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AN attempt to cover the history of science in some three hundred pages is bound to produce a result which can be criticized from one angle or another. The present book is probably as good an account as is possible in the space. The earlier chapters are of a more general character and will perhaps appeal most to the general reader, but even in the account of the later period, when the material is overwhelming, the author has managed to select with good judgment and to convey the story in a connected fashion. The book is one which should have a wide appeal. the interesting illustrations require special praise.
A Short History of Science
Dr.
F. Sherwood
Taylor
By. Pp. xiv + 320 + 14 plates. (London and Toronto: William Heinemann, Ltd., n.d.) 8s. 6d. net.
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Miscellany. Nature 144, 196 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144196a0
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