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Scientific Progress

James Jeans author James Jeans editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:7th May '14

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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.

ISBN: 9781138013599

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 430g

212 pages