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Relation of Biology to Problems of Civil Engineering

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IN an age when the boundaries of science continue to expand rapidly, and even the general practitioner of a subject tends to ‘know more and more about less and less', such a conference as that on "Biology and Civil Engineering", held at the Institution of Civil Engineering during September 21-23, has everything to commend it. The engineer preoccupied with inanimate matter is reminded, or made aware of, the influence of plant and animal life on his structures, in both harmful and helpful contexts. The biologist, for his part, is shown the creatures of his study in a severely practical and workaday setting.

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R., F. Relation of Biology to Problems of Civil Engineering. Nature 162, 801–803 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162801a0

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