Man in a Chemical World

Abstract

THIS volume is an interesting example of the publications of the Scientific Book Club, which are available to members at the uniform price of half-a-crown. Described as “a straight-from-the-shoulder account of the activities of chemical industry in converting the discoveries of science into day-today necessities of Everyman”, it was originally produced under the auspices of the Executive Committee of the American Chemical Industries Tercentenary, in connexion with the celebration in 1935 of the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of chemical industry in the United States. Its object, as explained in a foreword, “is to impress the man hi the street with the fact that the chemical industries of the United States render a service that touches practically every activity in which he engages”. This object is amply attained hi a simple and able account of the multifarious achievements of chemistry hi industry and everyday life, set out under such headings as “Nature Points the Way”, “Chemistry hi Overalls”, “Keeping Well”, “Feeding Millions”, “From Papyrus to Television”, etc.

Man in a Chemical World:

the Service of Chemical Industry. By A. Cressy Morrison. Pp. xii + 292. (London: Scientific Book Club, n.d.) 2s. 6d.