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To quote from Dr. E. R. Spratt's preface, “a preliminary knowledge of the elementary principles of Chemistry and Physics is essential to the proper understanding of the life-processes of both plants and animals.” Dr. Spratt apparently intends to meet this need, but the book scarcely justifies the addition to its title of “for Botany Students.” It appears to be an average course of elementary chemistry with some physics, in which is inserted an occasional paragraph referring to plants. The experiments described throughout are such as any student of chemistry would be expected to perform, and little attempt is made to show their relation to processes of plant life.
Chemistry and Physics for Botany Students.
By Dr. E. R. Spratt. Pp. vi + 196. (London: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1923.) 3s.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 113, 233 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113233d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113233d0