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1 online resource (213 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science |
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Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
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| Summary |
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 turmo |
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Print version record |
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Science -- History.
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Science.
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Science
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sciences (philosophy)
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science (modern discipline)
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SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching.
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Science
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bragg, William
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Appleton, E. V
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Mellanby, E
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Haldane, J. B. S
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Huxley, Julian S
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Jeans, James
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| ISBN |
9781317699040 |
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1317699041 |
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1306787602 |
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9781306787604 |
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9781317699033 |
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1317699033 |
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9781317699026 |
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1317699025 |
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