Abstract
ON December 31, 1938, Dr. John Campbell Merriam retired from the presidency of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The volume under review, with its intriguing title, has been written by his colleagues to express to President Merriam “the appreciation felt by the members and research, associates of the Institution for his continued inspiring guidance of their work and for his stimulating personal interest in their problems”. It is no small task to have directed, for eighteen years, the policy of a great research organization like the Carnegie Institution, and it is possible that, at the last assize, the holder of such an office may be found to have exerted as great an influence on human progress as leaders in other spheres of activity whose names are much more prominent in the pages of the daily press. In this spontaneous tribute from his colleagues, however, Dr. Merriam will, we are sure, find ample reward for his service to science, and through science to humanity.
Co-operation in Research
By Staff Members and Research Associates of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. (Publication No. 501.) Pp. ix + 782. (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1938.)
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CROWTHER, J. Co-operation in Research. Nature 144, 174–175 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144174a0
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