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A collection of brief lectures and essays presenting and debating contemporary scientific ideas about life and the physical world. Contributors examine the physical basis of living matter, the relation between vital and physical forces, the nature and significance of protoplasm, and the hypothesis of evolution, while also reflecting on experimental methods, atmospheric phenomena, and the role of imagination in research. The pieces combine explanatory exposition, critical rejoinders, and methodological reflection to make scientific theories and controversies accessible to an educated general readership.

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Title: Half Hours With Modern Scientists: Lectures and Essays

Author: Thomas Henry Huxley

George F. Barker

E. D. Cope

James Hutchison Stirling

John Tyndall

Author of introduction, etc.: Noah Porter

Release date: August 30, 2021 [eBook #66177]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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HALF HOURS
 
WITH
 
Modern Scientists.

LECTURES AND ESSAYS
BY
PROFS. HUXLEY, BARKER, STIRLING, COPE AND TYNDALL.
WITH
A GENERAL INTRODUCTION
BY
NOAH PORTER, D.D., LL.D.,
PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.
FIRST SERIES.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.:
Charles C. Chatfield & Co.,
1872.

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