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Physics for Non-Physicists

Nature volume 178, pages 1202–1203 (1956)Cite this article

Descriptive College Physics

By Prof. Harvey E. White. Pp. x + 485. (Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1955.) 42s.

The World of Atoms

An Introduction to Physical Science. By Prof. J. J. G. McCue, with the assistance of Prof. Kenneth W. Sherk. Pp. xiii + 659. (New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1956.) 6.50 dollars.

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