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John Tyndall. Half Hours With Modern Scientists
Half Hours With Modern Scientists
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
On the Physical Basis of Life
The Correlation. of. Vital and Physical Forces
Notes and References
As Regards Protoplasm, etc
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
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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Thomas Henry Huxley, John Tyndall, James Hutchison Stirling, George F. Barker, E. D. Cope
Lectures and Essays
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26.Smith, Edward, Philosophical Transactions, 1859, 709.
27.Authorities differ as to the amount of energy converted by the steam-engine. (See Note 16.) Compare Marshall, op. cit., p. 918. “Whilst, therefore, in an engine one-twentieth part only of the fuel consumed is utilized as mechanical power, one-fifth of the food absorbed by man is so appropriated.”
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