Science and civilization : essays / arranged and edited by F.S. Marvin.
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- 1923
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London ; New York : H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923.
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350 pages : diagrams ; 23 cm.
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Based on lectures given at the Sixth Unity History School held at Woodbrooke near Birmingham in August 1922"--Pref
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: BMA
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"Books for reference" at end of most of the essays
Contents
The beginnings of science, by J.L. Myres.--Ancient medicine, by C. Singer.--Aspects of biological and geological knowledge in antiquity, by A. Platt.--Greek mathematics and astronomy, by J.L.E. Dreyer.--The dark ages and the dawn, by C. Singer.--The first physical synthesis, by A.N. Whitehead.--Science in the industrial revolution, by C.H. Desch.--The influence of Darwinism on thought and life, by J.A. Thomson.--Science and education, by A.E. Heath.--Science and health, by F.G. Crookshank.--Science and religion, by J.S. Huxley.--Science and human affairs, by F.S. Marvin.
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- 083691581X