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IN the second edition of his book, Prof. Westphal has retained the desirable features which were referred to in noticing the first edition (NATURE, July 6, 1929, p. 18). In particular, the first chapter is excellent, with its introduction to causality and the essence of hypothesis. This is clearly the way in which a text-book of physics should begin, and yet such an opening is all too rare.
Physik: ein Lehrbuch für Studierende an den Universitäten und technischen Hochschulen.
Prof. Wilhelm H. Westphal. Zweite Auflage. Pp. xvi + 571. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1930.) 19.80 gold marks.
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Physik: ein Lehrbuch für Studierende an den Universitäten und technischen Hochschulen . Nature 126, 876 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126876c0
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