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IT is perhaps insufficiently recognised that the writing of a good “Outline”, of the kind which the public, or the publishers, seem to go on demanding, is a vastly more difficult task than the writing of a good monograph. The ratio of difficulty is that of Diirer or Cezanne to the village photographer. Diirers and Cezannes being scarce, it is a natural consequence that most “Outlines” are disappointing and few wholly satisfying. Mr. Sullivan has on previous occasions demonstrated his understanding of modern scientific thought and method, and his present “Outline” is an interesting and readable assemblage of usually accurate information from the physical and biological sciences. There is a gallant attempt to carry the pencil on without discontinuity from the physical to the biological, and the author may be congratulated on his general success in this difficult undertaking.
Science: a New Outline
By J. W. N. Sullivan. Pp. xii + 286 + 4 plates. (London and Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1935.) 5s. net.
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W. Science: a New Outline. Nature 136, 851 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136851a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136851a0