Science and civilization
By: essays arranged and edited by F.S. Marvin ...
Series: The unity series.; VI
Publisher: H. Milford, Oxford University Press
Published: 1923
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Science.; Civilization.
Notes: "Books for reference" at end of most of the essays.
Based on lectures given at the Sixth Unity History School held at Woodbrooke near Birmingham in August 1922."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings of science, by J.L. Myres.; title: Ancient medicine, by C. Singer.; title: Aspects of biological and geological knowledge in antiquity, by A. Platt.; title: Greek mathematics and astronomy, by J.L.E. Dreyer.; title: The dark ages and the dawn, by C. Singer.; title: The first physical synthesis, by A.N. Whitehead.; title: Science in the industrial revolution, by C.H. Desch.; title: The influence of Darwinism on thought and life, by J.A. Thomson.; title: Science and education, by A.E. Heath.; title: Science and health, by F.G. Crookshank.; title: Science and religion, by J.S. Huxley.; title: Science and human affairs, by F.S. Marvin.