Handbook to the Exhibition of Pure Science [British Empire Exhibition

Abstract

UNLIKE most Exhibition literature, which usually has a mercenary motive, patent or concealed, this publication is educational in the best sense of the word. The contributors to it are all investigators in the front rank, and their contributions summarise clearly and concisely all the recent advances in physical and biological science. Part I. contains articles concerning the structure of matter by “J. J.,” Bragg, Rutherford, and Aston; relativity and astronomy are dealt with by the Astronomer Royal and Eddington; “wireless “topics by Glazebrook and Fleming; spectra by Fowler; meteorology by Napier Shaw and others; origin of man by Smith Woodward; physiology by Starling, Harris, Hill, Cathcart; and this list is not exhaustive. Part II. comprises a descriptive catalogue of the exhibits in the Exhibition of Pure Science at Wembley, together with introductory remarks by eminent specialists. In every case it has been sought to trace the development of a discovery or invention from the beginning to the latest application, and to show how the applications originated in research undertaken without any utilitarian motive. The handbook will be greatly appreciated, not only by those who visit the Exhibition, but also by all who are interested in modern science; and those concerned would do well to see it placed in the hands of all senior science pupils in the schools of the Empire.