Review of Behind the Universe

Reviews the book, Behind the Universe by Louis Berman (1943). The book is the presentation of a mystic rather than a scientist. There comes a time in the career of the student when he reviews what he knows and decides that it isn't very much. Where upon the author begins a series of ruminations upon the state of the universe and the destiny of man. The author presents the findings of chemistry, physics, astronomy, and physiology to prove that man has a common cellular and psychic background with the earth, with the stars-with the very heart of the cosmos itself. The author neglects to substantiate his statements with experimentation either by himself or others. He could have presented his point of view, merely as a conjecture, in a twenty-five page monograph. To stretch it over three hundred pages makes it decidedly boring. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)