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THE one hundred and fifth meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is being held during December 27–January 2 at Columbus, Ohio. General sessions will be held on December 27, when Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell, of Columbia University, will deliver an address as retiring president of the Association on “The Public Relations of Science"; on December 28, when Dr. Kirtley F. Mather, of Harvard University, will deliver the annual address arranged jointly by the Association and the Society of Sigma Xi, taking as his subject “The Future of Man as an Inhabitant of the Earth"; on December 29, when Dr. Julian S. Huxloy will deliver the first address in the United States under the arrangement between the American and British Associations to provide lecturers in alternate years, speaking on “Science, War and Reconstruction"; and on December 29, when Dean Marjorie Nicolson of Smith College, will deliver the annual address under the auspices of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, and will speak on “Science and Literature”. Symposia have been arranged on “Isotopes”, “Photosynthesis”, “Speciation”, “The Relation of Ecology to Human Welfare”, “Defence Mechanisms in Plants and Animals”, “The Internal Environment and Behaviour”, “Effects of Science upon Human Beings” and “Blood, Heart and Circulation”, among other topics.
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American Association: Columbus Meeting. Nature 144, 1044 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/1441044a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1441044a0