3 edition of Tendencies of modern science found in the catalog.
Tendencies of modern science
Archibald Montgomery Low
Published
1930
by E. Mathews & Marrot in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Science and modern life |
| Series | Library of new ideas -- no. 2 |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | Q162 L67 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 172p. |
| Number of Pages | 172 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL18232930M |
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The history of science during the Age of Enlightenment traces developments in science and technology during the Age of Reason, when Enlightenment ideas and ideals were being disseminated across Europe and North lly, the period spans from the final days of the 16th and 17th-century Scientific Revolution until roughly the 19th century, after the French Revolution () and the.
Tendency definition, a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth. See more. Modern Science Nonfiction This is for nonfiction science books of this century that are particularly interesting, unique, educational and/or thought provoking.
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