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ALTHOUGH recent surveys of the utilization of science in the War have tended to concentrate upon the situation in industry and in Government service, it must be remembered that the universities are carrying on a considerable volume of war research in addition to their main function of teaching. A critical review of the actual and potential way function of university research laboratories in Great Britain would provide a useful addition to present information, and their position must certainly fee considered in any/national scheme for the co-ordination of research. It is opportune, therefore, that on July 20 the Cambridge University Branch of the Association of Scientific Workers convened a meeting to discuss these points as they affect Cambridge. There was an attendance of more than a hundred, and contributions were forthcoming from research workers in most of the principal departments of the University.
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CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC WORKERS AND THE WAR. Nature 150, 186–187 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150186a0
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