Scientific Progress (Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science) - Softcover

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Jeans, James

 
9781138981461: Scientific Progress (Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science)
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ISBN 10: 113898146X ISBN 13: 9781138981461
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures – originally founded "For Research towards the Christian Ideal in All Social Life" – by some of the greatest of English scientists of the mid-20th century, each a leading authority in his respective field: cosmology, physics, meteorology, medicine and genetics.

The final lecture considers the relationship between scientific knowledge and human ideals, commenting on the paradox that a century which produced such scientific advance also witnessed the most concentrated period of social, economic and political turmoil in world history.

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About the Author

Sir James Jeans, F.R.S. Sir William Bragg, O.M., F.R.S. Professor E. V. Appleton, F.R.S. Professor E. Mellanby, F.R.S. Professor J. B. S. Haldane, F.R.S. Professor Julian Huxley

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
113898146X
ISBN 13 
9781138981461
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
214

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