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The next hundred years : the unfinished business of science
- Title
- The next hundred years : the unfinished business of science / by C.C. Furnas ...
- Author
- Furnas, C. C. (Clifford Cook), 1900-1969.
- Publication
- New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, [1936]
- ©1936
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 434 pages; 22 cm
- Subject
- Note
- "A Williams & Wilkins book."
- Bibliography (note)
- "Bibliography": p. 403-408.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Biology: The battle of eugenics -- What is life? -- Our chemical masters -- Infectious diseases -- Food -- The whole man -- What of death? -- The six-legged pests -- The poor plants and ailing animals -- The price of progress -- pt. 2. Chemistry: Synthetics -- Solvents -- Outdoing nature -- pt. 3. Physics: What's new in the nucleus? -- Energy for the taking -- The newer elements -- The scholar's haven -- pt. 4. Engineering: The road ahead -- Labor-saving -- Power -- Light -- Transportation -- Communication -- Our mineral resources -- The perfect farm -- Agriculture is an industry -- Food manufacture -- Making the best of weather -- pt. 5. Social consequences: The risen tide of invention -- Leisure without lethargy -- The life of assurance.
- LCCN
- 36027050
- OCLC
- ocm01227811
- 1227811
- SCSB-477100
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library