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WITH the April issue our contemporary, Discovery, enters upon a new phase of its existence. It appears in new format, an octavo size, approximately that of a popular magazine, instead of a quarto ; and it is now published by the Cambridge University Press. Discovery, since its foundation soon after the Great War, with Sir J. J. Thorn on, Sir Frederic Kenyon and the late Prof. R. S. Conway as its trustees, has consistently maintained a high standard of accuracy and a uniform distinction in style in bringing before an educated, but non-technical, public, information relating to the latest advances in knowledge and scientific discovery. Originally published by the house of John Murray, it was transferred to Messrs. Benn Bros, in 1924, by whom it has been published since that date until March of the current year, when responsibility for its future production was accepted by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. Dr. C. P. Snow, of Christ's College, Cambridge, will act as editor. Although the form of publication is changed, there will be no break in policy, which under the general supervision of the Committee representing the Trustees will be to continue to place before its readers, so far as possible, an accurate and universal view of advance, not only in physics, astronomy, biochemistry and medicine, but also in archaeology, travel, architecture and the like in terms and phrasing of general appeal. The first issue in the new form holds out every hope of the fullest attainment of this aim. Among the contributors are Sir James Jeans, who writes on “The Origin of the Planets", and Dr. L. Infeld, a pupil of and collaborator with Prof. Einstein, on "Holes in Empty Space”, while Mr. R. Philmore and Dr. J. Judkin contribute an amusing inquest on the scientific aspects of methods of murder in detective fiction. An article on new developments in colour photography is illustrated by a colour plate taken on the New Agfacolour film. We wish the new editor and publishers every success in their endeavour to enlarge popular interest in the progress of science.
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Discovery . Nature 141, 679 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141679b0
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