Science remaking the world

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Series: Star series

By

Caldwell, Otis W. (Otis William), 1869-1947
Slosson, Edwin Emery, 1865-1929

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Garden City, N.Y, Garden City Pub, 1923, c1922

Notes

Lectures presented during the summer of 1922 at Teachers college, Columbia university.

Contents: Achievements and obligations of modern science / O.W. Caldwell -- Gasolene [sic.] as a world power / E.E. Slosson -- The influence of coal-tar on civilization / E.E. Slosson -- Electrons and how we use them / J. Mills -- An investigation on epidemic influenza / P.K. Olitsky and F.L. Gates -- Our present knowledge of tuberculosis / L.R. Williams -- Louis Pasteur and lengthened human life / O.W. Caldwell -- International public health / G.E. Vincent -- Educational value of modern botanical gardens / G.T. Moore -- The meaning of evolution / J.M. Coulter -- Our fight against insects / L.O. Howard -- Insect sociology / V. Kellog -- How the forests feed the clouds / R. Zon -- The modern potato problem / C.O. Appleman --C hemistry and economy of food / H.C. Sherman -- Our daily bread and vitamins / W.H. Eddy.

Subjects

Medicine , Science , Technology

Call Number

Q171 .C37 1923b

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.31872