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SIR WILLIAM TILDEN, like many other persons, has been frequently struck by the general lack of knowledge, even among well-educated people, of the personal history and achievements of the men who have created epochs in science. This, however, need occasion no very great surprise. If the mass of the community are practically ignorant of science owing to the circumstance that they have been taught nothing concerning it, it is scarcely a matter for wonder that they should have no knowledge even of the names of its most distinguished votaries and no interest therefore in their lives and doings. Yet, as the author says, the story of their lives is not infrequently full of interest, even to those who are not specially attracted to science, or have little concern for its progress.
Famous Chemists: The Men and their Work.
By Sir William A. Tilden. Pp. xvi + 296. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1921.) 12s. 6d. net.
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Famous Chemists: The Men and their Work . Nature 107, 802–803 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107802a0
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