Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 96 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825 1895 Huxley, T. H. (Thomas Henry) The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century Reading ease score: 39.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Digital & Multimedia Center, Michigan State University Libraries, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work examines the significant advancements in physical science, technology, and their impact on civilization over the past fifty years, showcasing how these developments have transformed human life and understanding. Huxley aims to provide a comprehensive overview of scientific progress and its implications for society. The opening of this publication sets the stage by reflecting upon the remarkable increase in industrial production and the pivotal role of physical science during the Victorian era. Huxley outlines how machinery and improved techniques have elevated living standards and mitigated suffering from diseases and scarcity. He discusses the historical context of scientific inquiry, highlighting the evolution of natural knowledge since ancient Greece and the importance of hypotheses in driving scientific progress. The beginning emphasizes the interconnectedness of scientific advancements with industrial growth and societal changes, asserting that the pursuit of knowledge has been, and should be, an intrinsic motivation beyond mere utilitarian outcomes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- History Q Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 170903 170904 2024-10-07T04:42:10.688020 2023-09-07T06:35:01.797043 text/html text/html 168724 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 60202 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145873 2024-10-07T04:42:17.604972 application/epub+zip 148190 2024-10-07T04:42:14.278991 application/epub+zip 121558 2024-10-07T04:42:12.939120 application/epub+zip 314080 2024-10-07T04:42:19.953963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303981 2024-10-07T04:42:16.715986 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272274 2022-09-07T20:44:32.397301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159789 159635 2024-10-07T04:42:10.306027 2023-09-07T06:35:01.425042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 159618 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 57759 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159628 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57675 2020-12-14T05:51:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21290 2024-10-07T04:42:20.080958 application/rdf+xml 17916 2024-10-07T04:42:13.499050 image/jpeg 4019 2024-10-07T04:42:13.214967 image/jpeg 145011 2024-10-07T04:42:10.704010 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia