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A REMARK by Mr. M. B. Donald on p. 298 of NATURE of March 11 could usefully be extended. The validity of the application of minimization and minimization to determine optima is not confined to chemistry or to branches of descriptive science and technology. Politicians balance intangible advantages qualitatively; but if the state of a material can be expressed in terms of numbers, a quantitative balance can. usually be made by equating disadvantages. This can often be done arithmetically.
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NICOL, H. Application of the Principle of Maximum Effect. Nature 153, 623 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153623b0
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