A century of science, and other essays
By: by John Fiske.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and company
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Boston and; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887.; Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.; Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.; Freeman, Edward Augustus, 1823-1892.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship.; Cook, Joseph, 1838-1901.; Science -- History.; Evolution.; Arbitration, International.; Folklore -- Ireland.; Eccentrics and eccentricities.; Cambridge (Mass.) -- Description and travel.
Table of contents: title: Century of science.; title: Doctrine of evolution: its scope and purport.; title: Edward Livingston Youmans.; title: Part played by infancy in the evolution of man.; title: Origins of liberal thought in America.; title: Sir Harry Vane.; title: Arbitration treaty.; title: Francis Parkman.; title: Edward Augustus Freeman.; title: Cambridge as village and city.; title: Harvest of Irish folk-lore.; title: Guessing at half and multiplying by two.; title: Forty years of Bacon-Shakespeare folly.; title: Some cranks and their crochets.