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Nature volume 236, page 40 (1972)Cite this article

The Science of Matter: a Historical Survey

. Edited By M. P. Crosland. Pp. 440. (Penguin: Harmondsworth, 1971.) 70p.

Steps in the Scientific Tradition: Readings in the History of Science

. Edited by R. S. Westfall and V. E. Thoren. Pp. xii + 544. (Wiley: New York and London, October 1971.) £3.50 cloth; £1.75 paper.

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