sections of the British Association as subsidiary to the mathematical and physical sciences, the subject of fibre structure is by no means a prerogative of physicists sitting alone, and discussion to be most profitable is best conducted with the co-operation of one or more of the other sciences, such as chemistry and biology. This point was emphasized by W. T. Astbury in opening a brief symposium on fibre studies arranged for Section A at the Blackpool meeting of the Association, but his subsequent remarks, dealing with problems arising out of the long-range elasticity of many protein fibres, were addressed specially to physicists.
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A., W. Fibre Studies. Nature 138, 824–825 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138824a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138824a0