Fragments of science for unscientific people : a series of detached essays, lectures, and reviews / by John Tyndall.

London : Longmans, Green, and co., 1871 (London : Spottiswoode.)

449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Also published : New York : Appleton, 1871

The constitution of nature -- Thoughts on prayer and natural law -- Miracles and special providences -- Matter and force -- An address to students -- Scope and limit of scientific materialism -- On radiation -- On radiant heat in relation to the colour and chemical constitution of bodies --On chemical rays and the structure and light of the sky -- Dust and disease --Addition to "Dust and disease" -- Life and letters of Faraday -- An elementary lecture on magnetism -- Slates -- Death by lightning -- Science and spirits --Vitality -- Additional remarks on miracles.

Includes bibliographic footnotes