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THE present issue of the “Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry”, issued by the Chemical Society, contains sections on radioactivity and subatomic phenomena, general and physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, crystallography, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and analytical chemistry. The plan of dealing with selected topics in some detail is adopted and the reports are interesting and valuable. Of the 410 pages of text, more than 100 are devoted to organic chemistry. This seems a very high proportion as compared with the other six parts of the book, and those responsible for the reports might well consider whether a better balance is not desirable. Some 50 pages on general and physical chemistry cannot be said to reflect the great importance of this branch of the subject.
Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry for 1938
Vol.35. Pp. xviii + 447. (London: Chemical Society, 1939.) 13s. net.
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Chemistry. Nature 144, 194 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144194a0
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