I n November 1881, DA Appleton and Company of New York City issued as Volume XXXVIII
of their International Scientific Series a highly unusual sort of book, entirely without …

THE HIGHEST AIM OF THE PHYSICIST.* GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW PHYSICISTS OF
AMERICA: We meet to day on an occa-sion which marks an epoch in the history of physics …

This book is written by a philosopher for other philosophers and for that section of the
reading public who buy in large quantities and, no doubt, devour with great earnestness the …

THIS book, based on a year course of five lectures a week given y the author at Yale, is
designed as a text for first-year graduate students and for college seniors who are …

In earlier centuries, science advanced steadily but slowly through the work of the most select
minds, just as an old town constantly grows through new buildings put up by industrious and …

There are a vast number of detailed and comprehensive histories, both of general science
and of special departments of science. Most of these are admirable for the scientific reader …

The plan and method of this book are simple in the extreme. It is intended for readers who
have had little previous knowledge of the subject but who would be glad of an informal …

THIS work has been out of print for some time, and I have long meditated as to whether it
was or was not desirable to reissue it. And, if it were desirable, the problem of how it could …

Recent discussions in the physical literature, designed to clarify the logical position of
modern physical theory, have brought to light an amazing divergence of fundamental …

The essay that follows is the first full published report on a project originally conceived
almost fifteen years ago. At that time I was a graduate student in theoretical physics already …