A History of Science, Vol. 3 of 5

Download or read book A History of Science, Vol. 3 of 5 written by Henry Smith Williams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Science, Vol. 3 of 5: Modern Development of the Physical Sciences Similarly the new studies Of the earth's surface re veal secrets Oi planetary formation hitherto quite in scrutable. It becomes known that the strata of the earth's surface have been forming throughout untold ages, and that successive populations diflering utterly from one another have peopled the earth in different geological epochs. The entire point of view of thought ful men becomes Changed in contemplating the his tory of the world in which we live - albeit the newest thought harks back to some extent to those days when the inspired thinkers of early Greece dreamed out the wonderful theories with which our earlier Chapters have made our readers familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.