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...were not for such bilingual scientists as Bertrand Russell, James Jeans, Arthur Eddington, J. B. S. Haldane, the flimsy bridge between modern science and modern life would be made of newspapers. Of the contemporary interpreters of science, the most lucid are Russell, Haldane and John William Navin Sullivan. Himself more of a plain man than a scientist, Interpreter Sullivan puts his meaty subject in a nutshell, then cracks the nut. In no uncertain terms, Author Sullivan states the findings, seekings, final uncertainty of modern science. From Pythagoras to Einstein he traces its development: from philosophy through magic and materialism...
...GRACE OF GOD-J. W. N. Sullivan-Knopf. Few U. S. writers on science approach the authority and lucid readableness of England's Bertrand Russell and John William Navin Sullivan. Laymen curious about what science is up to can turn with reasonable hopefulness to Russell's The A B C of Atoms, Sullivan's Three Men Discuss Relativity. In this brief (220-page), disarming autobiography, Journalist Sullivan, calling himself Julian Shaughnessy, explains about himself with the same simple sincerity he uses to explain Bach or Bohr. Realistic, humble, Sullivan calls popular works on science...
...summary is as follows: HARVARD AMHERST Wenner, r.f. l.g., Wilson Baldwin, Slocum, l.f. r.g., Walker, Meek Green, c. c., Harmon, Miller Barbee, Burns, Harper, r.g. l.f., Navin Hatch, l.g. r.f., Latham...
Score--Harvard 32, Amherst 35, Goals from floor--Green 3, Slocum 3, Wenner 2, Harper, Hatch, Latham 5, Navin 3, Harmon, Miller 3, Walker 2. Goals from fouls Slocum 3, Wenner 2, Green 5, Barbee 2, Hatch, Latham 3, Navin 2, Miller. Referee--Cragen. Time of halves 20 minutes...
...Miller and Navin form the chief offensive power for the Amherst players. Although they were beaten by Brown on January 14 by a score of 42 to 36, the Providence team had considerable trouble in keeping the two Purple players from gaining a lead in the score...