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ACCORDING to the preface, this book has been written mainly with the object of giving pupil teachers an opportunity of obtaining some general information on the advances made in the past ten or twelve years. Unfortunately, the author shows only a superficial knowledge of his subject, and much of the information is in consequence incorrect. A good deal of it is also out of date, some of the inventions described having long since passed out of use. It may also be objected that technical terms are used much too freely in a book intended for those having no technical knowledge. Mr. Ikin's object in providing the pupil teacher with a sort of general guide to modern scientific progress is a very laudable one, but we fear it will not be realised by the book he has written. A correct description, in non-technical language, of present-day practice in the various branches of applied science would be far more valuable than a book such as this, which is likely, we fear, to do more harm than good to its readers.
Recent Advances in Science.
By A. E. Ikin Pp. 83. (London: Normal Correspondence College Press.) Price 1s. net.
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S., M. Recent Advances in Science . Nature 67, 102 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067102c0
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