The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures

Alfred Russel Wallace

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898 - Science - 400 pages

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Without a doubt Alfred Russel Wallace was one of the greatest minds of the nineteenth century. What I enjoyed most about this book was his point of view on such things as technological improvements in ...

Contents

• Successes CHAPTER PAGE L Modes of Travelling: 1
• LaborSaving Machinery: 12
• ILT The Conveyance of Thought: 17
• IY Fire and Light: 24
• New Applications of LightPhotography: 31
• New Applications of LightSpectrum Analysis: 42
• Theoretical Discoveries in Physics: 51
• Minor Applications of Physical Principles: 59
• IX The Importance of DustA Source of Beauty and Essential to Life: 69
• Astronomy and Cosmic Theories: 93
• The Glacial Epoch and the Antiquity of Man: 110
• Evolution and Natural Selection: 135
• XTV Popular Discoveries in Physiology: 143
• The Nineteenth as Compared with Earlier Centuries: 150
• CHAPTER PASS: 159
• Research: 194
• Vaccination a DelusionIts Penal Enforce: 213
• 59: 228
• 69: 302
• AppendixThe Causes of the Improvement: 316
• MilitarismThe Curse of Civilization: 325
• The Demon of Oreed: 343
• 86: 361
• The Plunder of the EarthConclusion: 369
• AppendixThe Remedy for Want in: 382

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures
• Author: Alfred Russel Wallace
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 31, 2005
• Length: 400 pages