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As science becomes more and more popular, the man of science can no longer isolate himself in the laboratory; he must communicate his attainments to the general public in books which can be read without spending a lifetime in the mere learning of an alphabet. If it could be shown that the writers of scientific classics produced what in some cases were works of literary art, that might be a more convincing argument still. Such is the task which the author of this interesting book sets himself to do. He confines his research to the literature of natural science in the nineteenth century, which is dominated by men of genius like Darwin, Lyell, Owen, Huxley, and Tyndall, pointing out in each case how art and science are happily interconnected. The general conclusion of this historical investigation is that the writer of books on scientific subjects can vastly increase the number of his readers and the efficiency of his presentation by means of increased attention to the literary art.
Studies in the Literature of Natural Science.
By Julian M. Drachman. Pp. xi + 487 + 6 plates. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1931.) 17s. net.
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G., T. Studies in the Literature of Natural Science . Nature 129, 263 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129263a0
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