Abstract
THE control of insect pests by means of parasites and predators appeals to the biologist and the general public alike. The biologist sees in the method the practical application of scientific knowledge by the utilization of living organisms. To the public it forms an attractive chapter in the progress of applied science. Dr. Nicol has recounted the history and practice of the methods of biological control in an attractively written volume. His account is accurate, free from undue technicality and shows, an unbiased detached viewpoint. It can be recommended to a wide circle of readers including scientific folk themselves. As the author remarks, there is science, and also material for philosophy, for the reader who looks a little beneath the surface of the story, here recounted, towards the deeper issues.
The Biological Control of Insects
Hugh
Nicol
By. (Pelican Books, A.113.) Pp. 174 + 8 plates. (Harmondsworth and New York: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1943.) 9d. net.
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The Biological Control of Insects. Nature 152, 399 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152399e0
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