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THE fifth series of “Science in Progress” contains reports by ten leading American men of science in their respective fields and an introduction by Frank B. Jewett, president of the National Academy of Sciences, on “The Future of Scientific Research in the Post-war World”. He has estimated the effect of the War upon “fundamental and applied science and scientific manpower”. His plea is for a reconsideration of the scope and importance of fundamental research. A mere beating of swords into ploughshares is only a part of the problem. He is particularly impressed by the increasing use of team-work and mathematical machines in scientific research. For the most part all the chapters in the specialized fields can be followed by any reader with a grammar school scientific training.
Science in Progress.
Frank B. Jewett James B. Macelwane Donald W. Kerst Hugh S. Taylor L. Michaelis Michael Heidelberger G. W. Beadle Peyton Rous E. C. Stakman Carl Caskey Speidel Herbert M. Evans George A. Baitsell. Fifth Series. Pp xv + 353. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1947.) 5 dollars.
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SUMNER, W. Science in Progress. Nature 160, 519 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160519b0
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