Scientific Progress

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.

List of contents

1. Man and the Universe Sir James Jeans 2. The Progress of Physical Science Sir William Bragg 3. The Electricity in the Atmosphere E. V. Appleton 4. Progress in Medical Science E. Mellanby 5. Human Genetics and Human Ideals J. B. S. Haldane 6. Science and its Relation to Social Needs Julian Huxley

About the author

Sir James Jeans, F.R.S. Sir William Bragg, O.M., F.R.S. Professor E. V. Appleton, F.R.S. Professor E. Mellanby, F.R.S. Professor J. B. S. Haldane, F.R.S. Professor Julian Huxley

Summary

First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures 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.

Product details

• Authors: E V Appleton, E. V. Appleton, E.V. Appleton, Appleton E.V., William Bragg, Bragg William, J B S Haldane, J.B.S. Haldane, Julian S Huxley, Julian S. Huxley, James Jeans, James Bragg Jeans, E. Mellanby, Mellanby E.
• Assisted by: James Jeans (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2016
• EAN: 9781138981461
• ISBN: 978-1-138-98146-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Historiography, History of Science, Physics, Biology, life sciences, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General