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Title: Isis
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences History of Science Society
Subjects: Science Science
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Hans. The History and Theory of Vitalism. London, 1914 (G. S.). ; 439 Chemistry. Hjelt, Edw. Geschichte der organischen Chemie. Braunschweig, 1916 (G. S.) 440 Letts, E. A Some fundamental problems in chemis-try. London, 1914 (G.S.) 443 Geology. Rusra, Julius. Methodik des mineralogisch-geolo- gischen Unterrichts. Stuttgart, 19-20 IG. S.). . . 443Metzger. Helens. La genese de la science des cristaux. Paris, 1918 (Guinet) 445 Mathematics. Dickson, L . E. History of the Theory of Numbers. Vol 1. Washington, 1919 (Child) 446 Philosophy. S.vgeret, Jules. La vague mystique. Paris, 1920 (Guinet) 448 Superstition. Butler, Hiram E. Solar Biology, 23 ed. Applegate, Calif., 1920 (G. S ) 449 IV VI Ninth Critical Bibliography of the History, Philoso-phy and Organization of Science and of the History of Civilization (to Angust 1920) Table of Contents of the First Nine Critical Bibliogra-phies including a Table of Contents of vol. I, II, IIIErrata VII. Index to Volumes II and 111 4S1 498S03.^04 ^\^
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^ / Herbert Spencer) 1820-1903 There seems to be a rhythm in history, a sort of gigantic humanebb and flow, according to which men are periodically broughttogether in closer unison or driven asunder. These tides are notrestricted to the sentimental sphere but involve as well our intellectualactivities and, in fact, they seem to pervade the whole of human lifeThus in the xni century one common faith intensified the solidarityof a great number of peoples, and at the same time we witness animmense effort toward synthetic knowledge and a wonderful efflores-cence of a self-forgetting art. The xv century on the contrary leavesone the impression of a period of decomposition, of searching analysis,of violent individual contlicts. To all external appearances we are now crossing a period of ebb.when the centrifugal forces far exceed the centripetal ones, when manis more conscious of his own precious self than of the rest of humanity,more concerned about his material than his religious needs, mo

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