The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities of Nature and Art, Science and Literature; Representing Anatomy, Physiology, Phrenology, Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Natural History, Ichthyology, Mythology, Ornithology, Meterology, Mineralogy, Chemistry, Zoology, Entomology, Biography, Etc.; and Containing a Full and Authentic Description of the Most Remarkable and Astonishing Places, Beings, Animals, Customs, Experiments, Phenomena, Etc.; of Both Ancient and Modern Times, in All Parts of the Globe, Comprising Correct Accounts of the Most Wonderful Freaks of Nature and Arts of Man. With an Appendix Containing Curious Experiments and Amusing Recreations

The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities of Nature and Art, Science and Literature; Representing Anatomy, Physiology, Phrenology, Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Natural History, Ichthyology, Mythology, Ornithology, Meterology, Mineralogy, Chemistry, Zoology, Entomology, Biography, Etc.; and Containing a Full and Authentic Description of the Most Remarkable and Astonishing Places, Beings, Animals, Customs, Experiments, Phenomena, Etc.; of Both Ancient and Modern Times, in All Parts of the Globe, Comprising Correct Accounts of the Most Wonderful Freaks of Nature and Arts of Man. With an Appendix Containing Curious Experiments and Amusing Recreations
Author: John Platts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 917
Release: 1881
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

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Encyclopedia of Evolution

Encyclopedia of Evolution
Author: Stanley A. Rice
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1438110057

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Evolutionary science is not only one of the greatest breakthroughs of modern science, but also one of the most controversial. Perhaps more than any other scientific area, evolutionary science has caused us all to question what we are, where we came from, and how we relate to the rest of the universe. Encyclopedia of Evolution contains more than 200 entries that span modern evolutionary science and the history of its development. This comprehensive volume clarifies many common misconceptions about evolution. For example, many people have grown up being told that the fossil record does not demonstrate an evolutionary pattern, and that there are many missing links. In fact, most of these missing links have been found, and their modern representatives are often still alive today. The biographical entries represent evolutionary scientists within the United States who have had and continue to have a major impact on the broad outline of evolutionary science. The biographies chosen reflect the viewpoints of scientists working within the United States. Five essays that explore interesting questions resulting from studies in evolutionary science are included as well. The appendix consists of a summary of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, which is widely considered to be the foundational work of evolutionary science and one of the most important books in human history. The five essays include: How much do genes control human behavior?What are the ghosts of evolution?Can an evolutionary scientist be religious?Why do humans die?Are humans alone in the universe

Science for All

Science for All
Author: Peter J. Bowler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226068668

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Recent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of scientists turned its collective back on public outreach. Science for All debunks this apocryphal notion. Peter J. Bowler surveys the books, serial works, magazines, and newspapers published between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II to show that practicing scientists were very active in writing about their work for a general readership. Science for All argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Scientists found it easy and profitable to write for this audience, Bowler reveals, and because their work was seen as educational, they faced no hostility from their peers. But when admission to colleges and universities became more accessible in the 1960s, this market diminished and professional scientists began to lose interest in writing at the nonspecialist level. Eagerly anticipated by scholars of scientific engagement throughout the ages, Science for All sheds light on our own era and the continuing tension between science and public understanding.

Gregg Shorthand

Gregg Shorthand
Author: John Robert Gregg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1905
Genre: Shorthand
ISBN:

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