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THIS book gathers together the scattered records of the life-work of Dr. Ladd-Franklin on the subject of colour vision, and thereby enables the value of that work to be more readily assessed. Possibly the best short indication of the nature of that work and its accompanying battles is supplied by the author herself in her review of Parsons‘ “Colour Vision”: “The very discreditable state of Colour discussion … may be summed up … in this way:
Colour and Colour Theories.
By Christine Ladd-Franklin. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.) Pp. xv + 287 + 9 plates. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1929.) 12s. 6d. net.
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B., R. [Book Reviews]. Nature 124, 686 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124686a0
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