Illustrations of universal progress: a series of discussions
Progress : its law and cause -- Manners and fashion -- The genesis of science -- The physiology of laughter -- The origin and function of music -- The nebular hypothesis -- Brain on the emotions and the will -- Illogical geology -- The development hypothesis -- The social organism -- Use and beauty...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York
D. Appleton and Co.
1864
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| In: | Year: 1864 |
| Further subjects: | B
Science
B Philosophy B Political Science |
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| Summary: | Progress : its law and cause -- Manners and fashion -- The genesis of science -- The physiology of laughter -- The origin and function of music -- The nebular hypothesis -- Brain on the emotions and the will -- Illogical geology -- The development hypothesis -- The social organism -- Use and beauty -- The sources of architectural types -- The use of anthropomorphism. |
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| Item Description: | "With a notice of Spencer's 'New system of philosophy.'". - LC copy inscribed: O.W. Holmes, Beverly Farms. Has bookplate of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. with image of chambered nautilus. Has inscription: Dr. O.W. Holmes, with the respects of E.L. Zammers[?];DLC |