Wonderful Century Its Successes and Its Failures

Name: Wonderful Century Its Successes and Its Failures
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ISBN: 9781108036795

ISBN-10: 1108036791

ISBN-13: 9781108036795

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Authors: Alfred Russel Wallace

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The British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century. He is best known for working in parallel with Darwin on evolution and natural selection. A social reformer and a prolific writer, he criticised the social and economic system in nineteenth-century Britain, and raised concerns over the environmental impact of human activity. First published in 1898, this book looks back over the history of the nineteenth century, and describes its material and intellectual achievements with the aim 'to show how fundamental is the change they have effected in our life and civilization'. The book surveys technological…

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List price: $60.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/17/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 454
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.54" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface



Successes



Modes of travelling



Labour-saving machinery



The conveyance of thought



Fire and light



New applications of light: photography



New applications of light: spectrum analysis



Theoretical discoveries in physics



Minor applications of physical principles



The importance of dust: a source of beauty and essential to life



A few of the great problems of chemistry



Astronomy and cosmic theories



Geology: the glacial epoch, and the antiquity of man



Evolution and natural selection



Popular discoveries in physiology



Estimate of achievements: the nineteenth as compared with earlier centuries



Failures



The neglect of phrenology



The opposition to hypnotism and psychical research



Vaccination a delusion - its penal enforcement a crime



Militarism - the curse of civilization



The demon of greed



The plunder of the earth - conclusion


Appendix


Index