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Background to Modern Science: Ten Lectures at Cambridge Arranged by the History of Science Committee - Softcover

 
9781107495005: Background to Modern Science: Ten Lectures at Cambridge Arranged by the History of Science Committee
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107495008 ISBN 13: 9781107495005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Originally published in 1938, this book contains the text of ten lectures arranged by the History of Science Committee at the University of Cambridge in 1936. Each speaker covered a different aspect of scientific endeavour, focussing mostly on advances made in the period between 1895 and 1935 in fields such as parasitology, radioactivity, astronomy and evolution theory. The lecturers include such scientific notables as Lord Rutherford, Professor George Nuttall and Sir William Dampier, chosen for the fact that they had 'made fundamental contributions to science' in the previous forty years. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science.

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Book Description

Originally published in 1938, this book contains the text of ten lectures arranged by the History of Science Committee at the University of Cambridge in 1936. Each speaker covered a different aspect of scientific endeavour, focussing mostly on advances made in fields such as parasitology, radioactivity, astronomy and evolution theory.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107495008
ISBN 13 
9781107495005
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Editor
Needham Joseph, Pagel Walter