A FEW WORDS may be in order at the outset to explain why I have chosen the title" Modern
Science and Modern Man" for this series of four lectures. When I was honored by the …

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 …

For several years, the author has given at Cornell University, and, occasionally, in summer
sessions, elsewhere, a course of lectures under the title" Introduction to Modern Physical …

I have tried to exhibit the new knowledge in such a way that every reader can form his own
judgment as to its philosophical implications. There is room for much legitimate difference of …

It may be of some assistance to the reader to give some historical account of the
development of this book. The impulse to write such a book goes back at least thirty years …

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 …

TIHE question is sometimes asked us as to the time of year we like the best. To my mind, the
spring is the most delightful; for nature then recovers from the apathy of winter, and stirs …

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 …