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...wispy-haired Anthony Standen, 43, the world is divided into two groups-"scientists, who practice the art of infallibility, and nonscientists, sometimes contemptuously called laymen . . ." By any standard, Anthony Standen is no layman...
...Standen has decided that scientists are overbearing, overpraised, and overindulged. In a sweeping and savage little book called Science Is a Sacred Cow (Button; $2.75), he tries to tell...
...your correspondent (may he be hoist by his own typewriter) had said that Sir Archie was known to the boys as "The Boss," "Maestro," "Mac," or merely "The Big White Chief," then he would have been guilty of complete accuracy. Thanks for the write-up, all the same . . . HENRY STANDEN Sussex, England