Opis: Greek Science and Modern Science - Singer Charles

Excerpt from Greek Science and Modern Science: A Comparison A Contrast; Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, London on 12 May, 1920

It is appropriate and it is natural that the College where Augustus de Morgan spent the whole of his active life, and on which he lavished all his great powers of heart and head, should be the first institution in England to make any serious endeavour to remedy this defect. Under the stimulus and on the initiative of my friend and colleague Dr. Wolf, a beginning has been made towards a systematic course of lectures in the History of Science and of Scientific Ideas. May I say, in all humility, that I look forward to carrying on some fraction of De Morgans work and to aiding Dr. Wulf and his collaborators in placing before students an outline sketch of the long and intricate story which begins with the confused ideas of the relation of cause and effect inherent in the mind of every savage, and culminates in the great store of natural knowledge that has become the peculiar heritage of our age.

A new need for the historical treatment of this material has arisen. We must frankly recognize that the whole scheme of education is undergoing rapid transformation. We need not discuss these changes, but it is sufficiently obvious that the staple education of the near future will be increasingly vocational. It seems certain that the discipline of Science must largely replace the training in the older Humanities. It is a function of education, perhaps its main function, to provide each generation with a working theory of how it came to be what it is.

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Szczegóły: Greek Science and Modern Science - Singer Charles

Nazwa: Greek Science and Modern Science A Comparison A Contrast; Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, London on 12 May, 1920 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Singer Charles
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330445211
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 30
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Greek Science and Modern Science - Singer Charles