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THE idea of assisting the research student by explaining how to make use of the literature is a good one, and a satisfactory book on these lines would be most useful. Unfortunately, Dr. Mason has not made the most of his opportunity. He has omitted to mention many of the best works of reference, and his critical remarks are not always such as would meet with general agreement. The section on physical chemistry is particularly unsatisfactory, and no guidance as to consulting the literature is given in this part. In future editions, the author would do well to seek advice from specialists, and to find out what books are, in fact, most consulted in the large libraries. His lists read as though based on a rather arbitrarily selected private library.
An Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry: for Senior Students and Research Chemists.
Dr.
F. A.
Mason
By. Pp. 41. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1925.) 2s. net.
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An Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry: for Senior Students and Research Chemists . Nature 116, 391 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116391d0
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