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(l)WHILST possessing a thorough knowledge of any science, it is often found to be a difficult matter to coordinate one's facts so that the novice shall be at once sufficiently interested and efficiently instructed; but the former of these two works demonstrates to us that the ideal is not unattainable; the late Dr. Dolmage succeeded in a task in which so many writers have failed.
(1) Astronomy of To-Day. A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language.
By the late Dr. Cecil G. Dolmage. Pp. 362; illustrated. (London: Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 5s. net.
(2) Scientific Ideas of To-Day. Popularly Explained.
By Charles R. Gibson. Pp. 344; illustrated. (London: Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 5s. net.
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ROLSTON, W. (1) Astronomy of To-Day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language (2) Scientific Ideas of To-Day Popularly Explained. Nature 80, 181–182 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080181a0
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