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

Jeans, James; Bragg, William; Appleton, E.V.; Mellanby, E.; Haldane, J.B.S.; Huxley, Julian S.

ISBN 10: 113898146X / ISBN 13: 9781138981461

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scientific Progress (Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113898146X
• ISBN 13: 9781138981461
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

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