The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century - Thomas Henry Huxley - Böcker - Independently Published - 9798721341731 - 16 april 2021
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The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

Thomas Henry Huxley

The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century

Book Excerpt: ...t instigated by love of knowledge]In fact, the history of physical science teaches (and we cannot too carefully take the lesson to heart) that the practical advantages, attainable through its agency, never have been, and never will be, sufficiently attractive to men inspired by the inborn genius of the interpreter of nature, to give them courage to undergo the toils and make the sacrifices which that calling requires from its votaries. That which stirs their pulses is the love of knowledge and the joy of the discovery of the causes of things sung by the old poets--the supreme delight of extending the realm of law and order ever farther towards the unattainable goals of the infinitely great and the infinitely small, between which our little race of life is run. In the course of this work, the physical philosopher, sometimes intentionally, much more often unintentionally, lights upon something which proves to be of practical value. Great is the rejoicing of those who are benefited thereby; and, for the..

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Releasedatum 16 april 2021
ISBN13 9798721341731
Utgivare Independently Published
Antal sidor 52
Mått 127 × 203 × 3 mm   ·   58 g
Språk Engelska  

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