Science and the modern world : Lowell lectures, 1925 /
by Whitehead, Alfred North.
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BookPublisher: New York : Macmillan, c1953Description: xii, 212 p. ; 19 cm.Subject(s): Science
Contents:
The origins of modern science -- Mathematics as an element in the history of thought -- The Century of genius -- The eighteenth century -- The romantic reaction -- The nineteenth century -- Relativity -- The quantum theory -- Science and philosophy -- Abstraction -- God -- Religion and science -- Requisites for social progress.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of modern science -- Mathematics as an element in the history of thought -- The Century of genius -- The eighteenth century -- The romantic reaction -- The nineteenth century -- Relativity -- The quantum theory -- Science and philosophy -- Abstraction -- God -- Religion and science -- Requisites for social progress.
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