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niques are available. Certainly the attempt is worth the effort, because an 

 understanding of these problems will be a truly noble achievement. 



SELECTED REFERENCES 



Beveridge, W. I. B., The Art of Scientific Investigation. Revised edi- 

 tion. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1957. This is a friendly and 

 personal discussion, particularly related to the mental processes, crea- 

 tive activities, and responsibilities of the scientist. It is delightful read- 

 ing, as it is sprinkled with anecdotes from current and historical biol- 

 ogy- 

 Commoner, Barry, 1961. In defense of biology. Science 133:1745- 

 1748. A pointed argument, attempting to put "life" back in biology. 



Gabriel, M. L., and S. Fogel, eds.. Great Experiments in Biology. 

 Englewood Chffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1955. A collection of 

 papers from the original biological literature, reprinted from the peri- 

 odicals in which they appeared. Each paper has been selected to dem- 

 onstrate some quite significant finding. The collection as a whole is 

 a group of specific examples of biological research. 



Gerard, R. W., and R. B. Stevens, eds.. Concepts of Biology. Wash- 

 ington, D. C: National Academy of Science-National Research 

 Council Pubhcation 560. 1958. This is a transcription of several days 

 of discussions held by a group of eminent biologists, including both 

 conservatives and liberals. Although they did not reach complete 

 agreement on what should be the major concepts of biology, the dis- 

 cussions cover a great range of ideas. 



Schrodinger, Erwin, What is Life? New York: The Macmillan Com- 

 pany, 1945. Every biologist should read this discussion of the relation- 

 ship between the biological and physical sciences, even though it is 

 several years old. The findings of some of the most active years of 

 biological research do not detract from the stimulating discussion. 

 The general theme is contained in the following quotation from 

 pages 68 and 69: "Living matter, while not eluding the 'laws of 

 physics' as established up to date, is likely to involve 'other laws of 

 physics' hitherto unknown, which, however, once they have been 

 revealed, will form just as integral a part of this science as the 

 former." 



