Science in America : A Documentary History 1900 - 1939

orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. Torn dustwrapper. VG., 23x15cm, xii, 489 pp Contents: The Carnegie Institution of Washington; Astronomy: The Lure of the Sun; Chemistry: Between Theory & Practice; The Germination of Physics; Mathematics: The Devotees of the Abstract; Biology to 1915: A General View;Genetics: The Classical Stage; Scientific Medicine & Its Perils; The Reform of the National Academy or Hale's Vision; World War I: Dying Illusions & Vain Hopes; Biology SInce 1915: Defining the True Way & Locating Its Home; Physical Science between the World Wars: The Abstract & the Reality; The Institute for Advanced Study; Appendix: Sources for Documents. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. Torn dustwrapper. VG..