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

by Sir James Jeans, William Bragg, E.V. Appleton, E. Mellanby, and Julian S. Huxley

Sir James Jeans (Editor) and James Jeans (Editor)

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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.

  • ISBN13 9781317699026
  • Publish Date 9 May 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 212
  • Language English