In a very entertaining article. G. W. Tyrrell deals with the proceedings of the 17th International Geological Congress held in Moscow last year, Vehement applause greeted the Soviet delegation's giving of the credit for their geological successes io "comrade Stalin, A crowd of press men, cameras, are and spot lights surrounded the author delivering a paper on Igneous Activity in Relation to Tectonics, However, great praise is given for the arrangements for translation and the excursions, and thanks are rendered for the warm hospitality received, The progress of geology in the USS.R. has been phenomenal, for whereas in 1918 only 10 per cent of the country was geologically known, now the whole country has been mapped by an army of 6000 specialists under a Central Institute, liberally supplied with funds by the Soviet government.
Recent advances in mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry. geology, botany, entomology and archaeology are discussed by experts in each branch, Notes of general interest to scientists are followed by essay reviews on Pascal and the Great Ice Age. Finally a very comprehensive selection of some 60 books is reviewed, completing a most interesting number of this quarterly review of scientific thought, work and affairs,—n.v...
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