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Great Books of the Western World
Volume 56 of 60

Twentieth-Century Natural Science

Authors in this volume

Henri Poincaré, Max Planck, Alfred North Whitehead, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, Niels Bohr, G. H. Hardy, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Theodosius Dobzhansky, C. H. Waddington

The Work

First published
1952
Original publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Drew's Copy

Edition
Second edition
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Copy published
1990
Binding
Black hardcover with gilt lettering and colored title band
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Reference
Condition
Part of Drew's complete set; individual-volume condition not yet recorded
Great BooksWestern CanonClassicsLiberal ArtsPhysicsMathematicsAstronomyBiologyPhilosophy of ScienceScience & Nature

This provisional record identifies Volume 56 and its included works from a published contents list for the 1990 second edition. The contents and physical-copy details will be checked against Drew’s volume when it is photographed.

Authors & Works in This Volume

Provisional contents awaiting verification against Drew's physical volume.

  • Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis
  • Max Planck Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers
  • Alfred North Whitehead An Introduction to Mathematics
  • Albert Einstein Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
  • Arthur Eddington The Expanding Universe
  • Niels Bohr Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (selections)
  • Niels Bohr Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics
  • G. H. Hardy A Mathematician’s Apology
  • Werner Heisenberg Physics and Philosophy
  • Erwin Schrödinger What Is Life?
  • Theodosius Dobzhansky Genetics and the Origin of Species
  • C. H. Waddington The Nature of Life
Part of a CollectionGreat Books of the Western World: Second Edition

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