Abstract
THIS book is chiefly intended for the man who has not had the advantage of a scientific education but is anxious to know something of modern scientific developments. There are no mathematical formulæ to put the reader off. Sir James Jeans says some-where that without considerable mathematical knowledge it would be quite impossible for anyone to understand those branches of science which deal with the fundamental nature of the universe, as, for example, the theory of relativity, the theory of quanta and wave mechanics. So the reader must not expect to be able to do this unless he be a well-equipped mathematician. Prof. Andrade, however, is so skilful in the use of words that his statements impart all there is to know on these subjects short of the employment of mathematics.
The Mechanism of Nature
being a Simple Approach to Modern Views on the Structure of Matter and Radiation. By Prof. E. N. da C. Andrade. Revised and enlarged edition. Pp. xii + 188 + 8 plates. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1936.) 6s. net.
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C., H. The Mechanism of Nature. Nature 140, 260 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140260a0
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