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Special Book Section: Science
The Soluble in Pawn to the Possible
The Hope of Progress, by P.B. Medawar
by Roger Williams
Encounter, January 1974, pp. 77-81
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Reviewed Books and Films
  1. The Hope of Progress (1972)
    P.B. Medawar
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  2. The World of Walther Nernst (1973)
    Kurt Mendelssohn
    The Rise and Fall of German Science, 1864-1941
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  3. Power and Wealth (1973)
    Klaus Knorr
    The Political Economy of International Power
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  4. What is Science For? (1973)
    Bernard Dixon
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  5. Science and Politics (1973)
    Jean-Jacques Salomon
    An Essay on the Scientific Situation in the Modern World
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  6. Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union (1972)
    Loren R. Graham
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  7. Science Observed (1973)
    F.R. Jevons
    Science as a Social and Intellectual Activity
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  8. Changing Perspectives in the History of Science (1973)
    Mikulas Teich and Robert Maxwell Young
    Essays in Honor of John Needham
    1 Review, 1 Readable
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