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(1)THE title of Miss Proctor's book is rather misleading, as it suggests a general elementary treatise. Actually, it is a collection of seventeen disconnected essays on astronomical subjects, written in a popular style. In its general scope it is somewhat reminiscent of the many similar volumes of essays published, sixty or seventy years ago, by the author's distinguished father, the late R. A. Proctor.
(1) Everyman's Astronomy
By Mary Proctor. Pp. viii + 246 + 23 plates. (London: The Scientific Book Club, 1939.) 2s. 6d.
(2) Starcraft
By William H. Barton Jr. Joseph Maron Joseph. Pp. vii + 228. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1938.) 10s. 6d.
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STEAVENSON, W. (1) Everyman's Astronomy (2) Starcraft. Nature 143, 919 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143919a0
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