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PROF. T. D. A. COCKEBELL, emeritus professor of zoology in the University of Colorado, will be remembered by many readers of NATURE as a frequent contributor of communications on biological topics. So long ago as 1920, he produced a useful and distinctive book entitled “Zoology: A Text-book for Colleges and Universities”, which was reviewed in NATURE of December 23, 1920, p. 529. This was not an ordinary text-book of its time, for it catered for the needs of those who were not intending to specialize in zoology, and so included chapters on social life, the evolution of man, eugenics and sociology from the biologist's point of view. In its general approach it was perhaps in advance of much of the thought of its day. The book was re-issued from time to time, and Prof. Cockerell has now had prepared, at his own expense, an impression of a thousand copies which have been presented to the Board of Education in Great Britain. The gift will be much appreciated, and the volumes will no doubt contribute in no small measure to the growth of that biological outlook on man and his affairs which are necessary for the future peace of the world.
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Gift by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. Nature 152, 353 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152353b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152353b0