Science and life : Aberdeen addresses / by Frederick Soddy
1920, First Edition. London : John Murray. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Scattered foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; Physical description: xii, 229 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Contents: Science and life -- Physical force; Man's servant or his master? -- Chemistry and national prosperity -- Science and the State -- The future of science, and what bars the way -- The evolution of matter -- The conception of the chemical element as enlarged by the study of radioactive change -- Matter, energy, consciousness, and spirit -- To the new launch! -- The ideals of a science school. Subjects: Science - Addresses, essays, lectures. Science and state. Science - Social aspects. Item #224528
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