Advancement Of Science - Softcover

John Tyndall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461324253 ISBN 13: 9780461324259

Publisher: HardPress, 2019

Synopsis

Advancement Of Science: The Inaugural Address Of Prof. John Tyndall. Delivered Before The British Association For The Advancement Of Science, At Belfast, August 19, 1874, With Portrait And Biographical Sketch John Tyndall In this keynote lecture, the physicist argues that scientific progress arises from a long historical struggle to replace anthropomorphic explanations with natural laws. He surveys the arc from Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius to modern science, tracing atomism, the birth of experimental method, and the evolution of thought through Aristotle, the Middle Ages, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. He discusses Darwin and Spencer, the theory of natural selection and energy conservation, and the interplay between scientific discovery and religious belief. He stresses the role of observation, induction, and the unifying power of scientific explanations, while arguing for intellectual freedom and the necessity of allowing science to inform ethics and public life. The address, delivered in 1874, remains a compact meditation on how science advances, the limits of human knowledge, and the enduring human drive to understand the natural world.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461324253
• ISBN 13: 9780461324259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88