. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. in, No. 26. FEBRUARY 1922. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- the geometrist and astronomer, returned from Egypt, ledge. Edited by Edward Liveing, , Rothersthorpe, Northampton, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. (Dr. A. S. Russell continues to act as Scientific Adviser.) Published by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 34 Ludgate Chambers, 32 Ludgate Hill, London, Annual
. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. in, No. 26. FEBRUARY 1922. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- the geometrist and astronomer, returned from Egypt, ledge. Edited by Edward Liveing, , Rothersthorpe, Northampton, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. (Dr. A. S. Russell continues to act as Scientific Adviser.) Published by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 34 Ludgate Chambers, 32 Ludgate Hill, London, Annual Subscription, 12s. (>d. post free ; single numbers, IS. net; postage, Binding cases for Vol. IL 1921, are now ready. Price 2s. bd. net each ; postage 9;^. Editorial Notes The presidential address delivered at the general meeting of the Classical Association held early in January was a fine summary of what both scholars and scientists have lately come to see more clearly than was the case not long ago, nameh', that there is no essential antagonism between science and the classics, and that their combination in education is fruitful of the best results. We feel that Lord Milner expressed what is a steadily growing belief amongst our leading men of intellect when he said that " all modem science had its roots in the classics, and, on the other hand, no man imbued with the spirit of the great classical writers could be lacking in respect for science or fail to recognise its supreme importance to the progress of ; Another, and to our mind extremely important, point in Lord Milner's address—important because of its bearing on the present international problems—^was his insistence on the vast share of Greece and Rome in the fabric of European civilisa- tion. ^ :{; ;ic :*: :{: With regard to Lord Milner's first point, this can be illustrated simply enough. We know, of course, that the Babylonians and Egyptians possessed rudi- mentary' mathematical ideas,
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