Half Hours with Modern Scientists
by Thomas Henry Huxley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tyndall, John, 1820-1893
- Title
- Half Hours With Modern Scientists: Lectures and Essays
- Credits
- deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Science
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66177
- Release Date
- August 30, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HALF HOURS WITH Modern Scientists .
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION OF HALF HOURS WITH MODERN SCIENTISTS.
- 4.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE TO SECOND EDITION.
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.On the Physical Basis of Life.
- 7.The Correlation of Vital and Physical Forces.
- 8.Notes and References.
- 9.As Regards Protoplasm, etc.
- 10.ON THE HYPOTHESIS OF EVOLUTION: PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL . — I. Physical Evolution. — EVIDENCES OF DERIVATION. — α. Of Specific Characters. — β. Of the Characters of Higher Groups. — γ. Of Transitions. — δ. Rationale of Development. — ε. The Physical Origin of Man. — ζ. The Mosaic Account. — II. Metaphysical Evolution. — α. Development of Intelligence. — β. Evidence from Archæology. — γ. The Development of Language. — δ. Development of the Fine Arts. — ε. Rationale of the Development of Intelligence. — III. Spiritual or Moral Development. — a. Relations of Physical and Moral Nature. — β. Evidence Derived from History. — γ. Rationale of Moral Development. — δ. Summary.
- 11.Tyndall’s Addresses. — I. On the Methods and Tendencies of Physical Investigation. — II. — On Haze and Dust. — III. — Scientific Use of the Imagination.
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