Europeax science. By H. Stafford Hatfield. Ph.D. Pp. xii + 150. Cambridge : Basic English Publishing Co., 1939. 3s. 6d
- Book ID
- 102330084
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1940
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
Soap boiling iiiadc ccrtniii " is the trnc title of tlic work, aud tlic author is t o bc congratulated on tlie ilcliievcmcnt. Would that siinilnr books w r c forthcoming in otlicr fields wlicrc old-fashioned niid irrcplnceable craftsmen still hold sivny. E. F. 8.
EUROPEAX SCIESOE.
By 1-I. Stnffotd Ilntfield. P1i.D.
Pp. sii + 150. Cambridge : Basic Xiiglish Publishing Co., 1039. 3s. Gcl. If it 311a11 will attciiipt to give thc iiiiiiiitiatcd rcadcr iiii iden of the major ncliic~~cmciits of Eurolicnii sciciicc during thc lnst 400 ycan, witliiii tlie coiiipass of 1% siiinll pagcs, Iic must rcnlizc thiit the essciitinl supcrficidity of such n work will disastrously dctriict from its intercst. llr. Stafford Iintfield draws tlic somewlint fuddlcd attciitioii of tlic render, ~vhoiii wc slinll nssuinc to bc IL native of soiiic distniit civilizntioii, to R rcprcsentativc scquciicc of topics rangiiig from tlic Laws of ;\lotion to Frcud's psychologicnl dogmis. Tlic dil'fcrciicc in outlook of thc motlcrn cspcrimcnter iiiitl the aiicieiit philosophcr is clcnrly illustmtcd, niiil \ve scc how logic, religion, and 0 t h forms of abstract or iiictap1iysic:il rcosoiiing kept iiiaii so long ofl tlic p:ith of sciciitific progrcssioii. Tlic i i u t h r ~Z S S C S quickly ovcr the iiiolccular striicturc of gwcs, thc chciuiciil clcmciits, thc :itoiiiic tlicory, tlic cclhiliir striicture of imitiintc ninttcr, Darwin's theory of evolution (no room for Lilli>orck), heat, aiicl light.
Tho pages tretitiiig clcctricity iirc tho inost useful from tlic rcadcr's point of view, and tlic most coiiiplctc. The littlc that is said about clcctrons, protons, nidioiictivity, and nllicd subjects would be intclligiblc t o any ciqmblc pcrsoii with iio sciciititic training.
Thc book has :in intcrcst in addition to its contcnt : it is t i n csniiiple of Blr. C! . K. Ogdeii's coiitributioii t o sciciicc in tlic slinpc of liis 85O-word 13nsic English. Supplemcutcd by u. ~ocnbulnry of sonic 90 tccliiiicnl words, which are introtlucid so grndunlly niid cnrciully iiito thc t e s t ns to be absorbed rciidily, this lniigunge is fully udcquate to its task. h i t tlic r c d c r sllnll acccpt the tircsoinc circuinlocutioiis of Unsic niid tbc inoliotony of tlic turns of phrase.
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