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The great design; order and progress in nature
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- Creator
- edited by Frances Mason; introduction by Sir J. Arthur Thomson
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933
- Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951
- Crowther, James Arnold, 1883-1950
- Eve, A. S. (Arthur Stewart), 1862-1948
- Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
- Morgan, C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd), 1852-1936
- MacBride, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1940
- Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943
- Armstrong, Henry Edward, 1848-1937
- Metcalf, Maynard M. (Maynard Mayo), 1868-1940
- Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940
- Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942
- Fraser-Harris, David Fraser, 1867-1937
- Driesch, Hans, 1867-1941
- Publication
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- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1934
- Physical Details
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- 324 pages ; 21 cm
- OCLC
- ocm01544850
- Bibliography at end of most of the essays.
- Introduction, by Sir J.A. Thomson.--Behold the stars! By R.G. Aitken.--Radiation, by J.A. Crowther.--The universe as a whole, by A.S. Eve.--The earth as the home of man, by Bailey Willis.--The ascent of mind, by C.L. Morgan.--The oneness and uniqueness of life, by E.W. MacBride.--Adaptations in the plant world, by C.S. Gager.--The chemical romance of the green leaf, by H.E. Armstrong.--Intelligent plan in nature, by M.M. Metcalf.--Design and purpose in the universe, by Sir Oliver Lodge.--The mystery of nature, by Sir Francis Younghusband.--Unity and intelligence in nature, by D.F. Fraser-Harris.--The breakdown of materialism, by Hans Driesch.--The wonder of life, by Sir J.A. Thomson