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The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences

1947; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 159; Issue: 4034 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/159248a0

1476-4687

E. T. Whittaker,

Philosophy and History of Science

THIS volume is the product of many minds. Clifford left the manuscript of “The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences” in a very incomplete state at his death in 1879, and the work of editing it for publication was entrusted to Prof. R. C. Rowe, who himself died in 1884 with his task unfinished. It was then taken in hand by Prof. Karl Pearson, and eventually appeared in 1885 and passed through various editions. An American publisher has now reprinted it, with a preface by Earl Russell and a 48-page introduction by Mr. James R. Newman, who has also added many footnotes. The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences William Kingdon Clifford. Edited and with a Preface by Karl Pearson. Newly edited and with an Introduction by James R. Newman. Pp. lxvi+250. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf; London: Sigma Books, Ltd., 1946.) 15s. net.