Abstract
IT is often alleged that men of science are culpably indifferent to the cultural and intellectual needs of the society in which they live and work. The tremendous uprush of scientific discovery during the last fifty years, an uprush which as yet shows no signs of abating, has raised social and intellectual problems which make it imperative that the man in the street should acquire some appreciation of scientific method and the results of its application, if only that he may be able to distinguish the true prophet from the charlatan. It has even been suggested by a recent correspondent to NATURE that the education of the public in general, and of the leaders of public opinion in particular, may be the most valuable service which scientific workers can render the community. The Birth and Death of the Sun Stellar Evolution and Subatomic Energy. By Prof. George Gamow. Pp. xv + 238 + 16 plates. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1941.) 12s. 6d. net. The World and the Atom By C. Moller Ebbe Rasmussen. Translated from the second Danish edition by Gerald C. Wheeler and Bernard Miall. Pp. 200. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1940.) 10s. 6d. net.
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