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A GENERATION ago geology was among the sciences which attracted a wide public interest; at the present time not only has public interest greatly declined, but also there are many workers in other sciences who are almost completely unaware of the content of geology. Yet at no time in the past century have geologists been engaged in pressing forward research in so wide a variety of subjects or engaged in so many investigations of fundamental economic importance. Nevertheless, the nature of their work is but vaguely understood by the general public, and they are not always consulted on problems in which they could give useful assistance, because those concerned are unaware that such matters fall within the competence of geologists.
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Geology and the Community. Nature 147, 459–461 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147459a0
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