Modern Science

Abstract

THE twentieth century has been an era of violence and change. In our acute awareness of this, we may fail to notice that in the midst of danger, insecurity and the destruction of human values and lives, a new order is insensibly being formed. Scientific men and practical men, starting from widely different viewpoints, are coming to think of things in the same way—one very different from that which satisfied us not so many years ago. Because of this very diversity of origin, it is difficult to grasp consciously what is happening, and yet that conscious grasp is what we feel we need most. Intellectual insecurity is only the counterpart of the present political insecurity of the world. That security can only be won by wide views and hard thinking. Prof. Levy's book is a notable contribution to the series of attempts to reformulate our knowledge in relation to the great internal and external changes it has undergone in the last few years. He has already written much upon this subject, but there is no doubt that “Modern Science” represents much more matured thought than any of his previous writings. Both those who are acquainted with Marxist views in science and those who are not will find it well worth their while to read carefully through its seven hundred pages.

Modern Science

A Study of Physical Science in the World To-day. By Prof. Hyman Levy. Pp. x + 736. (London: Hamish Hamilton, Ltd., 1939.) 21s. net.