Background to modern science ; ten lectures at Cambridge arranged by the History of science committee, 1936 / by F. M. Cornford. Sir A. S. Eddington, Sir W. Dampier ... [and others] edited by Joseph Needham and Walter Pagel.
| Author/creator | Needham, Joseph editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge. [Eng.] : The University press, 1938. |
| Description | xii, 243 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Pagel, Walter, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Cornford, Francis Macdonald, 1874-1943. |
| Included Work | Noĕl Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham. |
| Other author/creator | University of Cambridge. History of Science Committee. |
| Series | The Cambridge library of modern science: general editor: C. P. Snow |
| Contents | Greek natural philosophy and modern science, by F. M. Cornford.-From Aristotle to Galilco, by Sir W. C. Dampier.-Forty years of physics, by Lord Rutherford.-Forty years of crystal physics, by W. L. Bragg.-Forty years of atomic theory, by F. W. Aston.-Forty years of astronomy, by Sir Arthur Eddington.-Forty years of physiology and pathology, by J. A. Ryle.-Forty years of parasitology and tropical medicine, by G. H. F. Nuttall.-Forty years of evolution theory, by R. C. Punnett.-Forty years of genetics, by J. B. S. Haldane. |
| LCCN | 39000514 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Q125 .N44 1938 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |