A Short History of Science. Revised by H. W. Tyler and R.P. Bigelow.

SEDGWICK, W.T. [William Thompson] (1855-1921); H. W. [Harry Walter] TYLER (1863-1938).

Published by Macmillan, 1939., New York:, 1939

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8vo. xxi, [1] 512 pp. Illustrations, index. Original gilt-stamped red cloth; extremities faded, small paper label affixed to spine. Embossed stamp of Carnegie Institution [HALE]. Very good copy. REVISED EDITION. William Thompson Sedgwick was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States. He taught biology at MIT. He was president of many scientific and professional organizations during his lifetime, including president of the American Public Health Association in 1915. He was one of three founders of the joint MIT-Harvard School of Public Health in 1913. That being said, he was against women's suffrage and was steadfastly against equality of the sexes, stating, ". . . would mean a degeneration and degradation of human fibre which would turn back the hands of time a thousand years." â " MacAdam, George. "Feminist Revolutionary Principle is Biological Bosh." The New York Times. January 18, 1914.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Short History of Science. Revised by H. W. Tyler and R.P. Bigelow.
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1939., New York:
• Publication Date: 1939
• Binding: Hardcover