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IT was Leibniz who said that the more science advances the more it will be expressed in little books. If that is so, the recent abundant crop of primers may be regarded as a healthy sign-especially when we find that many of them are very good. It need hardly be said that an introduction to the study of parasitism by von Graff, or to the study of freshwater plankton by Zacharias, cannot fail to be useful and stimulating. There is also an economic side to the phenomenon presented by the bundle of primers before us. It seems as if the great encyclopaedias, which were relatively costly, were being replaced by these cheap booklets. Instead of saving up to purchase the huge volume P, containing much that he does not want, the student can buy at a shilling each three little treatises on parasitism, plankton, and protozoa. This expresses a democratisation of scientific literature, with its familiar analogue in the popular “sixpennies.”
(1) Die Tierwelt des Mikroskops (die Urtiere).
By Dr. Richard Goldschmidt. Pp. iv + 100; 39. figures. (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
(2) Das Süsswasser-Plankton.
By Dr. Otto Zacharias. Pp. iv + 130; 49 figures. (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
(3) Befruchtung und Vererbung im Pflanzenreiche.
By Prof. K. Giesenhagen. Pp. iv + 132; 31 figures. (Leipzig: Quelle and Meyer, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
(4) Das Werden und Vergehen der Pflanzen.
By Prof. P. Gisevius. Pp. 132; 24 figures. (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
(5) Das Schmarotzertum im Tierreich und seine Bedeutung für die Artbildung.
By Prof. Ludwig von Graff. Pp. iv + 132; 24 figures. (Leipzig: Quelle and Meyer, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
(6) Die Mechanik des Geisteslebens.
By Prof. Max Verworn. Pp. iv + 104; 11 figures. (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1907.) Price 1.25 marks.
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T., J. (1) Die Tierwelt des Mikroskops (die Urtiere) (2) Das Süsswasser-Plankton (3) Befruchtung und Vererbung im Pflanzenreiche (4) Das Werden und Vergehen der Pflanzen (5) Das Schmarotzertum im Tierreich und seine Bedeutung für die Artbildung (6) Die Mechanik des Geisteslebens . Nature 77, 556–557 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077556a0
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