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RECENT articles and correspondence in NATURE1 have painted a gloomy and even alarming picture of the inefficiency of the departments in Great Britain responsible for camouflage. We are led to suppose that the work is mainly entrusted to artists who cannot be expected to understand what they are doing, instead of being under the control of properly qualified scientific men who are familiar with the “fundamental biological principles” involved. We are left with the impression that the work is being carried out with a degree of incompetence which can only lead to disaster, and although it is not specifically stated, there is a strong suggestion that since modern camouflage was brought into being a quarter of a century ago by an eminent zoologist, and since biologists have made an intensive study of the methods by which animals conceal themselves, it follows that camouflage is a special province of the biologist to whom alone the ultimate control can safely be entrusted.
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NATURE, 145, 949 (1940); 146, 112 (1940); 146, 168 (1940).
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MERTON, T. Camouflage in Modern Warfare. Nature 146, 429 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146429a0
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